India today tested indigenous Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile from a defence base in Odisha to create a shield against incoming enemy missiles, a senior defence official said.
The deaths caused by a spurious drink on Thursday climbed to 32 in Odisha, while state excise minister Ananga Udaya Singh Deo submitted his resignation to chief minister Naveen Patnaik.
Odisha excise minister AU Singh Deo on Thursday tendered his resignation from the state cabinet over "medicine" drink tragedy which so far claimed 32 lives in the state.
At least 30 people died and 40 were taken ill after allegedly consuming cough-and-cold medicinal formulations and tincture as substitute for liquor on Monday in some villages in Cuttack.
Even as the National Commission for Women (NCW) member-secretary Anita Agnihotri is in Odisha to enquire into alleged gang rape of a dalit girl in Pipili in Puri district, the Odisha State Commission for Women (OSCW) chairperson Jyoti Panigrahi has submitted a report coming down heavily on doctors.
Odisha government on Sunday culled more than 7000 poultry birds in a central government run farm following confirmation of a bird flu case.
Culling of fowl began in Bhubaneshwar on Monday in the wake of detection of avian flu in a farm of the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO).
The Odisha State Commission for Women (OSCW) Jyoti Panigrahi finds herself in a corner as her enquiry report on the alleged gang rape of a dalit girl in Puri district has triggered widespread protests from opposition parties and civil society groups on the ground that it is “politically motivated and meant to protect the interest of the BJD government”.
Reacting to a media report, the Odisha government on Wednesday denied that tours were being conducted by operators to escort visitors to see the Bonda tribals in their primal, semi-clad conditions.
A leader of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha was arrested today for his involvement in a blast triggered by the Maoists early this month in Kandhamal district which killed three policemen, police said.
The rape of a 19-year-old dalit girl at a village in Odisha's Puri district has caused an uproar in the state with the victim's family accusing agriculture minister Pradip Maharathi of trying to shield the perpetrators of the crime.
Even as demonstrations by political parties, women, students and social organizations continued for the second day to protest against alleged gang rape of a dalit girl in Pipili in Puri district, the Odisha government on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident.
In a shocking incident, as many as 24 television sets in the Railway station in Bhubaneswar showed an obscene film for about 10 minutes for which one person was arrested on Saturday, police said.
Facing stiff opposition from the opposition parties and civil society groups over the alleged gangrape of a dalit girl, Odisha agriculture minister Pradip Maharathi today resigned from state cabinet.
Notching up a major success against red rebels, Odisha police today arrested top ultra leader and CPI (Maoist) Odisha state committee member Girish from Bargarh district, about 370 km west of Bhubaneswar.