BHUBANESWAR: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought action taken report from Mayurbhanj SP in two different cases related to sexual assault of two minor girls by cops of a police station in Mayurbhanj district.While an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police lived with a 16-year-old girl after his wife’s death, a home guard sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl from Jharkhand by posing...
BHUBANESWAR: Men and women in ripped jeans, sleeveless t-shirts and western outfits will not be allowed to enter the Jagannath Temple in Puri from January 1, 2024, with the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) on Monday appealing to devotees to maintain utmost decency in their attires while offering prayers to the deities.“Though we have not introduced any dress code, we want devotees to wear...
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha erupted in joy as local boy Kishore Jena clinched silver medal with his personal best performance (87.54m) in men’s javelin at the ongoing Asian Games in China’s Hangzhou. Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced Rs 1.5 crore for the javelin star.Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Kishore for this achievement. “Our accomplishments in Men's Javelin at...
BHUBANESWAR: Similipal Tiger Reserve authorities said with joint squad of forest and police personnel keeping a strict vigil on use of weapons by poachers, some instances of dogs being used by villagers to hunt animals has come to the fore.Use of hunting dogs for poaching is a traditional method and it has been found to be in practice in several sanctuaries in Odisha. In Similipal also, dogs were being...
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha director general of police, Sunil Kumar Bansal, on Thursday unveiled a mascot for a statewide awareness campaign on cyber safety that would be held from September 30 to October 15. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to inaugurate the campaign on Thursday.The mascot, christened as Cyrra (a combination of cyber and Irrawady), has been designed like a dolphin. Police said they...
BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced to have expelled two BJD MLAs — Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and Sudhansu Sekhar Parida — from the party. A party statement later cited their involvement in anti-people activities as reasons behind the action.The BJD said a media organization run by Soumya faces serious cases of organized bank fraud involving loans worth crores of rupees in...
BHUBANESWAR: The Railway Board has sanctioned a fund of Rs 14.7 crore for construction of subway near Nidhipanda bridge in Balasore district. It is an important bridge in Haldipada-Balasore section of Kharagpur-Bhadrak section.During a meeting on June 21, local people had urged railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who was on a visit to the district, to construct a subway near Nidhipanda bridge (Bridge No...
BHUBANESWAR: People have been facing difficulties during the last three days for cancellation of several long-distance trains due to 'rail roko' staged by members of the Adivasi Kurmi Samaj in West Bengal demanding scheduled tribe (ST) status.The protestors have staged rail roko at Khemasuli station in the Kharagpur-Tata railway section of Kharagpur division and at Kustaur station in Adra-Chandil...
BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik and the state government delegation held a meeting with the senior leadership of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and discussed various upcoming social-sector and infrastructure projects in Odisha on Wednesday. The JICA leadership reiterated their commitment to supporting infrastructure development in the state.Amid speculation that Odisha may try...
BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday left for Tokyo via Singapore on a week-long Japan tour, his third foreign tour in more than 23 years as CM, to attract foreign investment to Odisha.On his first day in Japan on Tuesday, Naveen is scheduled to meet Nippon Steel’s representative director and president Eiji Hashimoto. The meeting assumes significance because AMNS India, a joint venture...
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