Kendrapara: The Forest department Thursday arrested eight more marine fishermen on charge of illegally fishing along the turtle habitation zones in Gahirmatha marine sanctuary of Odisha's Kendrapara district. The department also seized their vessel and nets used in fishing. With the latest interception, around 120...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to provide affordable houses to people in Bhubaneswar, including slum dwellers, Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said Thursday. Mahapatra told reporters the housing units will be priced between Rs 14 lakh and Rs 50 lakh, with...
Bhubaneswar: BJP leader Jay Dholakia Thursday took oath as a member of Odisha Legislative Assembly, increasing the ruling saffron party's strength to 79 in the 147-member House. Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy administered the oath of office to Dholakia in the presence of senior leaders. His...
Phulbani: A court in Odisha's Kandhamal district has sentenced a 27-year-old man to five years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) on the charge of kidnapping a minor girl and establishing a physical relationship with her, giving false promises of marriage. Monoranjan Das, POCSO court judge at...
Greater Noida: Indian women's boxers showed exemplary courage to win four medals at the World Boxing Cup Finals 2025 at the Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex Thursday. India's gold medal count was opened by Minakshi Hooda, who defeated Fozilova Farzona 5-0 in the women's 48...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, his deputy KV Singh Deo, and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Thursday, congratulated JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar on taking oath as Bihar chief minister for a record 10th term. Majhi, who attended the swearing-in ceremony of the NDA government...
Bhanjanagar: A 22-year-old B Ed student of Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja College of Teacher Education in Ganjam district died Monday after her classmates and other students alleged that faculty members failed to ensure her timely transfer to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur. The...
Chhatrapur: A guest training faculty working at the government Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Chhatrapur, has pleaded for euthanasia in a letter to President Droupadi Murmu. The teacher, Arun Kumar Behera, along with the Ganjam district Guest Faculty Association, presented the letter to the Ganjam Collector...
Udala: A man accused of stealing cooking gas cylinders died after being beaten up by villagers black and blue at Bisipur under the police limits in Mayurbhanj district late Tuesday night, prompting police to detain more than 10 residents for questioning. According to police, two...
KEONJHAR: The Body of an unidentified man was found near the railway tracks between Basantpur and Sitabinj stations in Keonjhar district Wednesday. Also Read: 9-yr-old girl dies after falling in hostel toilet Bhadrak GRP registered an unnatural-death case and sent the body for postmortem. Orissa...
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A tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina November 17 to death. The verdict was pronounced after...
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