Jajpur: A special POCSO court in Jajpur has sentenced a 60-year-old tutor to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly raping a minor student over five years. Judge Abhilash Senapati delivered the verdict Tuesday, convicting Ramakant Biswal, son of Bishwanath Biswal of Shalakana village under...
Jharsuguda: The death of senior advocate and veteran Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Trinath Gual has triggered a wave of shock and speculation in Jharsuguda, with family members alleging foul play after his body was found on a railway track Tuesday morning. Gual, a former...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Anu Garg Tuesday called for the need for coordinated and sustained efforts by all stakeholders to eliminate the drug menace in the state. Garg chaired the seventh meeting of the State-Level Narcotics Coordination Centre (NCORD) which was held at Lok Seva Bhawan...
Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has raised serious concerns over the Forest, Environment and Climate Change department’s procurement of firearms and ammunition worth Rs 8.62 crore despite the absence of adequately trained personnel to operate them. The issue surfaced during a review conducted...
Sambalpur: Five persons were arrested Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a migrant worker from Kerala after mistaking him for a thief in Odisha's Sambalpur district, officials said. The incident happened in Dhobapada in the Khetrajpur police station area June 21 and came to light after a...
Puri: Odisha government Tuesday said it will deploy nearly 7,000 police personnel and 475 CCTV cameras for the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath in Puri beginning from July 16. This was stated by Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan after the second coordination meeting on Rath...
Bhubaneswar: The Southwest monsoon covered the whole of Odisha Tuesday, as rain lashed several districts, IMD said. The southwest monsoon, which entered Odisha June 12, has covered all 30 districts of Odisha June 23, said Sanjeev Dwivedi, a weather scientist of IMD's Bhubaneswar centre. With...
Bhubaneswar: One more person was arrested Tuesday in connection with the lynching of a GRP constable in Odisha, taking the total number of apprehended people in this connection to 19, police said. Government Railway Police (GRP) constable Soumya Ranjan Swain was allegedly tied to a...
Cuttack: A fast-track court in Cuttack Thursday sentenced a private tutor to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly raping a minor student in the Cantonment area. The Court convicted Hafiz Noor Ataraj and ordered him to pay a fine of 10,000 rupees, with an...
Bhubaneswar: Assets worth crores of rupees, including 15 high-value plots and two multi-storeyed buildings, were found Tuesday during searches at the properties of a government engineer in Odisha, officials said. The searches were conducted by the Odisha Vigilance at seven locations in Sambalpur, Cuttack, Balasore...
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