Odisha

India test fires nuclear-capable Agni-III missile

Balasore: Two days after the successful trial of the long-range Agni-IV missile, India on Friday test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile with a strike range of 3000 km from an island off the Odisha coast. The indigenously developed surface-to-air missile, which can carry a warhead of 1.5 tonne protected by a carbon all composite heat shield, took off at 1315 hours from a mobile launcher at launch complex-4 of Integrated...  

Bharat bandh disrupts normal life in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Normal life was disrupted in Odisha, barring the western region, due to disruption in train and road traffic during a bandh called by BJP and Left parties to protest diesel price hike, FDI in multi-brand retail and ceiling on subsidised LPG. State government offices, banks and insurance offices remained closed on the occasion of Nuakhai festival. Schools, colleges and other educational institutions remained closed due to the festival celebrated...  

Bharat Bandh: Schools, colleges, banks shut in Odisha

Protestors also blocked trains at the Bhubaneswar railway stations since 6 am in the morning. ...

No question of supporting Congress-led UPA: Naveen Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday ruled out his party's support to the UPA government at the Centre which was facing "instability" following Trinamool Congress' decision to withdraw support. "Withdrawal of support by Trinamool Congress has put the Centre in an unstable and weak position. There is no question of support to the UPA government from BJD," Patnaik said before leaving for Delhi on a...  

Agni-IV missile test-fired off Odisha coast

Balasore: India on Wednesday test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic missile Agni-IV with a strike range of about 4000 km from a test range off Odisha coast. It was test launched with the help of a mobile launcher from launch complex-4 of ITR at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from Balasore, at about 1145 hours, defence sources said. A high performance on-board computer with distributed avionics architecture and high speed reliable communication...  

Odisha doctor stabbing: Accident or murder attempt?

Bhubaneswar: In a curious incident, a surgeon in Bhubaneswar's Apollo Hospital sustained injuries in his abdomen near the hospital's operation theatre on Tuesday afternoon amidst allegations that he had been stabbed by a fellow doctor. The incident became even more mysterious after it was revealed that the hospital authorities did not report the matter to the police, with the local police station reacting only after the media began making inquiries....  

Bhubaneswar: Doctor stabs colleague inside hospital

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a doctor at Bhubaneswar's Apollo hospital stabbed his colleague, seriously injuring him. Reports say that Dr Pramod Patra stabbed Dr Nayan Ranjan Nanda with a knife. The reasons for the brutal assault are unknown. The police is investigating the case. The accused doctor has not been arrested yet. Sources say that the incident happened on Tuesday morning but the hospital authorities delayed in informing the...  

Odisha: Private firm's CEO held with explosives

Malkangiri: Odisha Police on Sunday arrested CEO of a private company along with seven others for allegedly supplying explosives to Naxals. The men are employees of a Hyderabad-based infrastructure company and were carrying around 50 kilograms of explosives, Naxal literature and mobile phones. The arrest was made by the police following an intelligence inputs. The infrastructure company was involved in the developmental work in the Naxal affected areas of Odisha...  

Former CJI Ranganath Mishra dead

Bhubaneswar: Former Chief Justice of India Ranganath Mishra died at a private hospital in Bhubaneshwar on Thursday night following prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 86 and survived by wife Sumitra Mishra. A legal luminary, Mishra had been admitted to the hospital on May 22 following old-age related ailments and the end came on Thursday night. A multi-faceted personality closely associated with writing and cultural activities, Mishra was born...  

Odisha violence: Photos of suspects released

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police have released photographs of 36 suspects involved in violence during September 6 Congress rally in Bhubaneswar in which a policewoman was thrashed and molested in the state capital, an official said on Thursday. Deputy Commissioner of Police Nitinjit Singh said the pictures were extracted from 12-hour footage from closed-circuit television cameras. The footages are being examined to identify people involved in vandalism. The photographs are being circulated...  

Odisha mob violence: Tytler to meet Narayanasamy

Bhubaneswar: Amidst demands for his arrest for giving a provocative speech at a Congress rally on September 6, Congress Leader Jagdish Tytler will meet Minister of State of PMO Narayanasamy in Bhubaneshwar on Thursday. This comes nearly a week after the state Congress leaders clashed with policemen outside the Assembly and injured several, including a woman constable. Two police organisations and the ruling BJD have demanded arrest of Tytler accusing...  

Minor tied to tree, tonsured for stealing Rs 30

Bhubaneswar: A 15-year-old boy was tied to a tree, thrashed and tonsured by a group of people in Odisha in full public view. His offence was that he allegedly stole Rs 30 from the pocket of a villager. Although the incident took place on Sunday in a village near Chandikhol in Jajpur district, about 120 km from Bhubaneshwar, police swung into action and arrested four people only after a local...  

Odisha bandh was peaceful, claims Congress leader

An empty bus was set ablaze by Congress supporters in Bhubaneswar and they also pelted stones at a few public transport vehicles. ...

Odisha: Cong protesters torch bus, 200 arrested

Bhubaneswar: Around 200 protesters on Monday were taken into custody for picketing near government offices, torching an empty college bus and pelting stones at a few vehicles during a state-wide bandh which disrupted train and road traffic and hit normal life. The bandh has been called by Congress against alleged police crackdown on partymen during a rally on September 6. More than a dozen trains were stopped at several railway...  

Odisha comes to a standstill as Cong calls for bandh

Bhubaneswar: Life came to a standstill in Odisha on Monday as Congress called for a statewide bandh to protest against the police action against partymen on Thursday when they protested over coalgate outside the state Assembly. According to reports, most schools and colleges are shut. Trains and other modes of public transport have been disrupted. A college bus was torched by a few protesters and a few vehicles were pelted...  

Congress gears up for Monday's Odisha bandh

Bhubaneswar: Elaborate security arrangements have been made in Odisha in view of the state-wide bandh by Congress on Monday. Security personnel have been deployed at all sensitive areas across the state, a senior police officer said. In the state capital here, about 51 platoons of security forces (about 1700 personnel) have been deployed at different pockets while special vigil is being maintained near vital installations, he said. The bandh has...  

Tytler let his police escorts get beaten up: DCP

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Nitinjeet Singh has alleged that the three policemen, who were escorting Jagdish Tytler to Congress Bhawan, were attacked by the Congressmen in presence of the Congress leader and he did nothing to protect them. ...

Odisha: 'Congress protected the lady constable, not the police'

Niranjan Patnaik, the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President said that the Congress rally in the state was not organised to attack the lady constable. ...

Odisha mob violence: Tytler defends himself

Bhubaneswar: Under fire from friends and foes alike, Odisha Congress in-charge Jagdish Tytler on Saturday defended himself over the mob violence that broke out outside the state Assembly on Thursday in which a lady constable was attacked, saying that he was not a part of any conspiracy and that the police were equally to blame. The Odisha Police on Saturday filed a case against Tytler for the mob violence and...  

Tytler incited mob to attack me: Odisha lady constable

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Friday said it was sorry for the assault on a woman constable during its rally in Bhubaneswar as the name of AICC in-charge of Odisha Jagadish Tytler came up. Narrating her experience, the woman constable said, "About 30 to 40 youths attacked me, showered blows, kicked me from back as soon as Jagdish Tytler called on party workers to break the barricade." Defending Tytler, Congress chief...