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Six-time Odisha MP Bhartruhari Mahtab joins BJP

Bhubaneswar, March 28 -- A week after resigning from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab today joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The six-time MP from Odisha was inducted i... Read More


Odisha Police arrests 2 cyber crooks operating from Cambodia for multicrore scam

Rourkela, March 25 -- Odisha Police arrested two interstate cyber crooks for their links with international scamming companies that allegedly duped people of over Rs 200 crore. The Bureau of Immigrat... Read More


Eight days after marriage, newlywed bride found hanging in Odisha's Balasore

Soro, March 25 -- Just eight days after marriage, a newlywed bride was found hanging at Uparbeda village under Soro police limits in Odisha's Balasore district. The deceased woman has been identified... Read More


Former BJP leader Irani Ray joins BJD in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, March 24 -- Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Irani Ray joined the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) during a programme here today. Irani Ray had recently deserted the saffron party. She wa... Read More


Undertrial prisoner attempts suicide in Odisha jail, dies

Cuttack, March 23 -- An undertrial prisoner, who allegedly attempted suicide at Keonjhar district jail on Friday, died under treatment at the SCB Medical College and Hospital here today. The deceased... Read More


Foreign tourist enters Puri Jagannath Temple; detained

Puri, March 23 -- A woman foreign tourist was detained for allegedly entering the Jagannath Temple in Puri today. A servitor spotted the foreign tourist near Baishipahacha and informed the police. T... Read More


Six-time Odisha MP Bhartruhari Mahtab resigns from BJD

Cuttack, March 22 -- Lok Sabha member and senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Bhartruhari Mahtab resigned from the party today. The Cuttack MP announced it in a press conference here today. "I tende... Read More


Group clash in Bhubaneswar Jharpada Jail: Two staff suspended

Bhubaneswar, March 22 -- Two jail staff were suspended in connection with a group clash at the Jharpada Special Jail in Bhubaneswar in which one prisoner was injured on March 17. The Odisha Jail auth... Read More


Headmaster gulps down bank slip on seeing Odisha Vigilance sleuths

Bhawanipatna, March 21 -- In a bizarre incident, a school headmaster swallowed a bank deposit slip of cash that he allegedly received as bribe after seeing a Vigilance team at a state-run school in Ka... Read More


Western outfits banned for cultural festival at this Odisha university

Burla (Sambalpur), March 21 -- Western outfits are banned for students during a cultural festival at the Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla. As per the order of the VSSUT Vice-... Read More