Udala: A 12-foot-long king cobra, locally known as Ahiraj, was rescued from a residential area in Mayurbhanj district on Monday after it entered a chicken shop. The incident took place in Padmapokhari village under the Kaptipada forest range.A shopkeeper spotted the snake inside a chicken shop and immediately alerted the Kaptipada forest department.Forest officials, along with…
Today i.e. on 05.05.2026, a short while ago, Sri Debendra Sahoo, Accountant-cum- Data Entry Operator (ADEO), Junagarh Block, Dist-Kalahandi has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance *while demanding and taking bribe Rs. 6,000/- from a beneficiary to process the file for sanction of a house in his favour under PMAY*. For about one week, he had…
Balangir: Odisha Vigilance has arrested Nirmalendu Kabi, Court Amin of Bangomunda Tahasil in Balangir district, while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000.The arrest was made on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.According to the Vigilance sources, Kabi demanded the bribe from an applicant for preparing sketch maps and processing the file for partition of land and issuance…
Chennai, 5/5: The 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election has concluded with a major shift in the State’s political landscape. Actor-politician Vijay’s Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has emerged as the single-largest party, effectively shattering the decades-old bipolar dominance of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The electoral verdict…
Balangir: A shocking murder case has come to light in odisha s balangir district, where a woman was allegedly killed by her brother-in-law after she rejected his advances. The police have reconstructed the crime scene, during which the accused confessed to the crime. The incident came to light two days ago when the body of Janaki Sahu…
In a humanitarian development, two Nepali girls rescued from West Bengal have been safely processed for repatriation, with one of them already returning to her home country from Bhubaneswar. The repatriation was carried out after completing all necessary legal and administrative procedures in coordination with the Nepal Embassy and local authorities.According to official sources, a…
Jeypore: Unna Rajendra Patro, a retired teacher of SSD High School of Dukum, Bisamcuttack in Rayagada district, was today convicted by the Special Vigilance Court in Jeypore in a disproportionate assets case.The Special Vigilance Judge, Jeypore found him guilty under Section 13(2) read with 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. He has been…
Angul: In a tragic incident, three workers died after being trapped in a kiln during maintenance at Metallic Sponge Iron Plant in Angul’s Nisha Industrial area. The deceased workers identities are yet to be ascertained. As per reports, the workers were working inside the kiln for maintenance when they got trapped inside and sustained serious injuries….
Chennai,5/5:Outgoing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday conceded defeat, while also thanking the people of Tamil and Nadu and the DMK workers for their efforts. The ruling DMK could manage to secure only 59 constituencies in the 234-seat Tamil Nadu assembly. Stalin himself faced defeat to TVK’s VS Babu in his bastion Kolathur…
Bhubaneswar: Following BJP’s and NDA’s success in West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi celebrated in Bhubaneswar along with Rajya Sabha MP Manmohan Samal and other state cabinet ministers. BJP created history on Monday in assembly polls results with the party slated to form its first government in West Bengal and the…
