Bhubaneswar: LoP Naveen Patnaik took to X and condemned the incident at Fakir Mohan College in Balasore. He called it shocking and distressing. He wrote, “A young student resorting to self-immolation in one of #Odisha’s premier Universities is both shocking and deeply distressing. I fervently pray to Lord Jagannatha for her swift recovery from the grievous…
Bhubaneswar: The State Government has suspended the Principal of FM Autonomous College and Head of the Department of Educational Studies in connection with the self-immolation bid by a college student on the campus. The Higher Education Department issued a separate notification in this regard. Principal Dillip Ghosh and HOD Samira Kumar Sahu have been placed…
Balasore: A student allegedly set herself ablaze in protest against misbehaviour by a lecturer of Fakir Mohan College in Balasore on Saturday. According to sources, Somashree Biswal, a second-year Integrated B.Ed student, had been protesting against the alleged misbehaviour by the Head of Department (HOD). She had been sitting in a dharna on the college…
Bhubaneswar :* ₹802.9 crore project to ease congestion on the Howrah–Chennai mainline and Paradeep route. * Rail flyover to reduce delays and improve punctuality of passenger and freight trains. * Includes two new river bridges and Kavach-enabled electrified line with 130 kmph speed capacity. In yet another infrastructure boost to Odisha, Hon’ble Minister of Railways…
Bhubaneswar: Amidst the charged political atmosphere at the ‘Samvidhan Bachao Samavesh’ rally in Bhubaneswar, a heartwarming scene captured everyone’s attention — when a little girl named Nilam Bastia climbed onto the stage and received a warm embrace from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The moment unfolded at Baramunda Ground, while Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was addressing the…
Bhawanipatna: Police personnel were allegedly beaten up while attempting to apprehend a Ganja mafia in plain clothes recently in Odisha. As per reports, the villagers mistook them for thieves and attacked them. Two Kalahandi police personnel and a driver were assaulted by locals near Kurtamgarh Tollgate in Kandhamal district, who suspected them of being kidnappers. Upon…
Rayagada: A shocking case of social oppression has come to light in a village in Rayagada district of Odisha lately. A viral video shows a young couple tied to opposite ends of a yoke, being beaten like animals, similar to how farmers rear oxen in their fields. The incident took place in the Kanjam Jodi village…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister’s helicopter has been stuck at a college campus in Kendrapara for the last one month. Police and the fire department officers are guarding it 24 hours, it is yet to be lifted from there. As per reports, the Chief Minister’s helicopter is stuck at the Kendrapara Autonomous College grounds. Police and fire…
Bhubaneswar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a blistering attack on the BJP-led government in Odisha on Thursday, alleging that the state is effectively being run by industrialist Gautam Adani. Addressing a massive public rally at Baramunda Ground in Bhubaneswar under the theme ‘Save the Constitution of India’, Gandhi said, “The Constitution protects the poor, the oppressed,…
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) picked up Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) Chief General Manager Akhilesh Verma on Thursday afternoon. The CBI team has taken him to its Bhubaneswar office for questioning, informed sources. According to sources, Verma was allegedly caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of ₹30,000. The investigation is currently underway.
