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Cuttack: Director General of Police (DGP) Rajendra Prasad Sharma has laid emphasis on cooperation of investigating officers (IOs) in courts for speedy disposal of cases. The Crime Branch of Odisha police has sent communiqués in this regard to all district superintendents of police (SPs), sub-divisional...

Bhubaneswar: Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place for Vice President Venkaiah Naidu’s visit to Odisha August 25 to attend the first convocation of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar. The Vice President was previously scheduled to attend the convocation ceremony August 16. However, the programme was rescheduled to...

Bhubaneswar: The protesting block grant teachers of schools and colleges Wednesday announced that their agitation will continue till a permanent solution to their demands is reached. The teachers and employees of 4,000 schools and 1,500 colleges are sitting on dharna at the Mahatma Gandhi Marg...

Bhubaneswar: The state government’s campaign ‘I am Odisha,’ launched recently by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, has evoked huge response from all parts of the state. The campaign which runs on Invest Odisha’s Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn handles has received around 40 lakh responses so far...

Bhubaneswar: City Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena inaugurated Kerala Flood Relief Information Centre near Metro House at Vani Vihar Square here Wednesday. It is an initiative of three associations representing Malayalees residing in Odisha with the support of local administration. The associations are: Kerala Kala Samiti-Bhubaneswar,...

Bhubaneswar: The second review meeting of the security arrangements for the Hockey World Cup took place at the state Secretariat here Tuesday. Top officials of various departments including sports secretary Vishal Dev, twin-city police commissioner Satyajit Mohanty and Hockey India officials attended the meet. “The...

Bhubaneswar: In an attempt to enforce the Odisha Official Language Act in both government and private establishments, the government has decided to launch a portal to receive complaints from the public about non-display of signboards in Odia. A high-level meeting on this was held under...

Bhubaneswar: The in-laws of a newly-wed woman Tuesday allegedly killed her for dowry in Bhimatangi area under the Airfield police station limits. The woman, who was strangled to death by the in-laws, was severely beaten which could be easily ascertained from the tell-tale assault marks...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said the option of none of the above (NOTA) cannot be permitted in Rajya Sabha elections. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud has set aside the Election Commission's notification allowing NOTA...

Cuttack: A few hours after killing his 48-year-old wife at Bharagola village under 42 Mouza police outpost late Sunday night, an absconding Sushant Behera was arrested from the village Tuesday. “Soon after his arrest, the 52-year-old accused has been interrogated and medically examined at SCB...