Athagarh, June 25: Acting on a tip-off about illegal narcotics trafficking, the Special Task Force (STF) conducted a raid in Athagarh and seized a huge quantity of ganja that was allegedly being stored for transportation outside the district.The raid was carried out in a forest area near Kandarpur Kundamundia under Athagarh police limits in Cuttack…
Authorities rescued fourteen child labourers in Baipariguda during a coordinated raid across garages, hotels, cement brick factories, rice mills, and other establishments.The joint operation involved the Child Welfare Committee, District Labour Office, District Child Protection Unit, and local police.Officials identified minors under eighteen engaged in hazardous work. Thirteen girls and one boy were rescued. The…
Cuttack, June 25: The Orissa High Court has come down heavily on the misuse of judicial processes for personal motives, observing that courts cannot be used as tools to exert pressure in private disputes. The court dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by a husband seeking the return of his wife and imposed a penalty…
Bhubaneswar: A Fast Track Special Court in Odisha has sentenced a 24-year-old man to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment for the rape and aggravated penetrative sexual assault of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl. Delivering the verdict, Ad-hoc Additional Sessions Judge Saroj Kumar Sahoo found the accused, Kanha alias Santosh Khuntia, guilty under the Protection of Children from…
Bhubaneswar: In a significant political development, former IAS officer Sujata Rout Karthikeyan, wife of former bureaucrat VK Pandian and trusted aide of former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is likely to join the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today.Highly placed sources indicate that the formal joining ceremony will take place at Sankha Bhawan, the BJD headquarters. BJD…
Puri: Jagannath Temple in Puri will remain out of bounds for devotees for five hours hours today for the elopement ritual of Lord Krishna with Devi Rukmini, popularly known as ‘Rukmini Haran’ ritual.The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration has announced a temporary suspension of public darshan on for the sacred Rukmini Harana and Bibaha Utsav ritual.Taking…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance has initiated a large-scale enquiry into alleged corruption and embezzlement of government funds in the installation of LED street lighting works across Gram Panchayats in Kendujhar, Nayagarh, and Jajpur districts during 2021-22 and 2022-23.Acting on reliable information, the Vigilance Department has deployed 24 teams comprising 81 officers, including Additional Superintendents of…
Bhubaneswar: The Mission Shakti Department on Wednesday organised the State-level Subhadra Shakti Vision Summit at Mission Shakti Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, bringing together around 330 Executive Committee members of District Level Federations (DLFs) from all 30 districts of Odisha.On the occasion, Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Women & Child Development, Mission Shakti and Tourism, Pravati Parida,…
In a heart-wrenching incident that has sent shockwaves across Odisha, a young farmer from Baragada district—the state’s celebrated rice bowl—has been driven to seek euthanasia after months of futile attempts to sell his hard-earned paddy harvest.The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has strongly condemned the ruling dispensation, terming it a damning indictment of the “double-engine” government’s…
Bhubaneswar: A 28-year-old private tutor was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping his minor student at a coaching centre in the city.The accused, identified as Niranjan Mishra, a resident of the Chakeisaini area, was taken into custody by the Mahila Police Station following a complaint lodged by the victim’s family. According to police sources, Mishra…
