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Loisingha: Police Monday arrested a supply assistant on charge of raping a widow of Agalpur area in Bolangir district and circulating a video of the intimate moments which went viral on social media platforms. The accused was identified as Girish Chandra Sahu, 34, a supply...

Kendrapara: A drunk man was arrested for allegedly vandalising a temple and attacking devotees in Odisha's Kendrapara district Monday, police said. The 28-year-old man, identified as Khetrabasi Mallick, barged into the temple in Haladipatana village and allegedly vandalised it. He then grabbed the 'trishul' from...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday prohibited its employees from exercising any form of influence to secure suitable transfer or posting in the administration, a top official said. Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja conveyed the directive to all the department secretaries through a letter. "All government employees...

Bhubaneswar: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 has started hearing different stakeholders here  Monday. During the first half period, the JPC held discussions with representatives from the Odisha government, state minority commission, state waqf board, senior advocates, social activists and...

New Delhi: A high-level committee, headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Monday approved three projects worth Rs 725.62 crore for the expansion and modernisation of fire services in Odisha, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal. The committee has approved Rs 376.76 crore for West Bengal, Rs...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has removed Minati Behera from the post of Odisha State Commission for Women (OSCW) chairperson. The Women and Child Development Department has issued a notification removing Behera from the post Saturday. The matter, however, came to light Monday. Behera, a former...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to change the dress code of both female and male employees of the nursing service cadre in the state, a health department official said Monday. The BJP government has finalised six different dress patterns for the nursing employees with...

Balasore: The Odisha Police has seized a human skeleton from an abandoned stone quarry at Tiakata village in Balasore district, an officer said Monday. The skeleton has been recovered from a long abandoned stone quarry in a remote hilltop Berhampur area in Nilagiri subdivision on...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday embarked on a one-day visit to poll-bound Jharkhand to seek votes for BJP candidates. Majhi will address two public meetings in Seraikela-Kharsawan and West Singhbhum districts, which have a large Odia-speaking population, sources said. The Odisha chief...

Berhampur: A recent social media post by the Superintendent of Police, Berhampur has gone viral as he used different emojis to cover the faces of the accused persons arrested in an assault case. The post includes the faces of the four accused who have been...