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Cuttack: Commissionerate police on Monday arrested a serial killer who has committed three murders within 24 hours in Cuttack city last week, and also come out with some startling details about the accused, who has reportedly confessed to killing three men. Forensic reports claimed that all the murders executed in similar fashion. Police arrested Narayan […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Socially Smart Project of Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) has won the third edition of Sandvik India Gender Awards, 2019, said an official release. For this short-listing the organisers had received 650 applications in various categories – Independent, not-for-profit organisations, community-based organisations, corporate CSR, corporate policy, academia, government and social venture. BSCL has […]
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New Delhi: The PNV Foundation honoured at least eight illustrious persons from different fields on Sunday. Rajya Sabha member Prashant Nanda, Sasmit Patra, Odisha Film Development Corporation (OFDC) Chairman OFDC and Showcase Odisha Awards Co-Convener Kuna Tripathy, noted film director Nila Madhab Panda graced the event held at Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre in New […]
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Bhubaneswar: According to a White Paper presented by the Home Department in the State Assembly on Saturday, as many as 1,07,408 cognizable offences were registered in 2018 and charge-sheets were filed in 69,341 cases. In 2017, the figure of registered cognizable offences was 1, 03, 866. Thus, 3,542 more offences were registered in 2018 compared […]
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Rasgovindpur, (Mayurbhanj): A memorial service was held at the Amarda Road Airstrip on Friday for the 14 airmen who had died in a crash here on the July 26, 1945. War historian Anil Dhir, Gandhian Aditya Patnaik, social activist Dr Biswajit Mohanty, Wing Commander Sishir Arora from the Indian Air Force and school children paid […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched the revamped and tourist friendly website of Odisha Tourism. Now, using www.odishatourism.gov.in, stakeholders can reach out tourists and business partners from far corners of the world. Launching the website, the Chief Minister said, “Tourism is a sustainable route to maximise employment for youth and the rejuvenated platform […]
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Angul: A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court on Friday awarded death sentence to a man after convicting him for rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Angul on January 20. Srinibas Dehruy alias Anam raped the Class-VII girl and stoned her to death after kidnapping her near Lingarajodi nullah of Kangula […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday handed over the appointment letters to at least 500 newly recruited Assistant Section Officers (ASOs), including 166 women officers and called upon for citizen-centric governance. The ceremony was organized at Rabindra Mandap here. The newly recruited officials will be engaged in the State Secretariat. They have been selected […]
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Malkangiri: Malkangiri police has arrested an inter-State cyber criminal for his alleged involvement in several cyber crime related cases in the State. A special team of the Cyber Cell led by Inspector SS Tripathy on Wednesday arrested Supravat Mohapatra (23) of Hiranyapada village under Satyabadi in Puri district. He was involved in at least six […]
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Cuttack: Three days after being granted bail by the Orissa High Court (HC) in a four-year-old case of assaulting and cheating a woman and her daughter in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, self-styled godman Sarathi Baba alias Santosh Roul finally walked out of Choudwar Circle Jail on Thursday. The controversial godman was released after he executed bail […]
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