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Today i.e on 15.10.25, a short while ago, Smt. Smruti Jayashree, Data Entry Operator( DEO), O/o Tahasildar, Begunia, Dist- Khordha has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and taking a bribe of Rs. 8,000/- from a complainant for online processing of the file towards conversion of their land from agricultural to non-agricultural purpose. As…

New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Kanakvardhan Singhdeo met Shaktikanta Das. Deputy Chief Minister KV Singhdeo, who was on a visit to Delhi, met the Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Shaktikanta Das. According to reports, the meeting was a courtesy call, Deputy Chief Minister KV Singhdeo mentioned in his X handle. Dr. Arabinda K Padhee, Principal Secretary, Odisha…

New Delhi: Calling for an urgent political intervention to end the decades-long Mahanadi river water dispute, retired Supreme Court judge Justice V Gopala Gowda Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Ministers of Odisha and Chhattisgarh to come to the mediation table and settle it. Addressing the Mahanadi Sansad, Gowda said the issue remained…

Puri: A rare and disturbing scene was witnessed in Puri of Odisha on Sunday as a scooty vehicle was being taken in a funeral procession. The people on the road were astonished to witness the rare sight. The video of the unusual incident has gone viral on social media. The now viral video showed a scooty…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Crime Branch, which has intensified its probe into the police sub-inspector (SI) recruitment scam, has reportedly issued lookout circular against the absconding accused persons. Apart from issuing the lookout circular against the absconding accused persons, police also froze the bank accounts of 10 accused persons including key conspirators Sankar Prusty and Muna Mohanty, informed sources. The…

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Police have arrested a youth for spreading communal hatred through social media, a senior officer said  Monday. The cybercrime police arrested the accused, identified as Arshad Alli (19), on Sunday night in connection with a case registered based on a written complaint lodged by an individual on October 9 this year, the police said….

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Monday termed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s advice to female boarders to not venture out late at night as “disappointing.” Deputy CM Parida, who is also in charge of the Women and Child Development department, strongly denounced Banerjee’s advice to female boarders not to go out at night….

Chhatrapur: A goods train reportedly carrying coals caught fire at Chhatrapur railway station in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Sunday prompting the firefighters to reach the spot to douse the flames. As informed by sources, the goods train was reportedly carrying coal to Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh from Odisha’s Khurda. However, some railway employees noticed smoke emitting…

Rourkela: Armed Maoists on Sunday torched the mobile tower of a private mobile service provider and destroyed costly equipment on Odisha-Jharkhand border. The red rebels reportedly blew up the mobile tower by bombing it in the Kolbhanga area under the​ Jaraikela Police Station on the Odisha-Jharkhand border. Meanwhile, a state of fear gripped the locality after the…

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) today issued yellow warnings for heavy rain and thunderstorm with lightning in Odisha for next three days. The weather department said that the thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur in parts of Odisha till 8.30 AM of October 15. Check the…