Bhubaneswar: National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has instituted a case over alleged police excesses against tribals in Sijimali after accepting a petition filed by BJD MP Sasmit Patra, the Rajya Sabha member claimed on Monday.Patra met NCST chairperson Antar Singh Arya and submitted the petition. Arya assured action, including issuing notices and seeking replies…
Cuttack: After a three-decade delay in the disposal of a criminal appeal, Orissa high court recently modified the sentence of a man convicted in a 1992 attempt-to-murder case, reducing it to the period he had already spent in jail, while increasing the fine amount.The appeal, filed in 1995 against a conviction by the assistant sessions…
Bhubaneswar: Driving licence is a mandatory requirement for operating a vehicle. A recent statewide enforcement drive has revealed a worrying trend in Odisha. Nearly one in three traffic violators were found driving without a valid licence, according to the state transport authority.Between March 21 and April 10, the transport department detected 96,268 traffic violations, of…
Cuttack: Major arterial roads from Dolamundai to Bajrakabati in Cuttack are being increasingly choked by encroachments, with rows of makeshift shops and extended structures narrowing carriageways and causing severe traffic congestion. Despite repeated complaints from commuters and local residents, authorities appear to have taken little visible action.Daily commuters allege that footpaths have virtually disappeared in…
Bhubaneswar: Bhavesh Patra continued to make Odisha proud by securing 100 percentile in JEE (Main)-2026 Session-2 (BE/BTech), the results of which were announced by the National Testing Agency on Monday.He had previously scored 100 percentile in JEE (Main) Session-1, becoming the first student from the state to score a double in India’s largest engineering entrance…
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to improve faculty strength and enhance the quality of higher education, the higher education department decided to create 36 new assistant professor posts in govt degree colleges, with a focus on institutions located in rural and underserved regions.Official sources said the move aims to address long-standing vacancies and ensure better teacher-student…
Bhubaneswar: Nearly one in eight mothers in Bhubaneswar suffers from postpartum depression, with C-section deliveries and shorter breastfeeding periods emerging as key risk factors, a new study has found.The study, published in the March-April issue of the Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health journal, underlines the need to integrate mental health screening with routine postnatal and…
Bhubaneswar: Schools and anganwadi centres in Cuttack will remain closed for three days from Tuesday in the wake of prevailing heatwave. All colleges, both govt and private, will also remain closed during this period. Notifying this on Monday, Cuttack district administration said all govt, govt-aided and private schools, besides anganwadi centres will remain closed from…
Bhubaneswar: AIIMS Bhubaneswar carried out its first deceased donor liver transplant earlier this month, ahead of World Liver Day, after the family of a homoeopathic doctor agreed to donate her organs following brain stem death.Radha Parhi, a homoeopathic medical officer from Bhadrak district, expressed her wish to donate her organs even though she had been…
Berhampur: A Plus II first year science student of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Tudipaju, in Kandhamal district was found hanging in his hostel room on Monday. The deceased was identified as Gokul Kanhar (18), son of Suresh Kanhar, of Titeripala village under Tumudibandh police station limits, said police. After the arrival of his parents, he…
