Mumbai: A bomb threat targeting the iconic Taj Hotel in Mumbai triggered a security alarm late Sunday night, prompting police and security agencies to conduct a comprehensive search operation at the premises before declaring that the threat was a hoax, said police Sunday.According to officials, the Taj Hotel was placed on high alert after, at…
Brahmapur: A shocking video that captured a young man being violently beaten up in a locked room has gone viral on social media and attracted police attention in Brahmapur of Odisha’s Ganjam district.The incident is said to have occurred at Kaukhata village under Masiakhali panchayat in Berhampur Sadar police station limits.As per the victim, he…
Amid the ongoing debate over the timing of ISKCON’s Rath Yatra celebrations, the Bhubaneswar chapter of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has appealed to the organisation’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) to reconsider holding the festival on dates different from the traditional Puri Rath Yatra.Bhubaneswar ISKCON President Shashwata Das said the organisation should align…
Sambalpur: A 14-year-old girl went missing after allegedly jumping into the Mahanadi River from the Chaunrpur Bridge in Odisha’s Sambalpur on Saturday night.Fire Services personnel launched a search operation, but strong river currents and darkness hampered rescue efforts, with no trace of the girl found till the latest reports.The girl, a resident of Mayabagicha area,…
Bhubaneswar/Jharsuguda: Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) Saturday issued notices to Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik, former Jharsuguda MLA Dipali Das and BJD leader Ipsita Sahoo over the alleged “participation of schoolchildren in a party protest in Jharsuguda”, seeking their responses to the matter.According to reports, the issue relates to…
Urgent Alerts Issued For Coastal Districts.Weather conditions deteriorated rapidly across coastal districts on Saturday afternoon as sudden downpours hit multiple areas. Meteorological Centre Bhubaneswar issued immediate alerts for Cuttack, Puri, and Jagatsinghpur due to active storm clouds moving inland. Residents must track changing atmospheric patterns as heavy rain showers combine with frequent lightning strikes. State…
Odisha Crime Branch’s Special Task Force (STF) has arrested inter-state ganja smuggling mastermind Ratan Mondal from East Medinipur in West Bengal.Mondal, identified as a key receiver of ganja smuggled from Kandhamal, Boudh, and Sonepur districts, had been absconding since January 2025. STF officials confirmed that he was operating a smuggling network while hiding in West…
Bhubaneswar: In a heart-wrenching incident, at two workers died reportedly after falling inside an under-construction toilet tank in BJB Nagar area of Bhubaneswar today.One Dhuma Tudu from Mayurbhanj district along with another worker from West Bengal were reportedly doing the centering work of the under-construction toilet tank near the Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir at around…
Bhubaneswar: With millions of devotees expected to visit Puri for the annual Rath Yatra, the Crime Investigation Department-Crime Branch (CID-CB), Odisha, has launched a comprehensive Cyber Safety Awareness Campaign to protect pilgrims and tourists from online fraud during the festival.The initiative, launched on the direction of Odisha Director General of Police (DGP), aims to raise…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will soon issue a comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for implementing its free undergraduate (+3) and postgraduate (PG) education scheme in state-run higher educational institutions, Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj said on Saturday.The SOP will lay down detailed guidelines for the rollout of the scheme and address concerns raised by colleges…
