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Kendrapara: A court in Odisha's Kendrapara district Wednesday sentenced a former cashier of a state-run bank to two years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting him of embezzlement of Rs 85 lakh. The investigation by police found that the former official of the Singri branch of...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the annual Rath Yatra in Puri, the CID of Odisha Police Wednesday issued an alert to tourists about fake hotel websites. The police also said it removed 11 such sites, as hotel booking scams are on the rise in Odisha, especially in...

New Delhi/Rayagada: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that the family of a Scheduled Tribe woman was boycotted socially by the villagers after she married a Scheduled Caste man in Odisha. Reportedly, the villagers demanded a purification...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress leaders Wednesday tried to gherao the residence of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, to protest "rising" crime against women in the state. The Odisha Pradesh Youth Congress protested against "rising atrocities" on Scheduled Castes (SC), and Scheduled...

Puri: The seaside pilgrim town of Puri Wednesday turned into a fortress with around 10,000 security personnel deployed for the annual Rath Yatra celebrations of Lord Jagannath June 27, police said. Besides, over 250 Artificial Intelligence-enabled cameras have been installed in various places in the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday congratulated Group Captain Subhanshu Shukla on being part of the prestigious Axiom-4 space mission. Taking to X, Governor Odisha said, "Congratulations to Group Captain #ShubhanshuShukla on becoming India's second astronaut in space...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Wednesday said the whole nation is excited and proud of Indian astronaut Subhanshu Shukla's journey to the stars, as part of the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station. The wide-ranging experiments to be performed by the crew will lead...

Berhampur: A 47-year-old man, who is the owner of a private clinic in Odisha's Berhampur city, was arrested on the charge of raping a nursing aspirant in an apartment here, police said. The accused was arrested Tuesday by the Baidyanathpur police station in the city....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said all the citizens of India need to remain vigilant of their democratic and Constitutional rights. Majhi said this through a social media post on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency in...

By Manoj Kumar Jena, OP Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the Gopalpur incident, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida recently announced that security will be stepped up at tourist destinations and ‘lovers’ points’ across Odisha to curb crimes against women. The announcement drew sharp criticism from...