Dhusuri: A 100-foot section of the National Highway 20 concrete road near Bodak under Olag panchayat in Bhadrak district caved in Wednesday night following low-pressure-triggered heavy rainfall in the past few weeks. Plying of commercial vehicles was disrupted as a stretch of 1.5 km has...
Bhubaneswar: The state government Thursday accepted the resignation of Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena and issued a No Objection Certificate to the Ministry of Home Affairs. The 2013-batch IPS officer had resigned from the All India Services citing personal reasons. Meena said he took the decision...
Bhadrak: A long-running marital dispute ended in tragedy Thursday when a man allegedly hacked his wife to death before hanging himself in Nangamahala area of Purunabazar, Bhadrak district, police said Thursday. Officers recovered the bodies of Mustafa Raj, 34, and his wife, Sona Bibi, 33,...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister, Mohan Charan Majhi, Thursday targeted the Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD), alleging that the party had used Ganjam district for its political interests for 24 years while ignoring the plight of people displaced by various developmental projects, including the Army Air...
Colombo: India’s left-handed batter Devdutt Padikkal expressed mixed emotions after being named the Player of the Series in the 1-0 series win over Sri Lanka Thursday, adding that while the individual recognition was gratifying, a victory in the second Test at the SSC Ground would...
Bhubaneswar: A total of 212 vehicles were seized in drunken driving cases during a special drive in Bhubaneswar and Kataka, officials said Thursday. The drive was conducted Wednesday night on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Vinaytosh Mishra, and 336 newly inducted sub-inspectors...
Colombo: Sonal Dinusha continued his excellent run of form to score his third century of the series and help Sri Lanka draw the second Test against India on the fifth and final day Thursday. India, who won the two-match series 1-0 after their big victory...
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) Food Safety team inspected several sweet shops along Jagamara Road Thursday as part of a food safety drive amid Raksha Bandhan. According to reports, officials checked the quality of chhena and other food products being sold at the outlets....
Paradip: Two of the 24 crew members of the Panama-flagged cargo ship MV Ocean Winner, which sank off the Odisha coast, were brought ashore at Paradip Thursday after being rescued from sea, officials said. "Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Varad safely brought two Chinese survivors...
Bhubaneswar/Baripada: Efforts are on to trace an NRI couple from Odisha who have gone missing in Nepal following devastating flash floods, officials said Thursday. Sandeep Mohapatra and his wife Sidharthi Kumari Sahu, originally from Khordha district and settled in Australia since 2018, have been untraceable...
Two crucial developments – one in Maharashtra and the other in Gujarat – in quick succession show two opposing sides...
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The BJP and the Congress seem to believe that they are going to reap rich political dividends through their conflicting...
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What was considered India’s demographic dividend is beginning to appear less like an opportunity and more like a warning signal....
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By Aakar Patel Headline from this week: “Pune Police withdraws conversion law provisions from 2 cases after officials find Act...
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