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For tax purposes, mining without environmental clearance not illegal: Orissa HC

India, March 21 -- The Orissa high court has ruled that mining without environmental clearance does not automatically constitute illegal mining for taxation related purposes. Disposing a petition of ... Read More


Naveen Patnaik deputes 2 BJD leaders to DMK-powered meeting on delimitation

India, March 21 -- Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik has deputed former MP Amar Patnaik and former minister Sanjay Dasburma to attend the meeting on delimitation convened by Tamil Nadu chief mi... Read More


Three people hacked to death in Odisha over witchcraft suspicions

India, March 19 -- A 65-year-old man, his 35-year-old son and a 45-year-old man were hacked to death while three others were seriously injured after two groups clashed over witchcraft-related allegati... Read More


Sambalpur man arrested for theft dies in custody, his family alleges torture

India, March 18 -- A 27-year-old man arrested on charges of stealing a submersible water pump in Odisha's Sambalpur district died in police custody on Monday, triggering allegations of torture in cust... Read More


Teacher to pay Rs.1L to kin of pupil who died after 300 sit-ups

Bhubaneswar, March 15 -- The Orissa high court has directed a school teacher to pay Rs.1 lakh to the family of a student who died in November 2019 while doing 300 sit-ups. The court, however, dismiss... Read More


Quitting job to deny wife alimony not appreciated in civilised society: HC

Bhubaneswar, March 14 -- A well-qualified husband who quits his job to remain idle and unemployed to deprive his wife of maintenance "cannot be appreciated in a civilised society", the Orissa high cou... Read More


2 minors found hanging at their Odisha home, father and grandmother held: Police

India, March 14 -- A father of two minors, who were found hanging at their residence in Odisha's Nayagarh district three days ago, was arrested on Thursday along with their grandmother for allegedly s... Read More


Orissa HC rebukes engineer who quit job to avoid paying maintenance to wife

India, March 13 -- A well-qualified husband, who quits his job to sit idle and remains unemployed in order to deprive his wife of maintenance, cannot be appreciated in a civilised society, the Orissa ... Read More


BJD leader Soumya Shankar Chakra arrested by Odisha EOW in embezzlement case

India, March 13 -- A 42-year-old Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Soumya Shankar Chakra was arrested on Thursday in mines-rich Keonjhar district on charges embezzling money from a transport cooperative so... Read More


Pandemonium in Odisha assembly as BJP, Congress MLAs scuffle

India, March 11 -- The Odisha Assembly on Tuesday saw members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Congress lawmakers engage in an altercation leading to the adjournment of the Ho... Read More