The Orissa High Court has declined to grant interim protection from arrest to Bidya Bharati Panda, wife of the deceased Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra, while hearing her anticipatory bail plea in connection with the high-profile death case.The High Court also directed the investigating agency to produce the case diary and posted…
New Delhi: It’s happening! Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh’s Delhi concert has not been cancelled. The Delhi Police has granted permission for Diljit’s concert at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 30.The decision comes after multiple meetings between Delhi Police officials and the organisers, who presented detailed security plans to address the concerns raised. Following these discussions,…
Notorious criminal Arjun Pradhan was injured in a police encounter in the Nandipada police station area in Odisha’s Keonjhar district on Friday morning. He reportedly sustained a bullet injury to his leg and was initially admitted to Anandapur Medical for treatment. He was undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.A country-made pistol…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Uniformed Services Staff Selection Commission (OUSSSC) has invited applications for recruitment to 7,268 posts under Combined Uniformed Services (Below Graduate Level) Examination-2026.According to the press release issued on Thursday, the detailed advertisement has been published vide Advertisement No. 01-CRE-2026/OUSSSC dated 23.10.2026.The recruitment will be for the posts of Constable (Civil), Constable (Communication),…
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to undertake a two-hour visit to Odisha October 25 to inaugurate the Reserve Bank of India’s Rs 169-crore data centre on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, officials said Friday.According to the tentative itinerary shared by the chief secretary’s office, Modi is scheduled to land at Biju Patnaik International Airport…
Berhampur, Oct 23: Ganjam police have arrested 440 gamblers and seized cash worth ₹11.64 lakh during a three-day crackdown on illegal gambling dens across the district amid the ongoing festival season.During the special drives, police raided 79 gambling dens across different police station jurisdictions and seized ₹11,64,936 in cash, 113 mobile phones and 25 vehicles.On…
Tension gripped the Balianta area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar following the tragic death of local builder Smrutiranjan Martha, alias Rinku, who succumbed to his injuries after being brutally attacked with an iron rod.The incident has sent shockwaves through the region, coming only months after the high-profile killing of a GRP constable within the same…
Puri/Bhubaneswar, October 23, 2026: Odisha AM/NS India Kho Kho High Performance Centre (Odisha AM/NS KHPC) athletes delivered outstanding performances at the 56th Odisha State Senior Kho Kho Championship (Boys & Girls) 2026, held at the District Sports Complex, Kho Kho Academy, Puri. Representing various district and institutional teams, the athletes contributed significantly to championship-winning campaigns…
Bhubaneswar: The long-standing Kotia dispute between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh has triggered a political war of words, with the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) demanding immediate legal intervention by the state government and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing the previous government of failing to resolve the issue during its 24-year tenure.Senior BJD MLA Ganeswar Behera…
Lhasa: Sixteen people were killed and 32 others injured after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Tibet on Thursday, according to the city’s emergency management bureau.As of 2:25 a.m. Friday, 11 of the injured were in serious condition while 21 sustained minor injuries. Over 300 houses collapsed.The damage caused by the quake is being further evaluated, and…
