Police rescue a child beggar in Keonjhar Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) has launched a drive to rescue children involved in begging across the state and rehabilitate them.In an advisory issued to collectors and senior officials, the commission chairperson, Babita Patra, said children are frequently seen begging on streets,…
BHUBANESWAR: As many as 11 Maoists, carrying a collective bounty of Rs 63.25 lakh, surrendered before the state police in Kalahandi district on Sunday, handing over a large cache of arms and ammunition.Among those who laid down arms are divisional committee member, Nakul, and five area committee members. The surrender took place at a special…
Bhubaneswar: The state govt has sanctioned Rs 2.42 crore to promote sports among local youth in Maoist-affected regions.Under the state’s Gramodaya initiative — launched in Oct 2024 to strengthen basic infrastructure — 485 villages in Bargarh, Balangir, Boudh, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Rayagada districts will each receive sports kits worth Rs 50,000….
Deputy CM KV Singh Deo in Paradip Bhubaneswar: Political manoeuvring ahead of Monday’s Rajya Sabha elections in Odisha reached a flashpoint in faraway Bengaluru with police arresting four men for allegedly trying to bribe Odisha Congress MLAs to vote in favour of BJP, Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar said on Sunday, a charge…
10 dead, several injured as fire breaks out at Odisha’s SCB Medical College in Cuttack CUTTACK: At least 10 patients died after a fire broke out in the trauma care ICU of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Odisha’s Cuttack on Monday, officials said.The incident happened around 3am. Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi visited…
Kendrapada: Thepolitical flutter ahead of Rajya Sabha polls on Monday has shifted from state capital Bhubaneswar to Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district after the BJP transported all its MLAs as well as the three independents, who support the ruling party, to a luxury hotel, owned by independent candidate Dilip Ray, in the port town on Saturday…
Bhubaneswar: Nayapalli police on Saturday arrested two men on the charges of robbery at a house in N-5, IRC Village, on Nov 17, 2019, police said on Sunday.According to police, two unidentified men had entered complainant Rabindra Nath Mishra’s house around 2pm, assaulted him with a sharp object and decamped with around 90 grams of…
Rourkela: A 36-year-old man was arrested in Sundargarh district on Sunday on the charges of raping, torturing and threatening a 30-year-old married woman. The woman lodged a complaint at the local police station late on Saturday night, alleging that the man, whom she knew for the last seven months, blackmailed her, threatening to commit suicide…
Rourkela: Days after allegedly killing three members of his family in a fit of rage in Deogarh district last Wednesday, a 52-year-old man died after consuming psoison while evading arrest on Saturday.Ramesh Garia (52), a resident of Gariapali village in Kundheigola area of Deogarh district, died while undergoing treatment at Vimsar, Burla, late on Saturday…
Koraput: The week-long Subhadra Shakti Mela and Entrepreneurs Mela 2026, hosted by the district administration, ORMAS and the Mission Shakti department, recorded a business turnover of more than Rs 2.5 crore during the seven-day event held at the Dussehra Ground in Jeypore from March 8 to March 14.Officials said the mela, organised in connection with…
