Bhubaneswar

Minor girl raped by mother’s colleagues, 5 others in Bhubaneswar

7:32 pm September 6, 2020

Bhubaneswar: A 13-year-old girl was raped allegedly by seven men – two employees of a leading television channel, a policeman and four others – here, and the police have launched a manhunt for the accused. The two television channel employees are colleagues of the victim’s mother, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred during the […]

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Chorus grows for postponing entrance exams amid COVID-19 pandemic

11:30 pm August 23, 2020

New Delhi: The chorus for postponing various examinations, including NEET and JEE, grew louder on Sunday with over 4,000 students observing a day-long hunger strike to press for the demand in view of rising COVID-19 cases. The protest came on a day Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the government must listen to the ‘mann ki baat’ of students and arrive […]

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Odisha top officer sent to compulsory retirement in sexual harassment case

8:05 pm August 13, 2020

Bhubaneswar : Odisha government Thursday ordered compulsory retirement of a special secretary rank officer after his arrest and imprisonment in a sexual harassment case. The order was issued to Bibhu Prasad Sadangi, a senior Odisha Administrative Service officer posted as the director of AYUSH. He has already been suspended after the jail term following his arrest for […]

Odisha tops in implementation of AMRUT scheme: Minister

7:38 pm August 10, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has retained its top position in implementation of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme, a state minister said on Monday. The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015 to establish an infrastructure that would ensure robust sewage networks and water supply for urban transformation. According […]

Man cremated after 15 hours for fear of coronavirus

8:11 pm August 7, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The body of a 25-year old man lay at his home in a village at Konark in Odisha for more than 15 hours as relatives and villagers stayed away suspecting that he had been infected with COVID-19, officials said on Friday. The man had died on Wednesday at Mankaragoradi village and his family was […]