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A petrol filling station in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: Consumer welfare minister Krushna Chandra Patra on Tuesday backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent appeal urging people to restrict the use of petrol and diesel, saying it was made keeping in mind a possible future crisis and should not be interpreted differently.Addressing media persons, Patra said there was…

Rourkela: Police in Sundargarh district on Monday sent blood samples collected from the house of a 36-year-old man, arrested for allegedly raping and murdering his mentally-challenged aunt, for forensic examination to establish its origin.The accused was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on Sunday. Investigators said the samples recovered from his house will be matched…

Keonjhar: Local staged a protest in Putulia village under Patna police station limits on Monday when the administration started demolishing houses on an encroached plot to make way for construction of JMFC court building.The administration, in the presence of magistrate Rabi Shankar Hembram, additional tehsildar demolished three houses that included a broiler farm, one-tiled house…

Berhampur: The Centre of Excellence on Bioprospecting of Ethno Pharmaceuticals of Southern Odisha (CoEBESO), in collaboration with the biotechnology department of Berhampur University, on Monday launched a month-long summer internship for biological sciences students.Altogether 53 students from first and final year PG courses and Plus III from 13 universities across Odisha and neighbouring states are…

Police investigate in the locality of the rape-murder Rourkela: Police in Sundargarh district on Monday sent blood samples collected from the house of a 36-year-old man, arrested for allegedly raping and murdering his mentally-challenged aunt, for forensic examination to establish its origin.The accused was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on Sunday. Investigators said the…

Rourkela: A wave of anger and disappointment has swept across Jagannath devotees and Odia communities worldwide after ISKCON’s Bhaktivedanta Manor in Watford, UK, held the Snana Yatra of Lord Jagannath on May 10, allegedly ignoring repeated objections by Puri’s Shree Jagannath Temple and devotees.The controversy has escalated with devotees terming the event an “untimely Snana…

2 Belpahar murder accused shot in legs during police encounter. JHARSUGUDA: Two prime accused in the Belpahar murder case suffered bullet injuries in a police encounter early Tuesday after they allegedly opened fire on a police team while trying to flee. The injured were identified as Sunil Mahanada alias Tabu (22) and Chand Banchhor (25),…

Keonjhar: A court on Monday sentenced a 30-year-old man to life imprisonment for a murder committed in 2021.District and sessions judge Gopal Chandra Behera convicted Chasha Dehuri and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him. Default in payment would add a year’s imprisonment to his jail term.The deceased, Nila Dehury (30) of Kadakala village…

Cuttack: The Orissa high court has directed the director of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, to provide free medical care, nutrition and other support to a 16-year-old rape survivor after her family decided against terminating her over 31-week pregnancy due to the high medical risk involved.Disposing of a writ petition filed by the girl’s parents seeking termination of…