Dhenknal :The brutal shooting of Forester-in-Charge Prahallad Pradhan by poachers near Rajmohanpur village of Hindol Range in Dhenkanal Forest Division has created a stir across the state. Late on Friday at around 3 am, a gunfight broke out between a poacher and a forest department team inside a reserved forest. Prahallad Pradhan was killed by…
Rairakhol: In a chilling incident, a man was murdered in his farmland in Sambalpur district in Odisha on Saturday morning. The murder has allegedly been taken place due to land dispute. The incident took place in the Badamal village under Burda Panchayat in Rairakhol area of the district. The deceased has been identified as Prafulla Nayak….
Keonjhar: Raja Chakra’s bail has been rejected. The Keonjhar SDJM Court rejected Raja Chakra’s bail in case number GR 645/25 on Saturday said reports. According to reports, he appeared in the SDJM Court in a total of three cases. He was already on interim bail in two cases, the same had been granted by the Orissa…
Bhubaneswar: Eminent sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik expressed his displeasure after the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) organised an unscheduled Rath Yatra in Sandton, South Africa, ignoring appeals from the Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and devotees to preserve the cultural and spiritual sanctity of Lord Jagannath’s festival. In a tweet, Pattnaik stated, “Jai Jagannath,…
Konark: The sand will be removed from the sanctum sanctorum of the Sun Temple in Konark soon. On Saturday the ASI Director General Yadubir Singh Rawat inspected the structure. He was accompanied by a 15-member expert team including the Puri Circle Officer. The team inspected the conservation of the Sun Temple and the sand removal from…
Bhubaneswar: Rain in twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack has been experienced today, that is on Saturday. This provided a much needed respite from the sizzling summer heat to the denizens. Sudden heavy rain in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar has also affected daily life. Traffic snarls have been seen at various locations in the twin cities. Heavy…
Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha today announced the dates for Plus Two students to apply for rechecking/re-addition of marks. All students who have appeared the Annual H.S. Examination, 2025 in Science, Commerce, Arts and Vocational streams except those who have been booked under Malpractice or whose result have been withheld or declared…
Cuttack: The Cyber Crime Unit of Odisha’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Crime Branch, has apprehended two persons in connection with a massive investment fraud involving Rs. 1.5crore. The accused have been identified as Tayyab Khan (23) and Firoz Khan (36) from Bhopal and Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh. The arrests were made on the basis of a…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has come up with action plan for management of possible flood and water logging in urban areas during Monsoon-2025. The State government issued the action plan as the probabilistic forecasts for the southwest monsoon season (June to September) of 2025 indicates that most parts of the State of Odisha may experience above-normal rainfall…
Bhubaneswar: The house of the accused involved in the murder of ‘police-mitra’ Sahadeva Nayak in Bhubaneswar was demolished today. The house of the main accused Rama Nayak was demolished by BMC. As per reports, the house in the Kedarpalli slum of Bhubaneswar has been demolished. The demolition work was executed with JCB in the presence of…
