Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has quashed criminal proceedings under the Prevention of Corruption Act against several government offi cials in a vigilance case dating back to the nineties relating to the alleged embezzlement of Rs 1.50 lakh meant for the installation of shallow tube wells for small and marginal farmers in Jagatsinghpur district’s Raghunathpur block. Setting...

Bhubaneswar: Preservation of a nation’s identity depends not only on its territory, political history or economic progress, but also on its knowledge systems, collective memory and cultural heritage, noted manuscriptologist Prafulla Kumar Mishra said while inaugurating a workshop on manuscriptology in Bhubaneswar Tuesday. Mishra, a former director of the National Mission for Manuscripts, said manuscripts and ancient...

Chhatrapur: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought action report from the Ganjam Collector V Keerthi Vasan and Superintendent of Police Harish BC over the alleged torture and death of the disabled daily wager Sushant Sahu while in ‘police custody’. The NHRC Tuesday directed the top district officials to file their replies within three days after...

Sorada: A 13-yearold boy was burnt alive after a cooking gas cylinder exploded inside a grocery shop near Samantraraghai Chhak under Sorada police limits in Ganjam district Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Badal Muli (13) of Gangpur village under Badagada police station limits. A Class VII student, Badal had come to Samantraraghai village to spend...

Boinda: Two farmers, both cousins, were killed in a lightning strike in Papasara village under the Handapa police limits in Angul district, police said. The deceased were identified as Sanjay Sahu (25) and his cousin Arta Behera (23), both residents of Kisan Sahi in Papasara village. According to reports, the duo had gone to inspect their agricultural...

Jharsuguda: Police Tuesday recovered a mutilated body of a woman near the Old Bus Stand area in Jharsuguda town, raising suspicions of rape and mu*der. Local residents spotted the mutilated body lying near the Old Bus Stand Tuesday morning and immediately informed the police. Jharsuguda Superintendent of Police Gundala Reddy Raghavendra and officers from the Town Police...

The ongoing visit of Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing to India is fraught with geopolitical significance. India's reputation as a champion of democracy is also on a test as no other neighboring nation has invited Hlang for a visit. Only less than two months back Hlaing craftily engineered his transition from Myanmar's junta chief to its President...

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Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday issued a notification for implementing the enhanced quota for SC and ST and introducing a quota for the Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) in medical and technical education starting from the academic year 2026-27. The state cabinet, led by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, took this decision April 4 this year, and...