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…
Rourkela: An 18-year-old woman died after being hit by a speeding SUV in Rourkela on Thursday, while the car driver and a passenger sustained grievous injuries. According to sources, the SUV, travelling from Panposh to Deogaon lost control on Balu Ghat-Rooptola stretch on NH-143, triggering a pile-up. The vehicle first rammed into a roadside cart,…
A medical team collects water samples in the village in Jajpur district on Thursday Kendrapada: An outbreak of suspected gastroenteritis has resulted in the death of a 43-year-old man on Wednesday night and hospitalisation of nearly 12 residents, including five women, of Bausadola village under Dharmasala block in Jajpur district.Deceased Badal Mallick (43) of Bausadola…
Berhampur: A 26-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday for allegedly strangling her nine-year-old niece-in-law (sister-in-law’s daughter) at Laxmanapalli village under Jagannath Prasad police station limits in Ganjam district.After allegedly killing the child, accused Bidyabharati Moharana had wrapped the body in a plastic sheet and dumped it inside an abandoned toilet located at the rear of…
Keonjhar: Keonjhar police on Thursday arrested a 28-year-old man for the rape of a differently-abled minor tribal girl. A police complaint was lodged on April 6 regarding the alleged rape and a subsequent group clash.According to the allegation, the incident took place four months back. The accused is a relative of the survivor and reportedly…
Puri: The body of unidentified man was found floating in an open drain in Puri on Thursday morning. After spotting the body, the local residents informed police, which reached the spot and, recovered the body with the help of fire services personnel. The body was sent to Puri District Headquarters Hospital for postmortem.According to IIC,…
Bhubaneswar: Eight tribal students from Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) in Odisha have been selected for specialised JEE Advanced coaching under the National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), New Delhi, following their performance in JEE Main 2026 (Phase-I). In the recently announced results, 11 EMRS students from the state qualified in the national-level engineering…
Bhubaneswar: The capital city recorded around 65% drop in robbery and snatching cases in 2025 as compared to 2023, according to data released by the commissionerate police on Thursday. The drop was 49.2% from 2024.The combined incidents of robbery and snatching, which stood at 587 in 2023, fell to 398 in 2024 and further declined…
Devotees during the reopening of Ratna Bhandar at the Jagannath Temple Bhubaneswar: Puri king and chairman of Jagannath Temple managing committee, Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb, has emphasized that no rigid deadline should be imposed on the ongoing inventory of the Ratna Bhandar, which resumed Wednesday after it began on March 25 after 48 years.The last inventory,…
The civil supplies officials with seized LPG cylinders hoarding at Samantarapur in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday Bhubaneswar: Amid shortage of commercial LPG cylinders because of the ongoing West Asia tension, civil supplies officials on Wednesday seized 157 domestic cylinders from three locations, one in Bhubaneswar and two in Khurda.Officials said a timber depot in Bhubaneswar was…
