Koraput: Three tribal girls, including two sisters, drowned in a pond at Kurshi Uparpara village under Umerkote police limits of Nabarangpur district on Thursday. According to police, the incident occurred around 3pm when the children, identified as Bhumika Gond (5), and sisters Sandhya (6) and Sanjita Gond (5), went to the pond to wash clothes….
Bhubaneswar: The CBI has filed a case against three employees of income tax (I-T) department in Khurda on the charges of demanding Rs 10,000 bribe from a farmer for deactivating his duplicate PAN.Complainant Subash Chandra Sahoo (48), a resident of Airfield police station area in Bhubaneswar, lodged a complaint with the CBI on Tuesday, accusing…
Bhubaneswar: The civic body has removed all extended PNG iron pipe heads which were installed carelessly along the busy Jaydev Vihar-Nandankanan Road after safety concerns were raised. The pipe heads were removed from near three major junctions, such as Nalco Square, Damana Square and Patia Square, where the pipes were found popping out at least…
Cuttack: The Orissa high court has declined ordering removal of alleged encroachments in Nuapada area of Cuttack city, holding that the issue involves contested facts that must be decided by a civil court.In a judgment on April 6, the single-judge bench of Justice Sashikanta Mishra observed that the core issue is whether the land is…
Youths care for the forests in Dhenkanal Bhubaneswar: In a community-led effort to protect forests and wildlife during summer months, a group of youths from Mahuli village under Kamakhyanagar block in Dhenkanal district are creating fire lines to prevent spread of wildfires, placing water pots on trees for birds and small animals as natural water…
Sambalpur: A special Pocso court in Sambalpur sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment on Thursday for raping a 14-year-old girl in 2020. The accused was a 17-year-old juvenile at the time of the offence.The court of additional sessions judge Abhilash Senapati also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000, failure to pay which…
Girls pose with Pravati Parida Bhubaneswar: In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the state on Thursday rolled out a self-defence training programme for women self-help group (SHG) members, aiming to equip them with practical skills and confidence to safeguard themselves.Pravati Parida, deputy chief minister, launched the self-defence training programme, which will be conducted by department of mission…
Bhubaneswar: Political war of words over shelving of the Bhubaneswar Metro rail project continued on Thursday, with BJD Rajya Sabha member Sasmit Patra writing to chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi.Patra urged the state govt to revive the ambitious urban transport project by adopting the Jaipur Metro funding model with joint Centre-state participation. He cited the…
Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Thursday accepted the resignation of Sasmit Patra as the party’s parliamentary party leader in the Rajya Sabha, Naveen’s office said. Speculation is rife that either Santrupt Misra or Manas Mangaraj may be named as his successor.BJD sources said the new floor leader would be named soon.Misra, whose tenure in…
Sambalpur: A special Pocso court in Sambalpur sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment on Thursday for raping a 14-year-old girl in 2020. The accused was a 17-year-old juvenile at the time of the offence.The court of additional sessions judge Abhilash Senapati also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000, failure to pay which…
