Kendrapara: After being stuck in Kendrapara district for more than a month, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's defunct helicopter Wednesday began a journey to Mumbai on road for repair, officials said. Majhi reached Kendrapara in this chopper June 9, but the aircraft developed technical...
Bhubaneswar: The condition of Jyotiprakash Biswal, a student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, Balasore, who sustained serious burn injuries in his attempt to save the woman who set herself ablaze on the campus July 12, is stable now, doctors said Wednesday. Biswal was the lone...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday approved 'Samrudha Sahar', a new scheme aimed at promoting planned urbanisation and balanced regional development across the state. The state cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, approved the scheme this evening. The cabinet has also approved another...
Kendrapara: The bodies of a couple in Odisha's Kendrapara district were found hanging in their house Wednesday morning, police said. The incident happened at Nalatapatia village under Talachua marine police station in the coastal district. The deceased persons have been identified as Pratap Nayak (33)...
Phulbani: A POCSO court in Phulbani Wednesday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a 4-year-old girl and outraging the modesty of her mother last year, a public prosecutor said. Monoranjan Das, judge of the POCSO court, Phulbani, also imposed...
Baripada: Three leopard skins were seized and seven persons, including a government teacher, were arrested for trading in wildlife body parts in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, a senior forest officer said. Acting on a tip-off, officials of the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) conducted raids at Kutling...
Bhubaneswar: Following the death of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College student Soumyashree Bisi, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) staged a protest at Vani Vihar in Bhubaneswar Wednesday, demanding swift justice and sweeping reforms in educational institutions. Soumyashree, who was reportedly subjected to prolonged mental harassment,...
Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik strongly condemned the “high-handed police action" against his party workers and leaders during their protest at Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar Wednesday. Notably, the leaders and workers protested, demanding justice for a girl student...
Bhubaneswar: Demanding the resignation of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi over the death of the college student in Balasore district, Mahila Congress chief Alka Lamba Wednesday said President's Rule must be imposed in the state. The second-year B.Ed student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College...
Baripada: A drunk auto driver allegedly killed his parents with a hammer in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, and spent the night with the bodies lying in a pool of blood, police said Wednesday. The incident happened in Dhonapal village in the Baisinga police limits Tuesday night....
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