Bhubaneswar: Police on Saturday arrested Jaga Patra, the primary accused in the brutal rape and murder of a minor college girl in Dhenkanal. The body of the girl was found in a forest in the district on Thursday. The police, after arresting the accused, recreated the crime scene and produced him in court. tnn Source…
Cuttack: The Orissa high court has refused to interfere with an order allowing an 86-year-old man to reside in the ground floor of his ancestral house in Bhubaneswar, reiterating that laws protecting senior citizens must be interpreted to advance their welfare.Justice Ananda Charan Behera recently upheld the Aug 7, 2025 order of the sub-collector, Bhubaneswar,…
Cuttack: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday directed the Koraput district administration to submit an action taken report within four weeks over an alleged public humiliation and inhuman punishment of a tribal couple. The NHRC was acting on a complaint filed by Jeypore-based human rights activist advocate Anup Kumar Patro. The plea, submitted…
The DGP described the massive haul as the highest in the country Bhubaneswar: Stringent enforcement measures resulted in a record seizure of 195 tons of ganja worth Rs 1,346 crore across the state in 2025 — a 41% increase compared to 2024, informed DGP Y B Khurania on Friday while releasing the force’s annual anti-narcotics…
DGP felicitates SPs of several districts for their crackdown on cultivators and traffickers Bhubaneswar: With Naxalism projected to be eradicated by the end of this month, Odisha police have set an ambitious plan to eliminate ganja cultivation across the state by March 2029.DGP Y B Khurania said cannabis was grown in LWE-affected regions, but the…
Berhampur: Disproportionate assets worth over Rs 1.27 crore of former executive engineer, Jonk canal irrigation division, Nuapada will be confiscated following a court order. Ashapurna Mohapatra, special judge of the vigilance court-cum-the authorized officer, special vigilance court, Bhubaneswar on Friday passed the order.The assets of the accused, Prafulla Kumar Panigrahy of Berhampur, included a multi-storied…
Representative photo Bhubaneswar: Popular restaurants, cafés and mid-range hotels across the city have begun rolling out “temporary menus” with revised prices, citing an acute shortage of LPG triggered by the escalating West Asia conflict.The crisis, which has already disrupted street-food hubs and small eateries, has now begun reshaping the city’s mainstream food and hospitality sector….
Ashok Kumar Dixit, chief officer of an LPG-loaded ship stranded at the Ras Laffan anchorage in Qatar Berhampur: Family members of Ashok Kumar Dixit, chief officer of an LPG-loaded ship stranded at the Ras Laffan anchorage in Qatar, are living in anxiety. With the near collapse of traffic through Strait of Hormuz, Ashok and the…
Bhubaneswar: The state govthas regularised contractual schematic junior teachers appointed in 2023-24, announced chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday. This has benefited more than 13,000 contractual junior teachers in the state, said an official statement issued by the chief minister’s office here.Official sources said these teachers have been regularised from the time they joined…
Sanctuary Reclaims Lost Ground Ahead of Centre’s March 31 deadline on making India Maoist-free, TOI, in a 2-part series, examines how Sunabeda will benefit as LWE influence dwindles in the areaDeputy range officer Pinku Bhoi still remembers the years when entering the deep forests of Sunabeda meant carrying not just a patrol diary and a…
