Bhubaneswar: The long-standing Kotia dispute between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh has triggered a political war of words, with the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) demanding immediate legal intervention by the state government and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing the previous government of failing to resolve the issue during its 24-year tenure.Senior BJD MLA Ganeswar Behera…
Bhubaneswar: A 14-year-old minor girl was reportedly found dead in a paddy field in Herapada under Bartana Panchayat in the Jaleswar area of Balasore district, triggering outrage in the locality.The deceased has been identified as a resident of Paschimabada Panchayat under Jaleshwar police limits.According to reports, the girl had gone to the nearby market with…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Odisha on October 25 to inaugurate the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) brand-new Greenfield Data Centre and Enterprise Computing & Cyber Security Training Institute, located at Info Valley-II in Jatni, near Bhubaneswar.Highlighted by state BJP vice president Jatin Mohanty, this milestone project marks a massive leap forward…
As Bhubaneswar wraps up its grand Dussehra celebrations, the Commissionerate Police have implemented strict security and regulatory measures for the upcoming Bhasani Utsav (idol immersion processions) and Ravan Podi events.Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Saravana Vivek M announced a total ban on DJ music during immersion rallies, warning of immediate equipment seizure and criminal cases…
Brahmapur: In a gruesome incident, a young man was found dead with his throat slit on the roadside near Lakshmipur under Buguda police station limits of Ganjam district on Tuesday.The deceased has been identified as Santosh Raut of Tala Odia Sahi in Buguda.Some passersby noticed Raut lying in a pool of blood amidst the bushes…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 19: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) lodged a police complaint alleging that AI-generated deepfake videos and voice-cloned content targeting senior party leader and former bureaucrat Sujata Rout Karthikeyan were circulated through Instagram and Facebook.The party condemned the alleged circulation of fabricated videos, describing them as defamatory and intended to damage the leader’s…
Bhubaneswar: A 15-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants on Mahanadi riverbanks in Odisha’s Kataka city on Sunday, triggering security concerns during the Dussehra festivities.The deceased has been identified as Sumanta Sahu, a resident of the Raja Bagicha area of Kataka. He was a student of Saraswati Shishu Mandir, reports said.The police…
Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough under Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, Khordha Police busted an inter-state codeine cough syrup cartel and arrested 10 persons, including its kingpin, early on Saturday.A total of 5,520 bottles of WIN CEREX cough syrup, about 552 litres, were seized at 4.50 am on October 18 from the Khordha-Nayagarh New Bypass Road…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Sunday arrested Sujit Kumar Jena, Senior Clerk at the office of the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Dhenkanal, and his two accomplices Soumya Ranjan Behera (Staffer) and Rashmi Ranjan Swain in connection with a decade-long financial fraud of Rs 65,90,773.Following a comprehensive verification of transactions from 2016 to 2026, Vigilance unearthed a…
Bhubaneswar: Braj Mohan Ram is set to take the oath as the new Governor of Odisha on Sunday, October 18, marking the formal beginning of his tenure. He will succeed Hari Babu Kambhampati, who assumed office on January 3, 2025.Ram arrived in Bhubaneswar on Saturday and received a ceremonial guard of honour at Biju Patnaik…
