Nabarangpur: Forest officials seized a Royal Bengal tiger skin and arrested a man allegedly attempting to sell it for Rs 10 lakh in Nabarangpur district Friday. The tiger skin was recovered from the Patree Reserve Forest under the Dabugaon forest range following a covert operation...
Bhubaneswar/Rayagada: Odisha DGP Y B Khurania Sunday directed the Crime Against Women (CAW) and Children (CW) wing under the Crime Branch to assist and monitor the mob attack of two NGO workers, including a woman, who was allegedly disrobed and molested during the incident in...
Berhampur: Police Sunday arrested the nephew of Odisha Transport minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena on charge of abetment of suicide of a woman student in a private engineering college in Ganjam district, an officer said. The accused was identified as Biswajit Jena, 24, the nephew of...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday expressed concern over the ammonia gas leak incident in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur district and deputed three senior officers to coordinate assistance for affected Odia workers, officials said. Two women died and 62 others were affected following an...
Bhubaneswar: Thousands of aspirants in Odisha appeared for the NEET-UG re-exam Sunday amid heavy security arrangements, officials said. The re-exam was held at more than 130 centres across the state. Police personnel were deployed outside all the centres to ensure the smooth conduct of the...
Bhubaneswar: BJP government in Odisha will launch a statewide urban outreach programme on June 24 to mark its second anniversary, officials said Sunday. The initiative, aimed at showcasing achievements in urban development, will be organised under the theme, 'Jan Bhagidari for Viksit Odisha: Empowered Citizens...
Baripada: The death of a young man who allegedly died by suic*de near Kuliana police station in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district has triggered widespread public outrage, with hundreds of residents blocking National Highway-18 Sunday and accusing police of “negligence” in investigating the theft of his vehicle....
Thrissur/Rayagada: An Odisha native died following a clash at a suspected prostitution centre in Thrissur city, police said Sunday. The deceased was identified as Danpathy Naik (27), a native of Dangasil in Rayagada district of Odisha. His two friends, Makkara Majhi (21) and Trinath Majhi...
Bolangir: Alleging a "three-month delay" in the disbursement of old-age pensions, hundreds of beneficiaries Sunday staged a protest outside the Block Development Officer's office in Patnagarh block of Odisha's Bolangir district. During the demonstration, beneficiaries submitted a three-point memorandum to the Governor through the local...
New Delhi: Star batter Virat Kohli was Sunday named in India's squad for the three-match ODI series against England next month, subject to fitness clearance, as the BCCI announced a 15-man squad for the upcoming white-ball assignment. Kohli, who is in Delhi for a promotional...
In a disconcerting new report, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that almost every child in India is...
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By Aakar Patel Last week, on 17 June, it was reported that the ‘US has renamed the Indo-Pacific Command back...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent criticism of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) was not merely an expression of frustration. It...
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India is being shown in such a poor light that it does not stand comparison on the question of a...
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