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Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Odisha; Sudhanshu Sarangi appointed twin city police commissioner
Bhubaneswar: Senior IPS officer Sudhanshu Sarangi was appointed as the new Police Commissioner of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack as the Naveen Patnaik Government effected a major reshuffle of IPS officers in Odisha on Monday.
Sarangi replaced…
Odisha: Hostel warden thrashes students; video goes viral
Bhubaneswar: A video has gone viral in social media wherein a warden of a private-run college’s hostel here brutally beat up students for allegedly scoring less mark in the examination.
Biswaranjan Rana, a hostel warden of the city-based…
ECoR GM chairs Zonal Rail Users’ Consultative Committee meeting
Bhubaneswar: The meeting of Zonal Rail Users’ Consultative Committee (ZRUCC) was on Monday held at Rail Sadan here in Odisha under the Chairmanship of Shri Vidya Bhushan, General Manager, East Coast Railway.
Many distinguished members of…
Sex racket busted in Jajpur, 5 held
Jajpur : The Dharmasala police busted a sex racket operating from a rented house at Kumari in Jaraka area of Jajpur district in Odisha last night.
Based on a tip-off, the police conducted a raid at a house and arrested five persons…
Youth found dead under mysterious conditions in Rourkela, murder suspected
Rourkela: Tension prevailed in Samara slum under Sector-22 of the Steel City today after a local youth was found dead from a field under mysterious circumstances.
The deceased has been identified as Susil Oram (25).
Susil, who went…
Youth pushed to death by his friends in Jharsuguda of Odisha
Jharsuguda: As per the reports a youth pushed to death by his friends following a brawl between them. The body of a 22-year-old youth was found in front of the Durlaga Gram Panchayat office under Talapatia police limits in Jharsuguda…
Hirakud opens 7 more gates, Brahmani and Baitarani rivers in spate
Sambalpur: Keeping in view the incessant rain which continues to lash the upper catchment areas of the Mahanadi, the Hirakud Dam authorities today opened seven more gates to release floodwater.
The move was taken to maintain the…
Asit Tripathy assumes charge as Odisha Chief Secretary
Bhubaneswar: 1986-batch IAS officer Asit Kumar Tripathy today assumed his office as the Chief Secretary of Odisha at ‘Lok Seva Bhawan’ (Secretariat) here.
Tripathy, who took charge from the outgoing Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi…
Vehicles torched at Talcher MLA’s quarters in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar: Unidentified miscreants have torched at least four vehicles kept on the premises of Talcher MLA Braja Kishore Pradhan’s residence located in the city last night.
The incident reportedly took place at around 1.30 am in the…
Eviction of illegal structures near Puri Srimandir ‘Meghanad Pacheri’ begins
Puri: Launching an eviction drive against unauthorised constructions adjacent to Sri Jagannath Temple here, Puri district administration today started bulldozing the structures located near ‘Meghanad Pacheri’.
The eviction drive was…