Bhubaneswar, May 7 (IANS) In a shocking incident of mob lynching, a police constable was beaten to death following a road mishap and allegations of sexually abusing a girl on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar under the Balianta police limits on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Soumya Ranjan Swain, 32, of the Adashpur area in Cuttack district. Swain was working as a constable in the Government Railway Police (GRP) branch of Odisha Police.According to the deceased’s family members, Soumya, wh…
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Bhubaneswar, April 10 (IANS) The Odisha Cabinet on Friday approved 11 key proposals across five departments during a meeting held here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. Among the major decisions, the Odisha Cabinet has approved the construction of bus stands with all the advanced amenities under the ambitious “Atal Bus Stand” scheme across the state.”For the purpose of “Enhanced Public Transport Infrastructure and Facilities across the State of Odisha”, the Odisha gove…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 15 (IANS) Lakhs of devotees gathered at Shiva temples across Odisha to have the darshan of Lord Shiva and witness the sacred late-night ritual of raising the Mahadeep (great lamp) atop temple structures on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri on Sunday.Prominent Shiva temples in the state, including the 11th-century Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar, Loknath Temple in Puri, Chandrashekhar Temple at Kapilash in Dhenkanal, and the Dhabaleswar Temple at Athagarh in Cuttack district, witnes…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 26 (IANS) Renowned Ikat weaver and innovator Sarat Kumar Patra on Monday expressed his gratitude to the Union and state governments for nominating him for the prestigious Padma Shri award. Speaking to IANS, Patra said, “This is very good news for me. First, I want to pay my obeisance to Lord Jagannath. As the government has recognised the Ikat tradition and selected me for the Padma Shri award, I express my gratitude to the Odisha government, the Union government, and our MP, …