Bolangir: Intensifying its probe into the sensational parcel gift blast at Bholanathpada under Patnagarh police limits in Odisha’s Bolangir district on February 23, the Crime Branch sleuths on Sunday began marathon interrogation of...
Salepur: As the state continues to simmer in the wake of the incidents of horrific rapes of minors, another 6-year-old girl was allegedly brutally raped at Jagannathpur village under Salepur block...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday effected a minor reshuffle in IAS cadre by transferring four district collectors. Collector and District Magistrate of Mayurbhanj Surendra Kumar Meena (2012-batch) has been posted as...
Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has appointed former director general (DG) of All India Radio (AIR) Giridhari Mohanty as the national spokesperson and national media coordinator...
Bhubaneswar: The opposition parties have moved an impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, accusing him of misbehaviour and misusing his authority. The BJD government, however, has declared...
Bhubaneswar: With heatwave intensifying across Odisha, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said there will be no change in the weather conditions till April 27. "Temperature at some places...
Pipli: Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC has been clamped at Hatadelanga area in Pipili block in Puri by the district administration on Saturday in order to maintain law...
Bargarh: Even as the Union Cabinet cleared an ordinance for death penalty to child rapists, Bargarh Additional District Judge Court on Saturday sentenced the accused in the sensational minor rape case of November...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Saturday remembered former Odisha Chief Minister Janaki Ballav Patnaik on his third death anniversary. Cutting across party lines, political leaders paid rich tributes to the great Sanskrit...
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved an ordinance, or emergency executive order, to introduce capital punishment for those convicted of raping children below the age of 12. The meeting was chaired...