Paralakhemundi: Former Paralakhemundi Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sangram Keshari Behera has surrendered before the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) Court in Paralakhemundi in connection with the 2021 death of Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Soumyaranjan Mohapatra. The court rejected his bail plea and remanded him to...
Chandbali: Passengers had a close shave after a motor boat got stranded for more than three hours in the Mantei River near Panchutikri Ghat in Bhadrak district. According to reports, the boat was ferrying passengers Monday, including women, children and elderly people, across the river...
Kamakhyanagar: Tension flared up at the Kamakhyanagar block office in Dhenkanal district Monday after a group of people allegedly assaulted a Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) over the deletion of names from the beneficiary list under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). The injured officer, identified...
Patnagarh: A 27-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death with bricks and stones by a group of assailants at Baghmund village under Laramha police limits in Balangir district. The incident took place Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Mukunda Sahu, the only son of...
Puri: The annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings ended here Monday in a ritual called Niladri Bije when the deities returned to the 12th-century shrine after spending 12 days outside. The Niladri Bije ritual marks the culmination of the annual Rath Yatra...
Glasgow: India's Bindyarani Devi made a gritty fight but two unsuccessful clean and jerk attempts restricted her to bronze as Nigeria's Rafiatu Folashade Lawal powered to a record-breaking gold in the women's 58kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games here on Monday. Bindyarani, who had...
Khajuripada: Residents of Gudari village under Khajuripada block in Kandhamal district blocked National Highway 157(A) for more than three hours Monday, demanding a permanent solution to persistent mobile network problems that they said have disrupted education and government services. The protest began around 8 am...
Bhubaneswar: The Cyber Crime Police here have arrested a 50-year-old man from Bihar for allegedly duping a City resident of Rs 15.19 lakh on the false promise of offering distributorship and franchise rights of reputed Tata group companies, police said Monday. The accused, identified as...
Bhubaneswar: Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari chaired a high-level review meeting Monday to assess the state’s preparedness ahead of the landfall of the deep depression over the northwest Bay of Bengal, directing all district administrations to remain on 24x7 alert and ensure swift...
New Delhi: The state of Odisha has registered 36 ragging complaints in higher educational institutions (HEIs) this year, the Lok Sabha was informed Monday. Uttar Pradesh, with 135 ragging complaints, and West Bengal, with 75 cases, have accounted for the maximum number of such incidents....
A debate is spreading across India. The Cockroach students movement recently succeeded within a few days at forcing change that...
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Better late than never. Two days after the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the Supreme Court has stated...
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A quote from Milan Kundera goes thus: The final stage of a cultural movement is satire. When the people laugh...
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By Aakar Patel Many are puzzled by the size of the current protests and the speed with which they sprang...
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