Khallikote: A woman died and her husband sustained critical burn injuries following a fire incident at Mathura village under Khallikote police limits in Ganjam district late Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Anita Pradhan, while her husband, Ramesh Pradhan, remains under treatment. According to...
Bhubaneswar/Rayagada: Odisha State Commission for Women (SCW) Monday recorded the statement of the victim of molestation and disrobing during a mob attack on two NGO workers in Rayagada district, while the NCW has sought an action taken report (ATR) from the DGP Odisha of the...
Bhubaneswar: Following a tribal man in Odisha carrying the skeleton of his sister to a bank as proof of her death to withdraw money from her savings account, the concerned bank branch manager was suspended and a directive issued to all 28 regional rural banks...
Aul: Hundreds of farmers staged protest outside the Aul branch of the Cuttack Central Cooperative Bank Monday, alleging large-scale corruption, fraudulent loan transactions and denial of agricultural credit. The protesters claimed that middlemen, in collusion with officials of cooperative societies and the bank, opened fake...
Bhubaneswar: A day after the Rayagada mob violence case was put under the ‘Red Flag’ category, Crime Against Women (CAW) Additional Director General (ADG) S Shyni assured strict action against the culprits and informed that awareness campaigns on positive bystander intervention to create awareness among...
Bhubaneswar: A day after the arrest of his nephew in the abetment of suicide of a woman student in Ganjam district, Odisha's Transport minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena Monday said he wants the law to take its own course. Asserting that no one is above the...
Koraput: Odisha police have recovered arms, ammunition, equipment, and other articles hidden by Maoists in forest areas of Koraput district, a police officer said Monday. While interrogating surrendered Maoists, police officers obtained information about a concealed dump in the Badlipahad forest area under Baipariguda police...
Baripada: The authorities of Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Monday announced that the reserve will remain closed for tourists from June 29 owing to the onset of the monsoon season. However, the ecotourism complexes at Jamuani and Talabandha will remain open for...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's 'Millennium City' Cuttack, will now be spelt as 'Kataka' as the state government Monday changed the English spelling of 64 places -- districts, sub-divisions, tehsils, blocks and urban bodies. In the same way, Balasore will now be written as 'Baleshwar' and Rourkela as...
Sonepur: Around 33,000 sacks of paddy have remained exposed to rain at the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society (PACS) in Singhijuba under Binika block of Odisha's Subarnapur district Monday, as millers are yet to lift the stock. However, continuous rainfall in recent days has soaked the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent criticism of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) was not merely an expression of frustration. It...
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