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Former BJD MLA, ex-mayor arrested with 10 others in Odisha lawyer's murder case

India, Oct. 22 -- Former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA and Ganjam district president Bikram Panda has been arrested along with 11 others, including former Berhampur mayor Siba Shankar Das, for allegedly m... Read More


17-year-old Bihar girl allegedly gang-raped in Bhubaneswar, in critical condition: Police

India, Oct. 18 -- A 17-year-old girl from Bihar was allegedly gang-raped in Odisha's Bhubaneswar late Friday night. The girl was rescued and admitted to Capital Hospital by a group of autorickshaw dri... Read More


Key mastermind of Odisha police recruitment exam paper leak arrested; total 123

India, Oct. 17 -- The Odisha CID on Friday said four persons have been arrested in connection with the leak of the question paper in the police sub-inspector recruitment exam, exposing an elaborate ra... Read More


Orissa HC rejects tribunal decision, tells railway to pay rRs.r8 lakh for death of man

India, Oct. 16 -- The Orissa High Court has directed the South Eastern Railway to pay Rs.8 lakh as compensation to the parents of a man who died after falling from a passenger train, rejecting the rai... Read More


Man poses as Maoist to extort father

Bhubaneswar, Oct. 16 -- A 24-year-old man has been arrested from Kalahandi district of Odisha for allegedly posing as a Maoist in a bid to extort his father of Rs.35 lakh, police officers aware of the... Read More


No mobile phones to be allowed in Puri's Jagannath Temple: GC Murmu

India, Oct. 14 -- The Srimandir Security Sub-Committee on Tuesday announced a total ban on mobile phones on the 12th-century Shree Jagannath Temple premises, which would apply not only to devotees but... Read More


Odisha man shot dead by cousin over property dispute

India, Oct. 13 -- A 27-year-old man working as a laboratory assistant at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar was shot dead by his cousin over an ancestral property dispute ... Read More


Bengal rape case sparks row between 2 states, father wants survivor shifted to Odisha

India, Oct. 13 -- The Odisha State Commission for Women (OSCW) on Sunday said that it will send a team to Durgapur in West Bengal to inquire into the health and safety of the 23-year-old Odia medical ... Read More


Bengal rape case sparks row between 2 states, father wants her shifted to Odisha

India, Oct. 12 -- The Odisha State Commission for Women (OSCW) on Sunday said that it will send a team to Durgapur in West Bengal to inquire into the health and safety of the 23-year-old Odia medical ... Read More


'red tapism' faced by rti activist akin to franz kafka's 'the trial'

Bhubaneswar, Oct. 11 -- In a scathing indictment of the State Information Commission (SIC), the Orissa high court has likened the bureaucratic ordeal faced by an RTI applicant to Franz Kafka's The Tri... Read More