Bhubaneswar: Odisha Director General of Police Y.B. Khurania Thursday warned Maoists to renounce violence and surrender, saying security forces would intensify operations against those who refuse. Khurania said the Special Operations Group is carrying out an intensified operation in the Daringbadi area of Kandhamal district...
Bhubaneswar: A 12-year-old girl, who had been missing for the last two days, was found dead under a bush in Odisha's Angul district Friday, police said. The incident was reported in NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) police station area. The deceased was a Class-VIII student...
Balasore: Two officials deputed for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal by mistake had entered a village in neighbouring Odisha's Balasore district and were assaulted by locals over suspicion of being members of a child-lifting gang, police said Friday. The incident...
Kendrapara: In a tragic incident that has raised serious questions about the paddy procurement system in state, a middle-aged farmer from Junagadi village under Rajnagar block in Kendrapara district reportedly died of cardiac arrest after facing prolonged harassment during the sale of his paddy. The...
Bhubaneswar/Paradip: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said the Centre's approval of a Rs 797-crore green hydrogen jetty at Paradip Port will accelerate investments and boost the maritime economy in the state. The central government recently approved a proposal to construct the jetty in...
Bhubaneswar: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to arrive in Odisha on a two-day visit beginning March 5. According to an official statement issued Friday, a high-level preparatory meeting was held Thursday under the chairpersonship of Chief Secretary Anu Garg in view...
Bhubaneswar: The 28th board meeting of Odisha Water Supply and Sewerage Board (OWSSB) Thursday approved a series of long-pending administrative, financial and employee welfare reforms aimed at strengthening institutional efficiency and boosting workforce morale. The meeting was chaired by Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Minister...
Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has directed the state police and the home department to ensure proper training of police personnel on the constitutional requirement of furnishing written grounds of arrest to every person taken into custody. The order was passed last week by Justice...
Bhubaneswar: Some documents stored inside the record room of the Odisha Lokayukta office were gutted in a minor fire that broke out following a suspected electrical short circuit Thursday, an official said. The blaze broke out in one part of the record room of the...
Chennai: Opener Abhishek Sharma returned to form with a fine half-century as India rode on an aggressive batting display to post the highest total of this T20 World Cup, an imposing 256/4, against Zimbabwe in their must-win Super 8 clash Thursday. Abhishek, who had endured...
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