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Congress condemns ‘torture’ on 2 Dalit men in Odisha, forms 5-member panel to investigate matter

Two Dalit men were allegedly tortured, assaulted & forced to crawl on their knees, consume grass and drain water on suspicion of cattle smuggling in Ganjam district's Singipur village.

More than 50,000 people affected in Odisha after heavy rains in Jharkhand trigger flash floods

Officials advise residents living in low-lying and flood-prone areas to stay alert and be prepared to shift to nearby cyclone shelters if the situation deteriorates.

Odisha IAS Dhiman Chakma caught ‘red-handed’ taking Rs 10L bribe in 1st posting. Rs 47L seized in raid

Chakma was serving as Dharamgarh bloc sub-collector. Acting on a complaint from a local businessman, a vigilance team laid a trap Sunday & arrested Chakma from his residential quarters.

Raided by vigilance sleuths, Odisha govt employee throws wads of cash out the window

New Delhi: As he saw officers of the state vigilance department approach the building, Baikuntha Nath Sarangi panicked. He started throwing out bundles of...

Odisha police arrest four including juvenile for assaulting journalist

Bijay Pradhan was in Kulthipali village on an assignment when the accused snatched his equipment, tied him up & assaulted him in front of villagers. A video of the incident went viral on social media.

After rosogolla, Odias and Bengalis fight over Mamata’s Jagannath Dham

Bengalis seem to have a peculiar fondness for replicas. During Durga Pujas, Buckingham Palaces, Golden Temples, and the Pyramids pop up across pandals all over the state.

‘World’s largest indigenous school’ in Odisha is a jail. ‘We’re all monkeys,’ says tribal student

The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences is situated right next to the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology where an alleged suicide of a student from Nepal and the mishandling of the resulting protest led to a diplomatic row.

CM Majhi’s core team is in place. The top officers calling the shots in Odisha

Crucial post of principal secy to CM remains vacant even now. Due to his limited administrative experience, CM is taking some time to pick & choose the right team, say officials.

Odisha turns a different shade under Mohan Majhi. How CM’s trying to shake off predecessor’s shadow

10 months have passed since the Mohan Charan Majhi-led BJP govt came to power, ending Naveen Patnaik's 24-year rule. Enter Bhubaneswar, and some changes are strikingly visible.

Real estate dynamo to Odisha’s 1st Muslim MLA, Congress’s Sofia Firdous is making even rivals take note

A civil engineer with an IIM degree, 33-year-old entered poll fray last year when SC dashed her father's hope to recontest in Odisha. The rest, as the saying goes, is history.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.