State

Subarnapur: In a heartbreaking incident that underscores the challenges of rural poverty, a woman in Subarnapur district was forced to mortgage her ration card to cover the medical expenses of her injured minor son. According to reports, Krishna Nayak, a Class VIII student at Sindurpur...

Nuapada: Tension prevailed at Khariar Road in bypoll-bound Nuapada Assembly segment Friday after a raid was conducted at the rented residence of BJD senior general secretary and former minister Priti Ranjan Gharai, a star campaigner for the Opposition party. The raid was conducted by officials...

Berhampur: Shiva Shankar Das alias Pintu Das, one of the accused in the murder of lawyer and BJP leader Pitabash Panda, was Friday shifted from the circle jail in Odisha's Berhampur to a prison in Phulbani, Kandhamal district, following a court directive, an official said....

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Former Odisha Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik Friday announced to hit the campaign trail in Nuapada bypolls November 3, party sources said. In a video message released, the former Chief Minister said that he would visit the Komna block in...

Kendrapara: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Odisha State Legal Services Authority (OSLSA) to expedite payment of compensation to a rape victim under the Victim Compensation Scheme. The order followed a petition filed by Kendrapara-based human rights defender Sagar Jena. The NHRC has...

Kendrapara: A 28-year-old man, identified as Bikram Biswal, was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a minor girl in Odisha’s Kendrapara district. The Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge under the POCSO Act, Prangya Parmita Raul, has sentenced Biswal to...

Lanjigarh: A shocking display of social boycott emerged in Kalahandi district, where a man’s body was carried to the cremation ground by three nieces after members of their community reportedly refused to assist due to social ostracisation. The incident, which took place Wednesday morning in...

Balasore: In a moment of pride for the state, Professor Nilamadhab Kar, an eminent psychiatrist serving with the Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom, has been named among the top 2 per cent of scientists in the world by Elsevier and...

Jaleswar: A Miscreant allegedly threatened two junior mining officers of dire consequences after they raided an illegal sand quarry at Kuanrpur ghat under this tehsil in Balasore district Thursday. Illegal sand smuggling continues at the ghat despite repeated complaints to the authorities, sources said. The...

Nuapada: The home voting process for the Nuapada Assembly by-election began Thursday. A total of 15 polling teams have been deployed for the exercise. Each team comprises two polling officers, one micro observer, one security personnel and one videographer. Altogether, 251 voters, including those aged...