Baleshwar: A minor college student was allegedly raped by her boyfriend and his friends in Odisha's Baleshwar district, police said Thursday. The incident took place Wednesday when she went out with her boyfriend. She was taken to a secluded place where her boyfriend's friends were already there. The girl alleged that after she was sexually assaulted by...

Kendujhar: Police Thursday busted an organised inter-district gang involved in theft of transformer copper coils, aluminium/copper wires and other electrical materials and arrested 16 accused persons in Odisha's Kendujhar district, an officer said. The gang was operating across Kendujhar, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Anugola, Dhenkanal and Kataka districts, and disposing of the stolen materials through different scrap dealers, the...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Anu Garg Thursday launched the Odisha State e-Pavilion on MSME Global Mart, a dedicated digital platform aimed at providing the state's Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) greater visibility and enhanced access to national and international markets. Garg launched it in the presence of Subhransu Sekhar Acharya, Chairman & Managing Director of the National...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Transport Authority (STA) has issued over 60,000 e-challans in a single day for violations of various traffic norms, officials said Thursday. The STA in its official X handle said: "On the second day of the 'Zero Fatality Week' aimed at preventing road accidents, strict enforcement actions were taken against violators of road safety...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Opposition BJD Thursday accused the BJP government of failing to tackle the flood in Jajpur district and also alleged discrimination in relief distribution among the affected villagers. However, the ruling BJP rejected the allegation and claimed that the people are being provided with the relief materials as per the norms of the relief code. The...

A PIL alleging that Odisha government violated Supreme Court directions in the Prakash Singh case is being heard by the apex court. Petitioner activist Jayant Das alleges that the State's proposal to the UPSC, sent on 14.05.2026, included eight ineligible names of Additional DG officers in Pay Matrix 15, though only three officers in DG rank in...

Mumbai: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received a response from Hindi film actors Tiger Shroff, Ajay Devgn with regards to them promoting Vimal Elaichi. The response from Hindi film megastar Shah Rukh Khan is awaited in the matter. A probe is underway in the advertisement case related to Vimal Elaichi, alleging that the sale of...

Kolkata: Former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee finally broke her silence on the purported attack on the Camac Street party office of Trinamool Congress General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee early in the morning, allegedly by BJP activists, and threatened to stage protests in front of the houses of BJP leaders in New Delhi. Mamata Banerjee came on...

Hyderabad: The makers of director Nag Ashwin's magnum opus Kalki 2898 AD, Thursday issued a statement, cautioning the public to be aware of fake casting calls and individuals who were falsely claiming to represent them. Well-known production house Vyjayanthi Movies, which is producing the immensely popular franchise featuring a number of top starts including Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan...

New Delhi: India’s food regulator Thursday said it has initiated enforcement action against CG Foods India Pvt Ltd. following food safety violations. FSSAI has directed CG Foods India to stop production of Veg Bhujia Namkeen after an inspection found alleged unsafe processing, unlicensed manufacturing, predated packaging and hygiene deficiencies. The food watchdog seized 32,107.2 kg of stock...