Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: The death toll in Odisha due to Cyclone Arnab rose to six Sunday with the recovery of two bodies from a landslide-hit village in the southern part of the state, while search was underway to trace 10 other missing people, officials said. Home to...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday advised newly recruited school teachers to instil a sense of security and self-confidence among children, guiding them as a friend. Distributing appointment letters to 2,067 sevaks and sevikas and tribal language teachers under the Scheduled Tribes and...
Baripada: Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district opened Sunday for tourists after remaining closed for the monsoon season, according to a notice. The public notice, issued by the authorities of the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR), said a maximum of 60 four-wheelers will be allowed...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's DG Prisons Susanta Kumar Nath was booked for allegedly sexually harassing a subordinate staff member and was shifted from the post pending an investigation, officials said Sunday. Along with the senior IPS officer, who is one of the aspirants for the DGP post...
Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: One body was recovered Sunday, while a search operation was underway to trace 11 missing people in a southern Odisha village hit by a landslide due to Cyclone Arnab-induced rainfall, taking the state's death toll to five, officials said. Home to around 26 people,...
Hamilton: India clinched the five-match T20I series 3-2 despite suffering a seven-wicket defeat to New Zealand in the final game Sunday. Ishan Kishan (61 off 32 balls) and skipper Shreyas Iyer (50 off 23 balls) struck explosive half-centuries, but New Zealand pacers, led by Adam...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Sunday gave additional charge of ADG Prisons and Director, Correctional Services to senior IPS officer Santosh Bala. As per a notification issued by the Home Department, Bala, the Director of the State Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL), Bhubaneswar, has been allowed to retain...
Hamilton: Skipper Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan rediscovered their form with well-paced fifties but pacer Adam Milne-led New Zealand managed to keep India down to a below par 191 for eight in the fifth and final T20I Sunday. India, who enjoy an unassailable 3-1 lead...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance Sunday arrested a former Senior Revenue Assistant (SRA) of the Sub-Collector's Office in Chhatrapur for allegedly misappropriating Rs 8.63 lakh collected towards the Red Cross Fund by diverting the money instead of depositing it in the designated bank account. The accused, Sadasiba...
Bhubaneswar: Five districts in southern Odisha have been placed under an orange warning for November 3 and 4 as Cyclonic Storm ‘Murasu’ moves towards the southern Andhra Pradesh coast, raising the possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall in parts of the state. Although the...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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