Anugola: A local court sentenced ten persons to life imprisonment Friday for the 2021 murder of Jagannath Senapati, 22, alias Jagan, a watchman at Derjang Dam in Anugola district. The court found them guilty of murdering Jagan in an organised attack stemming from previous enmity....
Jharsuguda: A court in Jharsuguda district has delivered a verdict in a theft case within 17 days of its registration, sentencing the accused to six months in jail. Lakhanpur Civil Judge cum-JMFC Jaya Ray convicted Sanatan Kisan, 26, and sentenced him to six months in...
Bhubaneswar: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha has directed all District Collectors and district election returning officers to immediately disburse allowances to all Booth Level Officers (BLO) involved in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Additional Chief Electoral Officer Sushant Kumar Mishra issued the...
Bhubaneswar: The body of a 22-year-old B Tech final-year student was found inside a hostel bathroom under Infocity police station here, police said Friday. The deceased, identified as Yash Raj of Gujarat, was staying at the university hostel. Police have registered an unnatural death case...
TRINATH MOHANTY, OP Bhubaneswar: Despite the installation of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) cameras, authorities are struggling to maintain order in jails, as a series of security breaches, prisoner escapes, and viral videos of lapses at correctional facilities have come to the fore recently. The latest...
Bhubaneswar: A Rs 17.52-lakh cashew processing unit set up to economically empower Odisha’s vulnerable Bonda tribal community has ended up as a sick unit, remaining defunct since 2021-22 with no government plan to revive it, the Odisha Assembly was informed Friday. In a written reply,...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has initiated steps to repair and revive 1,658 lift irrigation projects under the Odisha Lift Irrigation Corporation (OLIC), particularly those affected by prolonged rainfall and flood conditions this year. A high-level review meeting was held at the office of the Revenue...
Bhubaneswar: The state government will develop an e-portal to streamline and increase transparency in the settlement of Lord Jagannath’s land, with Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan reviewing the proposed system at a high-level meeting here Friday. Harichandan chaired the meeting at the Law Department conference hall...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday said that 1,741 errors were found in textbooks of Classes I to VIII, and that Rs 175 crore was spent on their printing and publication. In a written response to a question from Congress MLA Sofia Firdous, State School and Mass...
ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday launched the ‘Sambandh’ mega membership drive aimed at bringing more farmers into Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) and Large Area Multipurpose Cooperative Societies (LAMPCS), and said cooperative institutions should serve as a lifeline for farmers...
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The alleged suicide by a second-year B. Tech student of the prestigious IIT Bombay, one of India’s most premier institutes,...
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