Three people were taken into custody in Odisha’s capital city Bhubaneswar for allegedly defrauding a private company of Rs 5 lakh, a police officer said on Monday. The arrested suspects have been identified as Jitendra Kumar Khuntia (33), Rajesh Kumar...
Bhubaneswar: School and college teachers suspended their strike till September 22 after the Odisha government provided assurances on Saturday to resolve their key demands, which include providing grant-in-aid and filling vacant posts in educational institutions, said the convener of the...
Food safety officers seized 71 quintals of adulterated paneer along with 66 kg of stale food during two days of intensive raids across several shops and shopping malls in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, officials said on Thursday. Following instructions from Food...
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi stated on Monday that true achievement in public administration is evaluated not by an official's rank, but by the tangible impact created in the daily lives of citizens. The Chief Minister made these remarks...
A Bhubaneswar court on Wednesday sentenced 10-year rigorous imprisonment sentence to a man convicted of killing his wife over dowry demands, an advocate involved in the case said. Third Additional District and Sessions Judge Himansu Sekhar Mallick delivered the judgment...
Three women staged a demonstration near the residence of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday, during which two of them reportedly attempted suicide by consuming poison, citing a prolonged "delay" in settling a land dispute in Khurda district,...
A man suffered critical burn injuries on Sunday after being electrocuted by overhead power lines while attempting to snap a selfie on top of a freight train at the Mancheswar railway station in Bhubaneswar, a statement issued by East Coast...
Odisha continued to reel under severe heatwave conditions, with temperatures hitting a scorching 46 degrees Celsius in the industrial hub of Jharsuguda on Wednesday, according to weather officials. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heatwave alert across several...
A woman reportedly tried to set herself on fire outside the state secretariat in Bhubaneswar on Friday by pouring petrol on herself, according police. Security forces deployed near gate number 1 of the Lok Seva Bhavan acted swiftly to intervene,...
In the wake of a Crime Branch probe into the May 7 lynching of a Government Railway Police (GRP) constable, at least four police officers were suspended and two home guards dismissed on Sunday, officials said. Additionally, the Inspector-in-Charge of...
