Bhubaneswar: Expressing concern over the reported missing of an inquiry commission report on the 2008 Kandhamal riots from the Odisha CMO, Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati Smruti Nyas (SLSSN) has urged state government to make public the related commission reports for ensuring transparency. The demand was raised...
Bhubaneswar: A section of teachers in government-run schools of Odisha have pointed out "several errors" in new textbooks for students of Classes I-VIII, including "spelling mistakes" and "incorrect names" of eminent personalities. More than 1,600 "errors" have been detected in these school textbooks, said Bramhananda...
Kendrapara: Odisha Police Tuesday detained two persons in Chhattisgarh in connection with the gang-rape of a 17-year-old girl at a place hardly 200 meters away from the office of the Superintendent of Police in Kendrapara district, an officer said Tuesday. The incident took place at...
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Coming to the aid of a visually impaired man and his 80-year-old mother living in abject poverty, the Supreme Court Tuesday directed the Odisha government to ensure all social security benefits and basic amenities are provided to them. A bench of Chief Justice...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police have rescued two labourers from Gajapati district who were allegedly subjected to bonded labour and illegal confinement in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, an official said Tuesday. The rescued labourers were identified as Santiel Karado (54) and Gamliel Karado (29), residents of R...
Cuttack: Orissa High Court has asked the Director General of Police (DGP) to ensure that police stations across the state properly carry out orders of magistrates and judicial officers in different matters so that litigants do not approach the higher court complaining about police inaction....
Bhubaneswar: Odisha police arrested the husband of a judicial officer on charge of dowry harassment and domestic violence, an official said Tuesday. The 34-year-old man was arrested Monday based on a written complaint lodged by the woman judicial officer at the Mahila police station here,...
Keonjhar: A man wanted in several criminal cases was injured in a gunfight with police in Odisha's Keonjhar district Tuesday, an official statement said. The injured person was identified as Pravat Mallick, it said. "During a raid near Mahuldiha Water Tank, Belda, Keonjhar, the accused...
Bhadrak: The Commissionerate Police Monday arrested a person on charges of duping several job aspirants of over Rs 43 lakh on the pretext of employing private and government agencies. The accused, identified as Debasish Das, 36, is a resident of Govindpur under Dhamnagar police limits...
Rourkela: Two truck drivers were burnt alive after their vehicles caught fire following a head-on collision on the Biju Expressway in Odisha's Sundargarh district Tuesday, police said. The accident took place near Kaintara Chhak under Bhasma police station limits on the state highway-10. Police said...
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