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Bhubaneswar: Two persons were arrested Tuesday for allegedly raping a woman at a beauty parlour in Odisha's Bhubaneswar, police said. The beauty parlour owner, 51, and his 52-year-old staff were apprehended after the woman lodged a complaint at Khandagiri police station. The accused "lured" the...

Bhubaneswar: Four minor girls were rescued from the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bus Terminal (BSABT) under the jurisdiction of Bharatpur police station here in the early hours of Tuesday. According to the terminal’s security staff, the girls arrived at the bus terminal in a distressed state...

Bhubaneswar: In a significant welfare measure for home guards, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved an increase in the Duty Call-up Allowance (DCA) from Rs 639 to Rs 650 per day. According to a statement issued by CM’s Office, the revised allowance will come into...

Bhubaneswar: Of the RS 95,692.31 crore interim allocation released by the Centre to states and Union Territories (UTs) under VB- G RAM G, Odisha was allocated Rs 3,763.80 crore, Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. During a meeting...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal Tuesday asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi infuses "speed and scale" to government schemes to enhance benefits for people. Addressing a press conference here to mark 12 years of the Modi government, Meghwal said implementation of schemes under the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday termed Narendra Modi's 12 years of rule as prime minister "the age of absolute transformation" and said the state witnessed fast-paced development under the BJP's rule in the past two years. Modi will create a new record...

Bhubaneshwar: 'Periods are not a curse or impurity. If women can give birth, why should they be stopped from entering a temple or kitchen during menstruation?' Driven by this conviction and drawing from her own experience of undergoing traditional 'purification' rituals after her first period,...

Bhubaneswar: BJP nominee Debashish Samantaray's nomination papers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha by-election from Odisha were found valid, sources said Tuesday. Samantaray had filed four sets of nomination papers for the June 18 by-poll. Following the verification process, election authorities accepted all required documents, officially...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Odisha government has suspended an assistant revenue inspector for allegedly demanding a bribe for the issuance of caste certificates to students, an official said. The suspended inspector was posted at Sadar-IV RI Circle under Sadar Tahasil of Sambalpur. He was accused of demanding Rs...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Parents’ Federation (Odisha Abhibhabak Mahasangha) Monday staged an indefinite hunger strike outside the office of the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha, demanding a judicial inquiry into alleged irregularities in the evaluation of Plus-II examination answer scripts. The association expressed serious...