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Bhubaneswar, 8th October 2025: As part of the ongoing Special Campaign 5.0, Khurda Road Division of East Coast Railway organised “Amrit Samvaad” at Puri Railway Station on 8th October 2025 evening. The programme aimed at fostering meaningful interaction between Railway officials and passengers, focusing on Cleanliness, Safety and Improvement of Passenger Amenities. During the Amrit Samvaad, passengers appreciated the Station’s cleanliness and overall…

Bhubaneswar: Additional District and Sessions Court, Bhubaneswar has acquitted all six accused in the high-profile 2009 murder case of Manas Ranjan Nayak, a warder at the Jharpada Special Jail, citing a lack of conclusive evidence. The Additional District and Sessions Judge cleared Bikram Mallick, Mihirkant Tripathy, Shivram Sahu, N Venkat Rao Dora, Kanhu Charan Mishra, and…

Bhubaneswar, October 9: More than 4,000 students of nine different institutions of the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) here were presented their degrees in separate graduation ceremonies held over the last three weeks. The last graduation ceremony of the SOA National Institute of Law (SNIL) was held on Wednesday which was graced…

Cuttack: Police have arrested three more people in connection with the violence that broke out during the Dussehra procession in Cuttack, a source said Thursday. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Girija Shankar Chakrabarty said additional arrests are likely as investigations continue. Police teams led by two ACPs and three Inspectors-In-Charge have been deployed in the Hatipokhari…

Bhubaneswar: A powerful lightning  strike hit the 11th-century Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar Wednesday, burning the flag atop the shrine and damaging several electrical systems, including numerous CCTV cameras, a temple servitor said Thursday. It can be mentioned here that the temple city was lashed by heavy rain and thunderstorm Wednesday afternoon, flooding major roads and low-lying…

Udala: A 14 foot long king cobra was rescued from a village in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha on Thursday. The huge snake was rescued from the Padmapokhari village under Kaptipada Forest Range of the district. As per reports, initially a few locals spotted the huge cobra entering into a pond form near a tree in…

Sorada: In a tragic incident, an elderly man was thrashed with a bamboo to death in Ganjam district of Odisha yesterday. The incident took place in the Swargadwar village in Gochha panchayat under Sorada Police Station limits in the district. The deceased elderly man has been identified as Shishir Swain of Singipur village. As per the…

Cuttack:  A goods-laden truck suddenly caught fire and reduced to ashes. The truck was parked in the godown when it suddenly caught fire in Cuttack since last night. According to information, the truck bearing registration number OD29F-9077, loaded with dal, caught fire when it was parked in the warehouse for unloading. The driver was sleeping inside…

Bhubaneswar: A house owner was allegedly beaten on the road in the K4 area of Kalinga Vihar under the Tamando Police Station limits in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The incident occurred when the tenants had gone out to visit puja pandals, leaving a young woman alone in the house. The house owner allegedly misbehaved with the woman, triggering…

Deogarh: In a sad news for the animal lovers, yet another elephant was found dead at Kaunsitaila under the Tinkbir beat of the Reamal forest range of Odisha’s Deogarh district. After seeing the elephant lying dead on the roadside in the morning, the villagers informed the Reamal Forest Department, following which a team of forest officials…