Bhubaneswar: Following violence and student outrage in some colleges, Odisha DGP Vinaytosh Mishra has asked senior police officers to strengthen policing to curb such incidents.Holding a meeting with SPs, DIGs and IGPs Saturday evening via video conferencing here, Mishra discussed security arrangements and the law-and-order situation in view of the students’ elections.The DGP emphasised the…
Deadly flash floods in Nepal leave ten citizens missing.Flash floods surging through Nepal’s Budhi Gandaki River basin have left at least 10 people missing and obliterated critical infrastructure across the Gorkha District. Raging waters swept away six bridges by Sunday morning, cutting off remote mountain settlements and forcing emergency air evacuations. Floodwaters destroyed two vital…
Sohela: Police registered a murder case and exhumed the decomposed body of a labourer from a burial site at Pandakipali village in Baragada district, a month after his death.Three accused identified as Rajani Sahu, Dinesh Sahu and Bulu Sahu were arrested in this connection and forwarded to court. According to the complaint filed October 9…
Gautam Gambhir, head coach of the India men’s cricket team and former Indian cricketer, visited the Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain on Sunday before India’s third Twenty20 International against West Indies at Holkar Stadium, Indore later that day.Speaking about his visit, Gambhir expressed gratitude for the opportunity to seek blessings at the temple. He stated, “Baba…
A Sunday morning routine descended into unimaginable tragedy in Arabala village under Odisha’s Jajpur district, after a suspected Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) pipe leak sparked a horrific domestic fire, claiming the life of a five-year-old girl and leaving three family members critically injured.The tragic event occurred at around 6:30 AM on Sunday while 35-year-old Tilottama…
Baragada: Baragada police seized 1,200 bottles of cough syrup from a pickup van near Balijuri Market on the Baragada–Barpali road on Saturday and arrested one person, while two others allegedly involved in the consignment escaped.Personnel of Baragada Sadar police station intercepted the vehicle near Balijuri and seized the cough syrup, identified as Corex, along with…
Bhubaneswar: The Mancheswar police has arrested a man and his two son, who were allegedly running a truck-theft racket across Odisha on Sunday. The three were reportedly arrested in Champua, Keonjhar.Following the arrest of the father son, the whole truck theft network was revealed. The arrested accused are Niranjan Mohapatra and his son Ashok Mohapatra…
New Delhi: Several opposition leaders, including former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, AAP national convener and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and former Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, were on Saturday detained by the police while attempting to join the protest, called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in the national capital, against Chief Election…
Bhubaneswar, October 10, 2026: ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) commenced new training batches across its Digital Skill Centres in Paradeep, Keonjhar and Barbil under its flagship CSR initiative, Project ‘Daksh’. Set up in collaboration with the NASSCOM Foundation, the Digital Skill Centres aim to bridge the skill gap by equipping local youth with critical…
Jajpur, October 10, 2026: The Jajpur unit of Jindal Stainless, India’s leading stainless steel manufacturer, has been conferred the CII National Award for Excellence in Water Management 2026 as the Winner in the ‘Within the Fence’ category, recognising its exemplary efforts in water conservation, resource efficiency, and sustainable manufacturing practices. Presented by the CII-Triveni Water…
