BJP to stage demo against BJD’s hartal tomorrow
Bhubaneswar: The BJP’s youth wing on Monday announced that it will stage protests across all districts of the state against the five-hour hartal observed by the ruling BJD.
“The party…
PIL filed in HC over fuel price hike
Cuttack: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in Orissa High Court on Monday to bring petrol and diesel under the ambit of Goods & Service Tax (GST).
Eight oil companies,…
Pre-poll violence rocks college campuses across state
Bhubaneswar: Instances of pre-poll violence continued to rock college campuses across the state on Monday.
Tension gripped Maharishi College here after bombs were hurled by unidentified…
Three robbers arrested in Cuttack
Cuttack: Cantonment police here on Monday arrested three robbers in connection with a loot worth Rs 14 lakh from Adinath Agency in Cuttack.
Basing on a complaint lodged by the agency's…
Child dies after being branded with hot iron in Nuapada
Nuapada: Hot iron branding, a practice to cure illness among children in tribal-dominated districts of the state, has cost another life.
The death was reported from Karachula village…
BJD, BJP workers clash during hartal in state capital
Bhubaneswar: Activists of BJD and BJP got into a scuffle during the five-hour hartal observed by the ruling party on Monday.
The scuffle between the political parties took place at Raj…
BJD hartal against fuel price rise halts life in state
Bhubaneswar: Normal life was crippled in most parts of the state following the 5-hour hartal observed by the ruling BJD at all district headquarters and blocks on Monday to protest against…
Students’ union elections cancelled, Utkal University closed sine die
Bhubaneswar: To prevent any further escalation of tension on Utkal University campus, the authorities on Monday cancelled the students’ union election and declared sine die till further…
Two Maoists gunned down along Odisha-Chhattisgarh border
Malkangiri: Two Maoists were gunned down in an encounter with security forces at Rasotanga village in Sukama district along Odisha-Chhattisgarh border on Monday.
The encounter took place…
30 injured as van turns turtle in Bargarh
Bargarh: As many as 30 passengers, including women, were injured after a pick-up van in which they were travelling turned turtle at Lebidi village in Bargarh district on Sunday night.…