Keonjhar: Keonjhar police on Thursday arrested a 28-year-old man for the rape of a differently-abled minor tribal girl. A police complaint was lodged on April 6 regarding the alleged rape and a subsequent group clash.According to the allegation, the incident took place four months back. The accused is a relative of the survivor and reportedly…
Puri: The body of unidentified man was found floating in an open drain in Puri on Thursday morning. After spotting the body, the local residents informed police, which reached the spot and, recovered the body with the help of fire services personnel. The body was sent to Puri District Headquarters Hospital for postmortem.According to IIC,…
Bhubaneswar: Eight tribal students from Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) in Odisha have been selected for specialised JEE Advanced coaching under the National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), New Delhi, following their performance in JEE Main 2026 (Phase-I). In the recently announced results, 11 EMRS students from the state qualified in the national-level engineering…
Bhubaneswar: The capital city recorded around 65% drop in robbery and snatching cases in 2025 as compared to 2023, according to data released by the commissionerate police on Thursday. The drop was 49.2% from 2024.The combined incidents of robbery and snatching, which stood at 587 in 2023, fell to 398 in 2024 and further declined…
Devotees during the reopening of Ratna Bhandar at the Jagannath Temple Bhubaneswar: Puri king and chairman of Jagannath Temple managing committee, Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb, has emphasized that no rigid deadline should be imposed on the ongoing inventory of the Ratna Bhandar, which resumed Wednesday after it began on March 25 after 48 years.The last inventory,…
The civil supplies officials with seized LPG cylinders hoarding at Samantarapur in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday Bhubaneswar: Amid shortage of commercial LPG cylinders because of the ongoing West Asia tension, civil supplies officials on Wednesday seized 157 domestic cylinders from three locations, one in Bhubaneswar and two in Khurda.Officials said a timber depot in Bhubaneswar was…
Bhubaneswar: A retired govt officer allegedly killed his wife in Bhubaneswar’s Airfield area on Wednesday after she reportedly tried to stop him from taking his own life amid prolonged depression linked to his diseases. The deceased was identified as Priyambada Sarangi (55).According to police sources, around 10 am her husband Debraj Sarangi (62) reportedly took…
Kendrapada: The court of judicial magistrate first class (JMFC), Aul, on Wednesday convicted a gramin dak sevak (GDS) of a post office in Kendrapada district to five years of rigorous imprisonment in a year old corruption case.Accused Asiki Kumar Mahalik, a gramin dak sevak (GDS) of Baruna village post office under Rajkanika block, was sentenced…
Keonjhar: A district court on Wednesday sentenced three men to life imprisonment and fined them Rs 10,000 each for the murder of a chicken shop owner in Nayakot police limits of Keonjhar district. The court also ordered an additional one-year jail term in case of default in fine payment.The convicts, Uttam Kumar Mahakud, Upendra Behera…
Balasore: A day after Odisha police launched one of the biggest crackdowns on organised cattle-smuggling networks in northern Odisha, investigators are now focusing on the syndicate’s financial trail and interstate links.Eastern Range DIG Pinak Mishra said police have started digging into how the racket allegedly generated, moved, and concealed illegal proceeds across Balasore, Bhadrak and…
