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Realtors dupe land buyers of Rs 15cr

Bhubaneswar: About 250 land buyers Thursday lodged complaints with the SP of Economic Offences Wing (EOW) alleging they were cheated by a realtor and a landowner. The victims alleged that the management of Shreya Infrastructures and owner of land, Real Value Developers (RVD), colluded to...

Odisha-born Kenyan MP meets Suresh Prabhu

New Delhi: Odisha-born MP in Kenyan Parliament, Swarup Ranjan Mishra, met Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu Thursday. Prabhu had posted a photo along with Mishra on his Twitter handle and said that both discussed the healthcare sector in Kenya. Prabhu is in Kenya to...

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Now selfies with galaxies, thanks to NASA app

Washington: NASA has created two virtual reality apps that allow users to take selfies in front of gorgeous cosmic locations, and explore the only known exoplanet system to host seven roughly Earth-size planets. The Selfies app and Exoplanet Excursions virtual reality app were released to...

Newborn ‘sold’ for Rs 1,000, probe on

Keonjhar: The district headquarters hospital in Keonjhar came under the scanner Thursday following allegations that a newborn had been sold for `1000 to a resident of Puruna Sahar. Police, however, rescued the baby boy and handed him to officials of the district child protection committee...

Bike-lifters’ gang busted, 46 motorcycles seized

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police Thursday busted a bike-lifting gang and arrested four persons apart from recovering 46 stolen motorcycles from their possession. The accused were identified as Sashi Bhusan Dash alias Narayan of Baradikilo village under Nimapara police limits in Puri, Ajaya Kumar Swain of...

CM inaugurates two industrial projects

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday inaugurated two industrial projects while ground-breaking ceremony was held for 13 others ahead of the Make in Odisha (MIO) conclave slated for November this year. Naveen conducted the ground-breaking and inauguration ceremonies of the 15 projects through video conferencing...

Massive irregularities detected in RU 

Bhubaneswar: There are massive irregularities in Ravenshaw University, Higher Education department additional secretary Prashant Kumar Das told the media here Thursday. “There are massive irregularities in several matters. During investigations, it was found that the university authorities had purchased computers worth Rs 95 lakh without...

SC reprieve for husband’s kin in marital cases

New Delhi: The relatives of a husband should not be roped in cases of matrimonial disputes and dowry deaths unless specific instances of their involvement in the crime is made out, the Supreme Court has held. A bench of Justices SA Bobde and L Nageswara...

Cohen admits paying women to hush up Trump affairs

Washington: President Donald Trump suffered twin setbacks Tuesday with two ex-advisers facing prison sentences - and one of them saying Trump told him to commit a crime - possibly hurting his Republican Party’s election prospects and widening a criminal probe that has overshadowed his presidency....

BJD slams Centre for seeking petrol pump staffers’ data

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD and Opposition Congress Wednesday objected to collection of personal data of all persons working in petrol pumps by oil marketing companies (OMCs). According to sources, three public sector oil companies - Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and Bharat...

 

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