Bhubaneswar: Infocity police have arrested a 51-year-old alleged fraudster near the West Bengal-Nepal border in connection with a franchise and employment scam involving more than Rs 2.93 crore, officials said Sunday. The accused, identified as Sachidananda Bhoi, a resident of Kataka, allegedly posed as the CEO and director of Go Speedy Go, a unit of HIFERK Technologies...

Malkangiri: A large cache of arms and ammunition was seized by the police from a Maoist dump in Malkangiri district Sunday, officials said. Based on information provided by surrendered Maoists, police launched a search operation in the district along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border area, SP Vinod Patil H said. Two self-loading rifles, country-made guns and 70 kg...

Jharsuguda: A 28-year-old woman was allegedly beaten to death by her husband over suspected infidelity and domestic disputes in Jhar suguda district, Saturday night. The victim was identified as Soudamini Kisan, 28, and the accused Rahul Bag, 28, of H Kantapali village under Sadar police limits in the district. The police have arrested Rahul within six hours...

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a minor girl was befriended on social media and later allegedly raped by her Instagram friend, police said Sunday. The accused lured the girl for a meet-up and later raped her, family members alleged. Based on a complaint, Chandaka Police launched a probe, leading to the arrest of the accused Sunday. The...

Islamabad: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia Sunday expressed concern at the evolving regional tension due to the latest confrontation between the US and Iran, threatening the fragile peace in West Asia. Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, in a telephonic conversation, discussed recent developments in the region and expressed deep concern on...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha CEO R S Gopalan Sunday said booth-level officers distributed enumeration forms to more than 99 per cent of voters in the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll in the state. The month-long exercise engaging over 45,000 booth-level officers (BLOs) across Odisha to verify voter details began May 29. During the...

New Delhi: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk Sunday began an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar Sunday, joining the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest that has been demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in examinations. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said the protest, which began June 20 amid the NEET paper leak row...

Lahore: Pakistan Sunday said it is considering importing cheaper oil and gas from Iran following the easing of sanctions by the US, allowing Tehran a 60-day waiver to export crude oil and petroleum products. Federal Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik, in a press conference in Lahore, said peace has returned to the Gulf region following the...

New Delhi: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is now leading a high-level Indian business delegation to Greece, with a focus on expanding bilateral trade and investment flows as well as strategic economic collaboration, according to an official statement issued on Sunday. The minister successfully concluded his 3-day visit to the United Kingdom on Saturday with...

Bhubaneswar: Claiming that the errors detected in textbooks of classes 1 to 8 were a shame for Odisha, the BJD Sunday demanded the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond and a CBI inquiry into the lapses. The demand comes days after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi had Wednesday ordered the setting up of a...