Kendrapada: The ad-hoc additional district and sessions judge-cum-fast track court, Jajpur has sentenced a 36-year-old man to life imprisonment on Friday for raping a 36-year-old married woman eight years ago. The judge, Sarat Kumar Dehry, imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on the convict, native of a village in the district. Failure to pay which…
Berhampur: A class IV girl student died allegedly after being bitten by a suspected venomous snake which has slithered into her footwear in a primary school at Sholaghar under Ganjam district’s Purushottampur block on Friday. The victim was identified as Subhashree Padhy (9), daughter of Siba Shankar Padhy, a painter in Sholaghar. Source link
Rourkela: In a major crackdown on cybercrime under the special enforcement initiative “Operation Kavach”, Jhirpani police here have arrested two persons on Friday allegedly involved in operating mule bank account used for large-scale online fraud across the country. The fraudulent transaction of more than Rs 1 crore had been routed through this account. The two…
Bhubaneswar: Taking a suo motu cognisance of media reports highlighting a rise in trafficking and missing person cases, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the chief secretaries and directors general of police of five states, including Odisha — which topped the list for trafficking from 2021 to 2023 — seeking a detailed…
Commuters slow down to manoeuvre the Sainik School-Acharya Vihar square road in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: Long queues of vehicles, stuck during peak hours, negotiating the busy Sachivalaya Marg — particularly the stretch between Sainik School and Acharya Vihar Square — has become a nightmare for commuters for the last one month — thanks to the slow-paced…
After BJD and Congress, BJP on Friday issued whip to its MLAs for the Rajya Sabha election on Monday. “All the members of BJP legislative party are hereby directed to remain present in Odisha Legislative Assembly on March 16 positively,” the whip issued by govt chief whip Saroj Kumar Pradhan said. Source link
Rourkela: Odisha vigilance on Friday arrested an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Bargaon police station in Sundargarh district for taking Rs 25,000 bribe from a ‘dhaba’ owner on Thursday. During subsequent searches at the Bhubaneswar and Badagaon govt quarters of ASI Arupa Nanda Das (53), the vigilance officials recovered more than Rs 3 lakh cash on…
People buy induction stoves in Balasore on Thursday Bhubaneswar: Amid fears of LPG crisis, induction stoves are flying off the shelves. Many electronics shops and outlets in the state selling induction stoves reported stocks having been exhausted and have placed orders for more items.Rajesh Gupta, managing partner of a chain of electronics stores in the…
Tiffin centres and roadside food stalls in Bhubaneswar have been shut down due to the ongoing crisis Bhubaneswar: Given the prevailing LPG situation on account of the conflict in West Asia, many hotels and small eateries in twin cities are either scaling down operations, increasing food costs or temporarily shutting down. Those running tiffin centres…
Food supplies and consumer welfare minister Krushna Chandra Patra chairs a high-level meeting on Thursday Bhubaneswar: The state govt on Thursday assured people that there is no shortage of cooking gas or fuel in the state and urged citizens not to panic amid concerns over supply disruptions. The assurance came following a high-level meeting chaired…
