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Odisha: Girl seeks to lodge complaint, faints after police officer threatens her with jail term

Odisha: Girl seeks to lodge complaint, faints after police officer threatens her with jail term
Published on May 17, 2026 08:59 pm IST

Two men tied, beaten in separate mob assault incidents in Odisha: Police

Police said complaints were filed by both sides and an investigation is underway. (Representative Image/iStock)
Published on May 11, 2026 08:27 pm IST

Odisha: Two teachers engaged in Census work die of 'heatstroke' in 2 days

Odisha: Two teachers engaged in Census work die of 'heatstroke' in 2 days
Updated on Apr 27, 2026 12:03 pm IST

Odisha: Probe starts as 100 students fall ill, 1 die after having food at school

Odisha: Probe starts as 100 students fall ill, 1 die after having food at school
Published on Apr 15, 2026 05:45 pm IST

Act against illegal mining in Mayurbhanj, Balasore districts: Orissa high court

The Orissa high court was hearing a petition filed by Jayanta Kumar Rout and others. (Photo: Orissa HC website)
Published on Feb 05, 2026 08:20 pm IST

Once dusty town with poor infra, Prez Murmu’s hometown undergoes transformation

Droupadi Murmu became the 15th President in July 2022. (Sourced)
Published on Oct 03, 2025 11:23 am IST

Odisha auto driver hammer parents to death, spends night with dead bodies

The accused used a hammer, which is usually used for breaking stones, for carrying out the crime, said a police official.
Published on Jul 16, 2025 03:56 pm IST

A long, hard journey with roots in tribal agitation

BJP leader Naba Charan Majhi takes oath as a member of Lok Sabha on Tuesday. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 05, 2024 07:55 pm IST

Election In Pincodes: In tribal heartland, a clash between two narratives

Droupadi Murmu is India’s first tribal woman to ascend to the highest office in the Parliament (HT Photo/Sourced)
Updated on May 30, 2024 07:57 pm IST

Odisha's red ant chutney gets GI tag, all you need to know about this superfood

Red Ant Chutney or Kai Chutney of Odisha gets GI tag.
Published on Jan 09, 2024 07:36 pm IST

INTACH seeks heritage status for oldest railway station of Odisha at Paralakhemund

INTACH, Odisha chapter convener has written a letter to railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. (Parala Rail | Twitter)
Updated on May 09, 2023 01:35 pm IST

Video | President Murmu visits Odisha's ‘black tigers’ reserve

President Murmu in Odisha's Similipal Tiger Reserve on Friday
Published on May 06, 2023 08:51 pm IST

Odisha announces early summer vacation for all schools amid intense heatwave

Students use umbrellas to protect themselves from the heat amid a rise in the temperature on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 10:59 am IST

Odisha farmer builds car that runs on solar-powered battery during lockdown

The image shows the solar-powered car.
Published on Mar 14, 2021 07:28 pm IST

Woman forest official’s dance during rainfall in Odisha’s Similipal wins hearts

The image shows forest official Sneha Dhal dancing in the rain.
Published on Mar 12, 2021 12:18 am IST

Man held for trying to sell leopard hide in Bhubaneswar, 15th such seizure this year

STF Deputy Inspector General of Police, Jainarayan Pankaj, said the cops had arrested a driver named Prasant Nayak while he was trying to sell the leopard skin to a person at Baramunda in the city. The STF seized the leopard hide from the side box of his motorcycle.
Updated on Nov 17, 2020 12:40 pm IST

Odisha govt tells officials not to rush Covid cases to Bhubaneswar

In Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, just about 20 per cent of the beds are occupied by patients from both the cities while the rest have been taken over by people from other districts.
Updated on Sept 15, 2020 10:55 am IST

Two Odisha policemen killed in encounter with Maoists

HT Image
Updated on Sept 10, 2020 11:38 am IST

Infant dies in ambulance in Odisha, couple claims driver took long lunch break

The couple claimed that the ambulance driver took a break soon after starting from Baripada.
Updated on Aug 11, 2020 08:14 am IST

3 killed in Odisha over witchcraft allegations

A 30-year-old man beheaded a woman in Mayurbhanj district before walking into the police station with the severed head .
Updated on Jun 16, 2020 10:15 am IST

Rare copper-headed trinket snake rescued in Odisha, handed over to forest officials

Rare copper-headed trinket snake found in Mayurbhanj, Odisha.
Published on Jun 14, 2020 01:01 pm IST

Rare Trionychidae turtle caught by fishermen in Odisha, rescued and released later

Trionychidae turtles are softshell turtles.
Updated on Jun 02, 2020 12:41 pm IST

55-year-old Odia man in home quarantine found dead

The man spent days at an institutional quarantine centre before beginning a seven-day home quarantine.
Updated on May 29, 2020 02:13 am IST

CISF constable arrested for sexually assaulting colleague’s daughter

A 48-year-old personnel of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) deployed in port town of Paradip was arrested on Saturday
Updated on Jan 19, 2020 06:13 am IST

HIV positive pregnant woman in Odisha ‘denied treatment’, delivers stillborn

There are 1089 HIV positive patients in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district of which 10-15 die every year.
Updated on Dec 14, 2019 11:59 pm IST

Odisha court sentences woman to life imprisonment for killing her 8-year-old daughter

POCSO judge Prabhakar Ganthia also asked Damayanti to pay a fine of 10,000, failing which she will have to serve another six months jail term.
Updated on Nov 30, 2019 11:43 pm IST

Pregnant woman dies in Odisha as ambulance runs out of fuel

Dilapidated ambulance of an Odisha health centre ran out of fuel mid way to hospital, killing a pregnant woman and her unborn son
Updated on Oct 06, 2019 06:33 am IST

Odisha tribal stopped from cremating wife over non-payment of social penalty

Police officials, who had to intervene in the matter on Friday, said Kandra’s neighbours were upset with his father Sunaram Soren for marrying outside his clan more than two decades ago.
Updated on Aug 16, 2019 07:29 pm IST

Lok Sabha election 2019: A spurt from 2014 polls, saffron party makes impressive gains in east coast

BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra lost against BJD candidate and SC lawyer Pinaki Mishra in Puri, while its candidate Bishweswar Tudu of the BJP won against BJD’s Dr Debashis Marandi in Mayurbhanj.
Updated on May 24, 2019 01:03 am IST

Cuttack election results 2019 : Odisha’s constituency is a BJD stronghold

Cuttack election results 2019 - March 27, 2019: Election Commission officials give a demonstration of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines that will be used in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, at Daryaganj, in Delhi, India, on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna / Hindustan Times)
Updated on May 23, 2019 02:36 pm IST