Bhubaneswar: In a dramatic incident, a woman slapped an on-duty lady constable at Chandrasekharpur police station on Thursday night, a video of which went viral. Police are investigating the woman’s identity and circumstances that led to the confrontation. “We are trying to find out the reason,” a police officer said.According to police sources, the woman…
Koraput: Villagers in the Swabhiman Aanchal and interior pockets of Kalimela, Mathili and Khairput blocks in Malkangiri district voluntarily dismantled 20 memorial structures between Tuesday and Thursday, locally known as ‘martyrs pillars’, that were earlier erected by cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist). According to police, the decision was taken collectively by the villagers, who…
Sunita Nayak with her mother Bhubaneswar: Sunita Nayak stands merely 1.5 ft tall. But at Panchayatiraj High School in Kamakhyanagar block of Dhenkanal district, where the 14-year-old is appearing for her Class X board examination this year, she comes across as one of the most determined and confident examinees.Sunita hails from Kata village under Kamakhyanagar…
The order was uploaded on Feb 25 Cuttack: Calling encroachment on public land a “significant and growing menace” in the state, the Orissa high court has flagged systemic lapses in curbing illegal occupation, noting that despite consistent judicial directions, authorities often fail to act in “letter and spirit.”The court pointed to “lapses on the part…
BMC mayor Sulochana Das and commissioner Chanchal Rana attend the special budget session Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday passed Rs 1050 crore of annual budget for the 2026-27 fiscal at a special budget meeting held in the presence of mayor Sulochana Das.“This budget will greatly help in establishing Bhubaneswar as a healthy, prosperous,…
Stone tools found at the site Rourkela: Researchers from the history department of Govt Autonomous College, Sundargarh, have found stone tools in the Ib river valley supposedly belonging to the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic period, which indicated human habitation existed in the region 40,000 to 60,000 years ago.The discovery was made during a two-year field…
Union women and child development minister Annapurna Devi Bhubaneswar: Union women and child development minister Annapurna Devi and deputy chief minister Pravati Parida on Wednesday reviewed the progress of key schemes in the state.Devi praised the state’s Subhadra Yojana, noting that direct transfer of assistance to women’s bank accounts strengthens financial independence. She recommended organising…
Rourkela: Two men were arrested by K Balang police in Bonai sub-division of Sundargarh district on Wednesday for allegedly killing a woman and burying her body in a forest 17 days ago. Police said the prime accused had planned to murder her husband but ended up strangling the woman instead.The accused have been identified as…
The protesters demand accountability and action against the culprit Bhubaneswar: Locals on Wednesday blocked NH-57 for more than an hour to protest against the death of two persons after a hoarding collapsed on them due to gusty winds in Aiginia here on Tuesday, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on both sides of the highway. The…
Last year, 6 of the 14 wheels of the chariot developed cracks Kendrapada: The state govt on Wednesday sanctioned a financial grant of Rs 1 crore for construction of a new wooden chariot (rath) for Lord Baladevjew’s Rath Yatra at Ichapur locality in Kendrapada district, according to an official statement.“We need 3,550 cubic feet of…
