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The youths first assembled in front of Raj Bhawan under Surya Nagar area and doused themselves with kerosene.

15 job aspirants attempt self-immolation in Odisha

At least 15 candidates, including five girls, on Friday attempted self-immolation in front of Raj Bhawan.

20 Aug 2016 7:51 AM IST

Odisha government decision to take the State Vigilance out of the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 is slowly snowballing into a major controversy.

BJP opposes RTI-vigilance plan

Opposition attacks BJD for keeping probe agency out of RTI.

17 Aug 2016 7:24 AM IST

Today, this is the beginning of this protest. We will be doing more non-violent protests in the coming days, said a Congress leader.

Congress calls for Odisha shutdown over Mahanadi river water sharing...

A 12-hour state-wide shutdown was called by Congress to protest the unilateral construction of barrages by the...

16 Aug 2016 1:02 PM IST

Jogendra Behera faced criticism for making his personal security officer tie his shoelace. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Odisha minister makes officer tie his shoelace, says 'I am VIP'

The minister faced criticism from many quarters including the civil society members.

16 Aug 2016 7:49 AM IST

The people who have been seriously affected by the present state of affairs in Kalinganagar are around 5000 families belonging to 20 local villages who had parted with over 8,284 acres of agricultural lands for industrialisation.

Steel hub Kalinganagar Industrial Estate craves for urgent action

19,000 industrial workers lose jobs due to closing down of plants.

14 Aug 2016 7:01 AM IST

The deceased was identified as Narendra Mishal, hailing from Penekam village near the school. (Representational image)

Student found hanging in Odisha's Rayagada district

The body was found hanging inside the school premises.

9 Aug 2016 7:00 AM IST

Police suspect the Maoists had planted the bomb targeting the security personnel.

Tiffin bomb seized in Odisha, defused

Security personnel found a tiffin bomb with about 40 kg of explosives hidden under a mound of earth.

8 Aug 2016 6:33 AM IST

The girl was gangraped by the miscreants when she was on her way to NIFT hostel.

Protests as NIFT student gangraped in Odisha

The students staged road blockade demanding immediate arrest of the accused.

7 Aug 2016 7:34 AM IST

Protests after Odisha NIFT student gangraped in KIIT University campus

Protests after Odisha NIFT student gangraped in KIIT University campus

Students allege that warden remained mute spectator.

7 Aug 2016 1:24 AM IST

Convicts take her to a secluded spot close to the Divisional Railway Officers Club near New Delhi Railway Station and nine persons gangrape her at knife point. (Photo: Representational Image)

Odisha: Bus driver, conductor rape and murder college girl; arrested

After murdering the girl by hitting her head with a blunt iron object, accused packed her body into a sack and threw it...

6 Aug 2016 1:08 AM IST

At around 2 am, the wife emasculated her husband Pradip Majhis genitals with a blade. (Representational image)

Woman cuts genitals of husband after big fight

Probe is on to ascertain the motive behind the woman's assault on her husband.

3 Aug 2016 7:04 AM IST

She has also been fined a sum of Rs 2000, failing to furnish which she will have to spend an additional jail term of six months. (Photo: DC file)

Transgenders to man Odisha jails as warders

State Police has informed the Odisha Subordinate Staff Selection Commission for recruitment of transgenders as jail...

3 Aug 2016 12:59 AM IST