Cuttack: The Orissa High Court Friday asked the state government to file the status report of and case diary related to the alleged assault of an Army officer and his female friend at Bharatpur police station in Bhubaneswar September 15. Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo gave...
Bhubaneswar: An under-trial prisoner died under mysterious circumstances at the controversy-ridden Jharpada Special Jail here Friday, even as the family of the deceased alleged that he succumbed to custodial torture by prison staff. An officer at the Laxmisagar police station said Bidyadhara Guru, 48, who...
Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police Friday informed the judicial commission headed by Justice CR Dash that the polygraph tests of all five police personnel in connection with the alleged torture of an army officer and sexual assault of his fiancee in custody has...
Bhubaneswar: Hours after some 'habishyali' women fell ill at the Brindabati Niwas in Puri and were admitted to a hospital there, Chief Minister Mohan Majhi asked Srimandir administration and Puri district magistrate to take necessary measures for women pilgrims. Majhi, who is on a tour...
Bhubaneswar: A fresh weather system is brewing over the North Andaman Sea, which could take shape of a depression by October 24, bringing heavy rain in some places of Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Friday. A depression is an...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Mohan Charan Majhi Friday congratulated Ajay Kumar Kadraka, a tribal youth from Rayagada district, for successfully clearing National Eligibility Test (NET)-2024 conducted by the University Grants Commission (UGC). Ajay, who belongs to the Dangaria Kandh tribe - a particularly vulnerable tribal group...
Mumbai: Metal and mining major Vedanta Friday announced an investment of Rs 1 lakh crore in Odisha to set up an alumina refinery and an aluminium plant in the state. The Anil Agarwal-led group has already invested Rs 1 lakh crore across assets in the...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said the state is emerging as a key player in the chemicals and petrochemicals sector, supported by increasing demand from core industries like steel and aluminium. Addressing the ‘India Chem 2024' in Mumbai, Majhi said the PCPIR...
Bhubaneswar: BJD Friday slammed the Odisha government over alleged hardships faced by elderly women who came to Puri's Shree Jagannath Temple to observe ‘Kartik Brata', alleging that the BJP dispensation "failed" to make adequate arrangements for them. BJD spokesperson Lekhashree Samannsinghar claimed that the elderly...
Bhubaneswar: With Diwali fast approaching, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) launched a special drive to prevent the illegal transportation of firecrackers and other inflammable items on trains, according to a notification issued Friday. ECoR reiterated that carrying dangerous goods such as firecrackers, gas cylinders, acid,...
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