Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: A wave of emotion swept across the twin cities on Friday as fans began offering prayers for Team India ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 final against New Zealand, set to be played at the mega Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.From neighbourhood temples in Bhubaneswar to bustling tea stalls…
Sambalpur: Sambalpur police introduced a dedicated helpline number for ASHA workers in the district following a suggestion from Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.Pradhan attended the district-level ASHA and Village Welfare Committee conference held at Gangadhar Meher University on Feb 27. He interacted with ASHA workers and committee members and listened to their concerns regarding grassroots…
Kendrapada: A 27-year-old tribal man was arrested for allegedly killing his wife at Samia village under Bairi police station limits in Jajpur district on Thursday night. Police said the accused, Guru Birua, returned home drunk leading to an argument with his wife, Parbati Birua (24). In a fit of rage, he attacked her with a…
Cuttack: Orissa high court has directed authorities of the special jail in Bhubaneswar to produce death row convict Sanjeet Dash (35) before it via video conferencing on March 12, while HC was hearing a reference for confirmation of the death sentence awarded to him for murdering his wife in 2022.A two-judge bench, comprising Justices Manash…
Cuttack: A special Pocso court here on Friday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a five-year-old girl last June.The additional district judge (Cuttack), Himansu Sekhar Singh, ruled, “Considering the settled position of law and the evidence on record, the prosecution is found to have established beyond reasonable doubt that the…
Rourkela: A 55-year-old man, Rupesh Kumar Sahu, died and his wife Anupama Gochhayat (53), CDPO of Gurundia block, and their 22-year-old daughter were injured after their SUV hit a tree under Mahulpada police limits in Bonai subdivision of Sundargarh on Thursday. Source link
Bhubaneswar: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday hailed security forces for decisively curbing Naxal activities, declaring that the extremists’ long-cherished ambition of establishing a “red corridor” stretching from Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh to Pashupati in Nepal will be permanently crushed by March 31.Speaking at the 57th raising day celebrations of the Central Industrial Security…
Rourkela: The body of an unidentified young woman was found in a bush behind a govt school under Brahmani Tarang police limits on Friday, police said. Police have continued efforts to establish her identity and the circumstances leading to her death. Source link
