Puri Police arrested 11 people in five days for allegedly taking money from devotees to arrange darshan of Lord Jagannath inside the Shree Jagannath Temple.The arrests followed multiple complaints of individuals demanding payment for facilitating entry into the shrine.According to police, one person was arrested after a case was registered at the Singhadwar Police Station….
Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday expressed serious concern over the reported non-payment of social security pensions to nearly 18 lakh beneficiaries across the state for the past three months and urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to immediately release all pending dues.In a letter addressed to the…
Bhubaneswar: Suspended IPS officer of Odisha, Dayal Gangwar, had engaged eight policemen in his domestic works, according to an official report.Gangwar, who was serving as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Home Department, was suspended following allegations of harassment by the family of GRP constable Soumya Ranjan Swain who was beaten to death…
Jaipur: As India tightened restrictions on Telegram amid concerns over the NEET-UG re-examination, Rajasthan Police arrested a 19-year-old student from Bhilwara for selling fake question papers through a Telegram channel named ‘Paper Mafia’. Operating through a US-based VPN and proxy network to conceal his identity, the accused allegedly charged aspirants Rs 4,000 per paper. HistoryThe…
A massive fire gutted a mattress manufacturing unit in Padmapur, Cuttack late Thursday night, reducing the facility to ashes and destroying property worth several lakhs.Firefighters battled the blaze through the night and continued cooling operations on Friday morning.Two teams from Fire Services rushed to the site after receiving information and launched an operation to contain…
Bhubaneswar, June 19: Alarmed by the rising number of drowning deaths across the state, the Odisha government has decided to introduce swimming training for students and youth in both rural and urban areas. The move comes after nearly 9,000 people lost their lives due to drowning in rivers, canals and the sea over the last…
The Crime Branch Wildlife Crime Cell will investigate the leopard skin trafficking case which was busted in Ganjam district On June 6.Berhampur SP wrote a letter to the CID-Crime Branch DG recommending that the case be transferred to the specialised Wildlife Crime Cell for a detailed investigation in to wildlife poaching network.The recommendation comes days…
President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to arrive in Odisha today for a two-day official visit, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to join her tomorrow, which marks the President’s birthday.According to the official programme, the President will land at Dandbose Airstrip in Mayurbhanj district at 3:45 pm this afternoon. In the evening, she will…
Nayagarh: Sarankul Police Station Inspector-in-Charge (IIC) Sujit Kumar Das has been transferred to the District Police Headquarters in Nayagarh after a woman lodged a complaint accusing him of rape and abuse of authority, police said on Thursday.Nayagarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Suvendhu Kumar Patra, said a case has been registered against Das at Sarankul Police Station…
Lakhs of faulty textbooks remain stacked at the Directorate of Textbook Production and Marketing in Odisha, sparking outrage among parents and educationists. Despite widespread criticism, printing continues, leaving large quantities of error-ridden books unused in open storage.Officials admitted that textbooks supplied to schools this year contained factual inaccuracies, grammatical mistakes, and printing flaws. Teachers reported…
