In a significant step to strengthen the state’s judicial system, the Odisha Cabinet has approved amendments to the Odisha Superior Judicial Service and the Odisha Judicial Service Rules, 2007.The reforms introduce a structured one-year Law Clerkship programme for trainee judicial officers alongside institutional training, aiming to make the service more contemporary, competent and accessible.Under the…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has dismissed Baliapal Sub-Registrar Manisha Mishra from service after she was caught by Vigilance while allegedly accepting a Mishra, an Odisha Revenue Service (ORS) officer, was serving as Sub-Registrar at Baliapal in Balasore district.She was caught by Balasore Vigilance on November 6 while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 7,000 at…

Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) may be introduced in the upcoming municipal elections in Odisha, Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra indicated on Monday.The Minister said Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi is giving priority to the issue and Odisha Government has already initiated steps towards…

Baripada: A tribal man was trampled to death by an elephant in a forest in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district Monday, police said.The incident took place near Bandiraposhi village under Joshipur police limits when the victim, identified as Lalmohan Naik (55), went to a nearby forest to relieve himself and came face to face with the elephant,…

Kendrapada: An eighth-grade girl student died under suspicious circumstances after she reportedly collapsed during classes at Kamala Model Girls’ High School in Ayatan village under Rajkanika block of Odisha’s Kendrapada district on Monday.The deceased was identified as Bishwarupa Behera, a resident of Mahadeadia village. According to reports, she suddenly fell unconscious while attending classes at…

A shocking incident has triggered widespread outrage and grief across the Debagada district after a 5-year-old girl was brutally assaulted at a village located on the outskirts of Debagada town.The minor, who sustained severe injuries, has been transferred to VIMSAR in Burla for advanced medical care.According to police sources, the horrific incident took place on…

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police today arrested four persons for allegedly manhandling ACP Ananya Awasthi following a dispute over bursting firecrackers during Diwali celebration in Odisha’s Kataka city.The arrests were made by Lalbag Police in connection with the incident at Nayasadak on Sunday, where a confrontation broke out between police personnel and some local residents over…