Kalahandi: Kesinga Police have arrested five persons and recovered copper wires worth around Rs 10 lakh in connection with repeated thefts at the Vedanta Pump House sub-station in the Kesinga area of Kalahandi district, police said on Wednesday.According to Kalahandi Superintendent of Police (SP) Nagaraj Devarakonda, the thefts were reported over the past eight days…
Sambalpur Police achieved a major breakthrough with the conviction of two members of the infamous “Motu Patlu Gang,” known for interstate house burglaries.The convicted offenders, Mohammad Akhlaq (50) of Delhi and Shobi alias Waseem alias Zuber (36) of Meerut, operated across Odisha and several other states.The gang specialised in daytime house burglaries using duplicate keys…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea seeking direction to forthwith ban the sale of alcohol in packaging such as tetra packs and sachets.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi agreed to hear the petition filed by organisation…
Angul: Two persons lost their lives in separate elephant attacks in Odisha’s Angul district, once again raising concerns over the rising human-elephant conflict in the area.Both the incidents were reported from villages under the Purunagad section of Angul forest division.In Chandanpur village under Bantala police limits, a man identified as Bholeswar Pradhan died after being…
Bhubaneswar, May 20: A shocking case of mob lynching has come to light in Odisha’s Cuttack district, where a man was killed on suspicion of practicing black magic, and his body was burned to destroy evidence. Police have arrested 25 people in connection with the incident.The attack occurred on May 10, but arrests were made…
Odisha Vigilance arrested Bhubaneswar Sabar, Executive Engineer of R&B Sub-Division Dharmagarh and in-charge EE of R&B Division Bhawanipatana, for possession of disproportionate assets.Odisha Vigilance Arrests Bhawanipatana Executive Engineer in DA Case Bhawanipatana Executive Engineer ArrestedOdisha Vigilance arrested Bhubaneswar Sabar, Executive Engineer of R&B Sub-Division Dharmagarh and in-charge EE of R&B Division Bhawanipatana, for possession of disproportionate…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Higher Education Department has directed all state public universities and government as well as aided colleges to adopt and promote the newly launched “Shaktishree” mobile application, aimed at strengthening student safety and support services across campuses.In a directive issued by Director of Higher Education Kaliprasanna Mahapatra, the institutions have been asked to…
Washington DC, 20/5: April, Meta employees were informed that 8,000 of them, around 10% of the workforce, would be laid off on May 20 (Wednesday) as the tech giant readied itself for the era dominated by artificial intelligence. The New York Times reported that the orders began execution in Singapore, where at 4 am local…
London, 20/5: Taiwanese author Yáng Shuang-zi and translator Lin King have won the International Booker Prize for Taiwan Travelogue, a historical romance set in Japan-occupied Taiwan in the 1930s. The prestigious award, which was handed out in a ceremony at London’s Tate Modern gallery on Tuesday, recognises works of fiction from around the world that…
Kolkata, 19/5: Trinamool Congress candidate for Falta in West Bengal, Jahangir Khan, withdrew from the contest two days before repolling in the constituency, even as Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari led a ‘roadshow’ in support of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the area and termed the response of the local people as “second independence for the…
