Tension broke out at POSCO's plant in Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha after the police tried to forcibly acquire land for the steel giant that was allotted to farmers on Sunday. Betel farmers protested after the police dismantled seven betel vines. ...
08:44 AM, Feb 03, 2013
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday launched a Rs 1 per kg rice scheme for poor people in Odisha from the Maoist dominated district of Malkangiri, an official said. ...
12:39 AM, Feb 03, 2013
A 19-year-old woman was killed by her father in Odisha as she was late in serving food to him, police said on Wednesday. ...
03:40 AM, Jan 31, 2013
The ICC endorsed the decision of the OCA to allow the Pakistan players to stay at the Club House located inside the stadium premises. ...
11:24 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Pakistan women's cricket team found itself embroiled in a controversy when media reports claimed they were put up in sub-standard accommodation in Cuttack. CNN-IBN found otherwise. ...
10:33 PM, Jan 29, 2013
Pakistan's women cricketers took to their first net practice amid tight security at the Barabati Stadium. ...
11:44 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Bajrang Dal activists took out processions in the city and blocked roads. ...
07:10 PM, Jan 24, 2013
The ABVP's Odisha unit on Tuesday protested outside the Bhubaneswar airport over the participation of the Pakistani cricket team in the upcoming women's world cup tournament. The activists protested outside the airport where BCCI members arrived earlier on Tuesday morning. They are to assess preparations for the matches. ...
02:01 PM, Jan 22, 2013
In a barbaric sexual assault, six men allegedly gangraped a woman after tying up her husband on the premises of a district hospital in Mayurbhanj, Odisha. The 25-year-old tribal woman of Dantiamuha village had gone to the hospital on Sunday along with her husband to see her ailing brother, who was admitted to the hospital following an accident, police said on Monday. ...
10:19 PM, Jan 21, 2013
OCA secretary Asribad Behera said conducting such an international tournament would add to the glory of the state. ...
07:07 PM, Jan 21, 2013
A class seven student of an upper primary school in Odisha's Ganjam district allegedly committed suicide due to his parent's failure to pay contribution for his school picnic, police said on Monday. Balaram Nayak (12) allegedly committed suicide by hanging in the house at Gobara under Gangapur police station limit, about 70-km from Berhampur after returning from the school on Saturday as his parents could not pay the required money...
12:35 PM, Jan 21, 2013
A woman died after being raped and burnt by a man in Odisha's Balasore district November last year, her mother alleged on Sunday. ...
02:21 AM, Jan 21, 2013
A woman died after being raped and burnt by a man in Odisha's Balasore district November, 2012, her mother alleged on Sunday. The daily wage earner, a resident of Soro, 170 km from Bhubaneswar, said her 20-year-old daughter had gone to the house of a family friend at Teliaganj, a nearby village on an invitation on November 4. ...
08:21 PM, Jan 20, 2013
False promise of marriage to a woman has landed a man behind bars in Odisha's Kandhamal district, police said in Odisha on Saturday. Pratap Bisoi of Kelapada village was arrested on Friday on charge of betraying the woman, who is now pregnant, sub-divisional police officer (SDPO), Phulbani, Govind Sethi said. ...
01:45 PM, Jan 19, 2013
While the trial in the Kandhamal nun rape case at the district and sessions court in Cuttack has been stayed by the Supreme Court for over a year, the Orissa High Court has granted bail to yet another accused in the case. With this, the number of accused getting bail in the case has gone up to 23. ...
01:25 PM, Jan 15, 2013
In 2005, the Odisha government had passed an order to set up a 'Woman & Child' desk in every police station in the state. Eight years on, the scheme seems to exists only on paper. ...
08:33 AM, Jan 14, 2013
A Rs 300 crore package for housing and roads for vulnerable tribal groups in Odisha's backward Kalahandi district was announced on Sunday by Union minister Jairam Ramesh who said tribals should not be treated as "show pieces for museums". Giving details near the bauxite-rich Niyamgiri hill, the Union Rural Development Minister said Rs 200 crore would be allocated for providing houses under Indira Awas Yojana to vulnerable tribals living in...
02:22 AM, Jan 14, 2013
A court in Cuttack district on Friday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl, while another court in Sambalpur district convicted a separate person on charge of rape and murder of a three-year-old girl. The additional district judge (Fast Track) Sushil Kumar Ray sentenced Minja Naik of Tigiria area to life imprisonment and penalty of Rs 2,000 for raping a minor girl. He was convicted under...
10:29 PM, Jan 11, 2013
In an era of breaking news and sensationalism, the space for India's rich traditional art and culture is gradually shrinking in the media. But thanks to the relentless dedication and passion of artists, they continue to hold high India's rich tradition. ...
10:25 AM, Jan 11, 2013
With crime against women on the rise in the state, Odisha government on Wednesday decided to take steps for setting up fast track courts to deal with cases of rape, rape and murder, dowry deaths besides making it mandatory to complete their probe within two months. ...
02:25 AM, Jan 10, 2013
