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Jagannath Temple in Puri (Photo: PTI/File)

Lord's miracle: Puri collector recovers duplicate keys of Jagannath...

4 personnel, who were looking for the keys, found brown envelope with 'duplicate keys of Ratna Bhandar' written on it,...

15 Jun 2018 6:54 PM IST

Sikaka and other representatives of the Dongria Kondh tribe, with an estimated population of up to 16,000, say they fear the company aims to revive plans to tap the high-quality bauxite beneath the pristine Niyamgiri hills. (Photo: AP)

We'll shed our blood for Niyamgiri: Sterlite-like crisis for Vedanta...

The poster behind him demanded: 'Polluter and killer company Vedanta to quit India. Tribute to martyrs of Tuticorin'.

13 Jun 2018 9:17 PM IST

The Gudur police on Saturday held nine persons involved in the murder of a sorcerer.

Odisha: Sri Mandir servitor molests devotee, held

The girl caught hold of the servitor's hand and raised an alarm, the police said.

12 Jun 2018 3:24 AM IST

Mohammed Nazeer Inaqaliabi alias Hakeem (41) was arrested by the Gujarat Police for fraudulently obtaining a passport. Upon interrogation, he confessed that he had done so. (Representational Image)

Son arrested for assaulting 70-yr-old mother over family dispute,...

The video footage which has gone viral on social media shows the man beating his mother in front of a house with his...

11 Jun 2018 8:55 PM IST

Balamati dragging her mother-in-law. (Photo: Agencies)

Woman drags 75-year-old mother-in-law on road in Odisha, arrested

The incident came to the fore on Friday after video of the incident went viral on social media.

9 Jun 2018 2:41 AM IST

The civic body made it clear in February last year that it expected Bengalureans to segregate garbage at source and even threatened to slap fines on those who did not fall in line.

Photo of woman carried in garbage cart in Odisha goes viral, probe...

The body, wrapped in a polythene sheet, was carried through a market. The trolley belonged to the local municipality,...

5 Jun 2018 10:08 AM IST

Agni-5 lifts off during a successful test-fire from a mobile launch pad in Odisha on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Agni-5 nuclear-capable ballistic missile with China in its range...

India on Sunday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Long Range Ballistic Missile Agni-5.

4 Jun 2018 1:05 AM IST

The surface-to-surface missile was launched with the help of a mobile launcher from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Dr Abdul Kalam Island in the Bay of Bengal at 9.48 am, defence sources said.(Photo: PTI | Representational)

India successfully test-fires Agni-5 nuclear-capable ballistic missile

This was the sixth trial of the state-of-the-art Agni-5. The missile covered its full distance during the trial which...

3 Jun 2018 11:54 AM IST

It was a night of horror for Sunil (24) and his 23-year-old female colleague Sapna (name changed) when they were brutally assaulted by two bike-borne men first, and later a group of 10 men who, besides assaulting Sunil and groping Sapna, tried to rape her. (Representational image)

In record 30 days, Odisha court awards lifer to 5 accused for raping...

On May 2, a 14-year-old girl from Sasan town in the district was gang-raped by six people including a minor.

3 Jun 2018 11:36 AM IST

Niranjan Patnaik

Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee calls for bandh as BJP, BJD spar on...

(OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik on Saturday said that his party would shortly call for a state-wide bandh for the...

3 Jun 2018 6:41 AM IST

(Photo: Twitter/ANI)

People touch my feet now: Life of Cuttack tea seller changed after...

Prakash Rao, who has been selling tea for the past 54 years, also teaches 70-75 children from the slums.

30 May 2018 8:24 PM IST

Baijayant Jay Panda

Lok Sabha MP Baijayant Panda resigns from Biju Janata Dal

Mr Panda, a founder member of the BJD, submitted his resignation letter to party supremo and Odisha Chief Minister...

29 May 2018 1:52 AM IST