Bhubaneswar: A half-burnt body of an unidentified person was found at Kelucharan Park under Chandrasekharpur Police Station limits in Bhubaneswar, raising suspicion of murder.According to preliminary reports, unidentified miscreants are suspected to have murdered the person and dumped the body inside the park. It is also suspected that the accused attempted to set the body…
In a historic political shift, the Democratic Party captured majorities in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate in Tuesday’s midterm elections. The outcome delivers a decisive rebuke to President Donald Trump and ends unified Republican control of Congress for the remainder of his second term.Driven by low presidential approval ratings, widespread voter…
Kataka: Veteran broadcaster, author, poet and noted heritage enthusiast Dipak Samantrai, former Director of the National Academy of Broadcasting and Multimedia (NABM) and convener of Kataka Heritage Walks (CHW), died at his parental residence on Rovers’ Street here on Tuesday following a prolonged illness. He was 69.He is survived by his wife and daughter.A distinguished…
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, on Tuesday conferred Captain Smit Machchhar and the crew of the Flydubai aircraft Flight FZ1073 with the First-Class Order of Zayed II, recognizing their courage and efforts to protect passengers during a serious in-flight terror incident.The honor was presented by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin…
Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: The Odisha government on Tuesday stepped up multi-agency search and rescue (SAR) operations by engaging ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and other specialised equipment at a hilltop village on the Ganjam-Kandhamal border, where 10 people went missing after a massive landslide triggered by rain hit the area during Cyclone Arnab last week.Odisha’s Disaster Management minister Suresh…
Bhubaneswar: Khordha district police have busted an inter-district burglary gang with the arrest of 12 persons, including 11 accused and one receiver of stolen property, and recovered 500 grams of gold ornaments and 11 kg of silver ornaments.The breakthrough led to the detection of 15 burglary cases reported over the past two years across four…
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Tusshar Kapoor has allegedly received an extortion threat demanding Rs 5 crore from a person claiming to be associated with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. This case is under suspected hoax.The person who sent the threatening audio message with a claim of being a member of Lawrence gang is identified as Harry Boxer.After…
Bhubaneswar: An eight-member central team Tuesday began a two-day visit to southern Odisha to assess the damage caused by cyclone Arnab last week and subsequent floods, officials said.Chief Secretary Anu Garg said the Inter-Ministerial Central Team, led by Ravi Shankar, Joint Secretary in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), would assess the damage to…
A fierce political war of words erupted on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi over allegations of foreign interference in Indian politics.The political row began after Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi following his Rashtriya Ekta Diwas address. Turning PM Modi’s warnings…
Bhubaneswar: In a major fraud case, the Commissionerate Police have arrested a couple for allegedly duping a man of ₹1.47 crore by posing as industrialists and promising to provide houses and plots in Bhubaneswar.The accused have been identified as Srimanta Kalas and Soumya Subhadarshini Kalas, residents of the Tankapani Road in Bhubaneswar.According to police, the…
