A running commentary of Delhi vs Odisha and Rajasthan vs Mumbai plus updates of all the other Ranji Trophy matches across the country. ...
08:47 AM, Nov 09, 2012
A preview of the Group B matches in round two of the 2012-13 Ranji Trophy season that starts November 9. ...
05:08 PM, Nov 08, 2012
After a washout against Tamil Nadu, Odisha are in search of their first win to keep their hopes alive of progressing to the knock-out stage. ...
02:03 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Two days after CNN-IBN exposed how recovery of fines amounting to thousands of crores are due from miners who did excess mining, pressure is building on the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha. Union minister Srikant Jena is now demanding the Chief Minister's resignation. The Odisha government has been forced to admit that loss to the state due to excess mining amounts to Rs 67,900 crore. Of this the biggest...
07:42 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Union Minister Srikant Jena on Monday demanded resignation of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik alleging his 'direct' involvement in the multi-crore mining scam in the mineral-rich state. ...
07:55 PM, Nov 05, 2012
In 2011, CNN-IBN exposed a decade-long iron ore mining scam in Odisha's Keonjhar. Here's an exclusive follow-up investigation. ...
07:50 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Blaming Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for revenue loss of about Rs 58,000 crore due to alleged illegal mining, Congress on Saturday demanded a CBI probe to ascertain exact nature and volume of irregularities. "Since the chief minister considers himself and his government transparent and honest, he should be ready for a CBI probe, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President Niranjan Patnaik said. He said not only legal lease holders...
03:41 AM, Nov 04, 2012
Bhubanewar: Iron mines in Odisha escape fines worth hundreds of crores, according to a new report. Odisha's Steel and Mines Secretary has recommended recovery of revenue from excess mining from all 198 mines. Union Mining Ministry has told the Odisha government that states cannot make recovery from mine owners. CNN-IBN had exposed excess mining by 3 major companies - Indrani Patnaik Mines, Sirajuddin Mines and Rungta Mines. A year ago,...
06:25 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Balasore: A former Odisha minister was taken into preventive custody on Thursday for threatening self immolation on the demand for establishment of a government medical college, police sources said. According to sources, the former minister, Bhupal Chandra Mahapatra, had threatened self immolation before the Balasore district collector's office. Mahapatra was a minister of state for forest and environment and later labour & employment between 1985 and 1990 during Congress rule....
05:22 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Baripada (Odisha): A Class VIII student of a residential high school in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district allegedly committed suicide in the hostel premises on Tuesday, police said. The body of the victim, identified as Rajendra Roul of residential high school at Raikama under Baisinga police station was found hanging from a wooden structure inside the hostel room, they said. Though the exact cause of the suicide was yet to be ascertained,...
11:13 PM, Oct 30, 2012
OCA announced a 15-member Ranji Team, which will be led by Natraj Behera in first two matches. ...
08:05 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Phulbani: A 13-year-old girl was murdered after being allegedly gangraped by some youths in Odisha's Kandhamal district, police said on Saturday. The girl, A Class VII student of Dadamaha, had gone to witness a 'yatra' (play) at nearby Simanbadi village on Thursday night when the youths sexually assaulted her, sub-divisional police officer (SDPO), Baliguda, Arjun Barik said. As the girl apparently attempted to raise an alarm, she was strangulated to...
02:27 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Bhubaneswar: The India Against Corruption (IAC), led by anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal, on Friday announced its plan to field candidates for all the 147 assembly and 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha. "While the ruling BJD has turned out to be a 'dalal' of capitalists, both Congress and BJP have failed as the opposition. IAC will emerge as an alternative for the people of Odisha," Manish Sisodia, a core committee...
11:15 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Mumbai: Twenty three-year-old Bidushi Dash is the latest on the list of young women who have met an untimely death in Mumbai. Dash's body was discovered by her husband Kedar Badra at their flat in Andheri on Monday night. Her body had injuries caused by glass shards, said police sources. Bidushi's husband Kedar had left home at 8 am on Monday morning. He said that he tried calling her around...
06:46 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police on Wednesday launched a probe into the call records of the Mumbai-based actor-model Bidushi Dash Barde, who was found dead in her Mumbai apartment on Monday night. Police sources said that they were investigating the more than 100 missed calls and 200 text messages that she received on the day she died. Meanwhile, Bidushi's husband, Kedar Barde, who found her body in their flat in Andheri,...
05:09 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Bhubaneswar: A team of the Justice MB Shah Commission of enquiry will visit Odisha again on October 31 to further investigate the alleged mining illegalities in the state, official sources said on Sunday. The state government has been informed that the team of the Commission led by senior bureaucrat UV Singh will arrive in Bhubaneswar on October 31 and stay in the state to conduct the investigation until November 11,...
12:48 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Berhampur: In a horrifying incident, a woman allegedly set ablaze her 15-year-old stepdaughter at a village in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said on Saturday. The accused, identified as Runu Jena, a mother of two children, was arrested for allegedly committing the crime at Ambapua village in Kabisurya Nagar area, the police said. The girl Janaki, a student of 10th Class, was first admitted to a health centre at Kabisurya Nagar...
10:14 AM, Oct 14, 2012
Bhubaneswar: A three-year-old girl is suspected to have been kidnapped and raped before being murdered by a man from her village in Odisha's Sambalpur district, police said on Sunday. The matter came to light after the victim's body was found in a forest on Sunday about seven km from her village Budhiapali, about 355 km from state capital Bhubaneswar. According to Additional Deputy Superintendent of Police DK Deo, a 30-year-old...
09:28 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Balasore: India successfully test-fired nuclear capable Dhanush, the naval version of Prithvi short-range ballistic missile, from a warship off Odisha coast on Friday. The indigenously developed naval version of the Prithvi short-range ballistic missile has a strike range of up to 350 km and can carry 500 kg of conventional or nuclear warhead, a DRDO official said. "Dhanush was test-fired from a naval ship off Odisha coast at around 1125...
12:38 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Jajpur: Investigation into the sale of a baby boy by his mother in Odisha's Jajpur district has revealed curious details " the money was used to buy a mobile phone and a pair of jeans among other things. "Rakhi Patra of Mundamala village who sold her 17-month-old son for Rs 5000 purchased a new mobile phone, a pair of jeans, few new tops (to go with the jeans) and memory...
11:50 PM, Oct 03, 2012
