Odisha

Berhampur: The Berhampur Police has arrested a private bank manager for allegedly cheating three persons of Rs 45.5 lakhs. Epili Mithun (35), a resident of Gosani Nuagaon, who is currently branch manager, ICICI Bank, Gosani Nuagaon Branch, has been arrested by the police for cheating three persons – Chandan Kumar Padhy (38) of Gosaninuagon, Berhampur; [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has formed a high level committee to probe into various aspects of the alleged suicide by a Nepali girl student in the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University campus here. The Committee consists of Addl. Chief Secretary, Home Department, Principal Secretary, Women & Child Development Department and Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Higher Education [...]

Bhubaneswar: An eight-member team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reportedly from Delhi on Tuesday launched a raid at the residence of senior IAS officer Bishnupada Sethi here in connection with a high-profile bribery case involving officials of Bridge and Roof Co. (India) Limited, a Central government PSU under the Ministry of Heavy Industries. [...]

Bhubaneswar: The administration of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University in Bhubaneswar continues to face flak for the mistreatment meted out to the students from Nepal, following their protest over the suicide of a fellow female student in the hostel last week. Several legislators across party lines on Tuesday raised the issue in the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik on Monday expressed his strong disappointment over the stats budget 2025-26 presented by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in the Assembly. In his reaction on the budget, Naveen said, “Under this double-engine government, the economic growth of the state has declined. I wonder whether the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi presented Annual Budget for FY 2025‐26 in the Legislative Assembly with an outlay of Rs.2,90,000 crore. Special thrust has been given on transformative sectors, like – infrastructure, urban development, agriculture & irrigation, Capital Investment, port-led development, industrialization and sports for all. Here are the key highlights: 1. Qualitative [...]

Berhampur: Berhampur police arrested a group of seven miscreants who were preparing to commit a dacoity near highway dhaba area on NH-16 within Gopalpur police limits. The accused have been identified as Chinu Bisoyi (23) of Lochapada village, Raja Maharana (20), Babul Nayak (19), Situn Swain (19), Sitam Swain (21), Kiran Kumar Swain (22); all [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Monday nabbed two persons including a junior clerk at Revenue Section in the office of Lephripada Tahasildar in Sundargarh district for allegedly taking bribe from a complainant to process his file for passing orders to demarcate his land. Junior clerk Golekh Nayak along with Arun Seth, the private person, have been [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati said on Sunday that the state has immense potential to emerge as a leader in sectors like fisheries and animal resources. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the State-Level Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Fair—Matsya-Prani Samavesh Odisha 2025 here on Sunday, Kambhampati said that the fisheries sector, often referred [...]

Bhubaneswar: The prime suspect in the case of a ghastly murder of a youth in Bhubaneswar last month surrendered before the police at Mancheswar Police station here on Sunday. The Police subsequently arrested the accused Rama Naik of Kedarpalli Slum under Capital police station limits. “Based on some significant evidence fetched during the investigation, we [...]