Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday said government employees should consider any form of corruption as “poison”, which could jeopardise their careers as well as personal lives. CM Majhi made the remarks while handing over appointment letters to some of the new recruits in government posts at the 12th ‘Nijukti Mela' and orientation programme held...

Bhubaneswar: A POCSO court in Bhubaneswar Tuesday sentenced a 24-year-old man to 10 years of imprisonment for abducting and raping a girl in 2018. Bhubaneswar POCSO Court judge Saroj Kumar Sahoo also ordered the convict, Badal Pilei, to pay a fine of Rs 3,000, failing which he will remain in prison for another three months, government advocate...

Bhubaneswar: Extensive security arrangements have been put in place by the Commissionerate Police for President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to Bhubaneswar and for the winter session of the Odisha Assembly, which is scheduled to start Thursday. The capital city will be under a four-tier security blanket for the visit of President Murmu. Following the review of the security...

New Delhi: India and the Russia-led EAEU group will start formal negotiations for a trade agreement from Wednesday, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. India and the five-nation grouping, the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), on August 20, inked the terms of reference for the agreement. "The FTA talks start from tomorrow here," Goyal told...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday approved 20 projects with a total proposed investment of Rs 4,353 crore, an official said. The projects were approved at the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) meeting, chaired by Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja in Bhubaneswar. The projects would be located across 11 districts of the state and are expected to generate...

Bhubaneswar: A court in Bhubaneswar Tuesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife in October 2017. Third Additional District and Session judge, Bhubaneswar, Himanshu Sekhar Mallick, sentenced Dillip Bagh to life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on him. According to the prosecution, Bagh, along with his wife Gurubari Rao and...

Bhubaneswar: India Meteorological Department (IMD) Thursday said Odisha is unlikely to receive rain in the next seven days, even though two weather systems are developing over the Bay of Bengal, one of which may intensify beyond a depression. Director of the Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, Manorama Mohanty said the two systems will have hardly any effect on the...

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Malkangiri: Three minor girls in the age group of six to eight years were allegedly sexually abused by a man in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said Tuesday. The incident took place two days ago, and the accused person has been detained, said MV 79 police station Inspector–in–Charge Chandrakant Thandi. He said the accused fled away from the...

Bongaon (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday accused the BJP-led Centre of attempting "political sabotage" after she was forced to cancel her helicopter ride to Bongaon, even as officials said the designated aircraft could not fly due to expired licence and insurance lapses. Banerjee, who eventually travelled by road to the Matua heartland amid panic...