Balasore: A female employee of the Odisha Police Housing and Welfare Corporation (OPHWC) has resigned from her position, claiming she was denied justice after accusing the project manager of Kalidaspur office here of sexual harassment. The woman filed a formal written complaint with the corporation’s...
Rayagada: A 16-year-old student of a government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Rayagada was critically injured after being assaulted with an iron rod by a fellow student, police said. The injured student, identified as Manoj Gouda of Therubali DP Camp area in Kolnara block, was...
Rairangpur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said the state government is considering setting up four more medical colleges to address the shortage of doctors in the state. Majhi announced while addressing a public meeting in Mayurbhanj district, where President Droupadi Murmu laid the...
Mayurbhanj: President Droupadi Murmu said Wednesday that the Union government is making special efforts for the economic development of tribals, including Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). While attending a special programme at Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University in Odisha's Rairangpur, located in the tribal-dominated...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police has rescued 5,451 missing children and women and reunited them with their families during a special drive named 'Operation Anweshan-II' conducted across the state from January 21 to 30, officials said Wednesday. All district and urban police units in the state participated...
Angul: Odisha government has reportedly approved a detailed project report for further eco-tourism infrastructure development at Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary, involving an estimated investment of about Rs 100 crore, a source said Wednesday. The project will focus on creating modern infrastructure inside the sanctuary to attract...
Gajapati: Eight people were arrested after a drunken brawl snowballed into a communal clash in Odisha's Gajapati district, leaving 10 injured, police said Wednesday. The incident happened in Chandipur village in the Mohana police station area Monday evening, they said. In the violence, the house...
Malkangiri: Odisha's Malkangiri, once considered a Maoist hotbed, was declared a "Naxal-free" district Wednesday after red rebel Sukhram Markam, who was carrying a bounty of Rs 21 lakh on his head, surrendered before the police, a senior officer said. The announcement comes days after Nabrangpur...
Berhampur: The population of blackbucks in Odisha's Ganjam district has risen by 498 in the last one year, officials said Wednesday. According to the census conducted by the Forest Department January 29, the total number of blackbucks in the district stood at 9,287. The population...
Sambalpur: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team from New Delhi, assisted by its Bhubaneswar unit, Tuesday conducted a raid at the Talabira coal mine office of Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Ltd (NLCIL) at Khinda panchayat in Sambalpur district, probing allegations of corruption and irregularities...
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