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Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a four-year-old girl was allegedly sold for Rs 40,000 by her parents in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. The couple, daily wage earners originally from Bihar, cited severe financial distress as the reason for their actions. The child was sold to another couple in Pipili with the help of two intermediaries from the Badagada locality. Acting swiftly on a tip-off, the Badagada police rescued the girl and launched an investigation into the case. Inspector-in-Charge of Badagada police station, Trupti Ranjan Nayak, revealed that they were alerted by the owner of an apartment where the couple worked. Following the lead, officers traced the child and identified the intermediaries who facilitated the transaction. The incident in Bhubaneswar is part of a concerning pattern of child sales reported across Odisha, often driven by extreme poverty. Last week, a newborn was rescued after allegedly being sold by her parents in Bolangir district due to financial hardship. Earlier this month, a newborn girl was sold for Rs 20,000 in Rayagada district. The infant was later found in neighboring Andhra Pradesh and placed in a Special Adoption Agency after intervention by the Child Welfare Committee (CWC). On November 20, a couple from Khairapali in Sohela block, Bargarh district, reportedly sold their 17-day-old newborn boy to a childless couple. The accused parents, who already have five children, denied the allegations despite evidence suggesting otherwise. "These incidents underscore the vulnerability of impoverished families in Odisha, who often resort to desperate measures to survive. Authorities are intensifying efforts to address the root causes of these tragic cases, including poverty alleviation and better support for families in crisis," said a child rights activist who did not want to be quoted. The police and state agencies are collaborating to ensure that children in such situations are protected and rehabilitated. In the Bhubaneswar case, the rescued girl is now under the care of the authorities, and efforts are underway to bring all involved parties to justice.
Bhubaneswar, May 28: The additional district and sessions judge (ADJ) court in Patnagarh, Balangir district of Odisha, on Wednesday pronounced the judgment in the sensational parcel bomb case in which a newlywed software engineer, Soumya Sekhar Sahu and his 85-year-old great-aunt, Jemamani Sahu died on February 23, 2018. The 26-year-old Soumya Sekhar's wife, Reema Sahu, 22, also sustained grievous injuries in the blast that shook the whole state as well as the country in 2018. As per the victims' lawyer Chittaranjan Kanungo, the accused Punjilal Meher was awarded life imprisonment by the cour ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jun 30 (PTI) The Odisha Vigilance on Monday launched simultaneous raids on the properties and office of a joint director-rank officer at eight locations in three districts in connection with its probe into his alleged disproportionate assets. The Vigilance Department launched the search operations on the properties of the Soil Conservation and Watershed Development joint director, following allegations that he amassed wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. The official was a former project director (PD) of the Watershed Department in Rayagada. "Simultaneous sea ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The state govt on Tuesday received investment intent worth Rs 4.5 lakh crore on the first day of Utkarsh Odisha-Make in Odisha Conclave 2025, and given the massive response the event has generated, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi feels they could see proposals worth four times than the target of Rs 5 lakh crore that had been set in the run-up to the business summit. "The investment proposals are likely to take a big leap as the investors are highly encouraged by the PM's assurances," Majhi said on a day his govt received over 100 investment intents and signed 54 MoUs in various ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday apprehended an Assistant CT&GST officer posted at Titlagarh in Balangir district for allegedly taking Rs 12,000 bribe from a businessman. The accused, identified as Umakanta Mahakur, was nabbed while demanding and taking bribe money of Rs 12,000 from a businessman to waive off penalty imposed on him for non-payment of professional tax for three financial years. The complainant had not paid the professional tax amounting to Rs 7,500 for three financial years @ Rs.2500 per year. For non-payment of tax, he was served with a notice by the accuse ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) A three-storey chawl collapsed in the western suburb of Bandra here in the early hours of Friday, with at least 10 people feared trapped in the debris, civic officials said. As many as seven people have been rescued from the debris so far and admitted to the civic-run Bhabha Hospital, they said. According to preliminary information, chawl number 37 in the Bharat Nagar area of Bandra East collapsed around 5.56 am. Eight fire engines are at the spot along with teams from the Mumbai police and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's local ward machinery, an official from ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jun 30 (PTI) The Odisha Vigilance on Monday launched simultaneous raids on the properties and office of a joint director-rank officer at eight locations in three districts in connection with its probe into his alleged disproportionate assets. The Vigilance Department launched the search operations on the properties of the Soil Conservation and Watershed Development joint director, following allegations that he amassed wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. The official was a former project director (PD) of the Watershed Department in Rayagada. "Simultaneous sea ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance on Monday launched simultaneous raids on the properties and office of a Joint Director-rank officer at eight locations in three districts in connection with its probe into his alleged disproportionate assets. The Vigilance department launched the search operations on the properties of the Soil Conservation and Watershed Development Joint Director, Dayanidhi Bagh, following allegations that he amassed wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. The official was a former Project Director (PD) of the Watershed department in Rayagada. "Simultaneous se ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Koraput: The state vigilance directorate on Monday discovered 84 acres of land, allegedly acquired through corrupt means by a govt official, Dayanidhi Bagh, at different places in the state. The anti-corruption wing's official statement confirms this "as the largest land detection" in a disproportionate assets (DA) case in vigilance history.The vigilance technical wing is currently assessing these properties' value. On Monday, several teams conducted property searches linked to Bagh in Bhubaneswar, Nabarangpur and Kalahandi, investigating claims of substantial illegal asset accumul ...Read More >
Washington, Jun 5 (PTI) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, leading a multi-party delegation to the US, was Thursday asked a question by his journalist son whether government interlocutors sought evidence of Pakistan's culpability in the Pahalgam attack to which he replied India would not have conducted Operation Sindoor without convincing evidence. "That shouldn't be allowed. This is my son," Tharoor said laughing, during an interaction at the Council on Foreign Relations when his son Ishaan Tharoor, global affairs columnist with the Washington Post, stood up to ask him a question. "Ishaan Tharoor, ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: State BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Thursday slammed the Congress government and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for failing to address farmers' issues despite completing 19 months in office. Speaking at the Kisan Morcha state office-bearers' meeting at the BJP headquarters in Hyderabad, he accused the state government of neglecting farmers due to its skewed policies. He urged party workers to collaborate with the Kisan Morcha to highlight farmers' grievances and counter the Congress' "anti-farmer" stance. He directed the Morcha members to launch agitations, gather grassroots- ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 1 (PTI) The Odisha Vigilance on Tuesday arrested a senior officer after detecting in his possession assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, officials said. "Dayanidhi Bagh, joint director, Soil Conservation & Watershed Development, Bhubaneswar has been placed under arrest by Odisha Vigilance for possession of disproportionate assets and will be forwarded to the court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhawanipatna," an official statement said. The Vigilance Department conducted raids on the properties of the joint director, following allegations that he amassed wea ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 17: Social media major Meta on Thursday apologised for inaccurate Kannada translation and claimed to have fixed the issue, after Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah raised concerns over faulty auto-translation of Kannada content on its platforms. Raising concerns over the faulty auto-translation of Kannada content on Meta platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, Siddaramaiah said that it was leading to the distortion of facts and misleading users. "We fixed an issue that briefly caused this inaccurate Kannada translation. We apologize that this happened," a Meta spokesperso ...Read More >
Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 4 (ANI): The saying 'talent needs no introduction' found a fitting example at the Khelo India Tribal Games 2026, where wrestlers from Karnataka's Siddi community have made a powerful statement on the mat. Their success is no longer just about medals--it reflects the emergence of an entire community as a force in wrestling. Of African descent, there are about 50,000 Siddis in India, of which one-third live in Karnataka. Out of the nine wrestlers representing Karnataka at KITG 2026, four belonged to the Siddi community. Three of them clinched gold while ...Read More >
Bhubaneshwar, Apr 7 (UNI) The Debrigarh wildlife sanctuary, home to a wide range of flora and fauna besides picturesque forest ambience, in Odisha's Bargarh district has emerged as an ecotourism hotspot, attracting both domestic and overseas tourists to boost local economy. The Debrigarh ecotourism sites recorded Rs.6.02 crore revenue with 1.4 lakh footfall of tourists with more than 50,000 from Italy, France, US, UK, Canada, West Indies, Germany, Finland, Ireland, Spain and Brazil in the 2025-26 fiscal. The generated revenue and tourist footfall bettered the figures recorded in 2024-25 fisca ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: A Vigilance raid on joint director in the directorate of Soil Conservation and Watershed Development, Dayanidhi Bagh, over allegations of amassing disproportionate assets (DA) has revealed that he was in possession of a whopping 84 acre of land and buildings worth crores. Vigilance officials said this is the first time they unearthed such a large land area in the name of a government official and his family members. Bagh was earlier posted as the project director of the watershed wing in Rayagada district. In May, the anti-corruption agency had arrested four officials of the wat ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A flurry of political activity was witnessed in Nuapada on the auspicious occasion of Dhanteras on Saturday,with BJP candidate Jay Dholakia and Congress nominee Ghasiram Majhi, among others, filing their nominations for the Nov 11 bypoll.Jay Dholakia, son of late BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia, led a massive procession from Khariar Road to the district magistrate's office, joined by over 10,000 supporters and senior BJP leaders. State BJP president Manmohan Samal, former president Basant ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): The credit-to-deposit ratio in Indian banks has stayed below 80 per cent as credit offtake in the country continues to lag, according to a report by CareEdge Ratings. The report highlighted that while both credit offtake and deposit growth have increased sequentially, they remain significantly lower than the levels seen last year. Deposits continued to outpace credit offtake in the current fortnight, leading to a narrowing of the credit-deposit gap. It stated Credit to Deposit Ratio Remains Below 80 per cent as Credit Offtake Lags. The report data pointed ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Vedanta Aluminium on Wednesday reaffirmed its long-term commitment to Odisha on the occasion of Utkal Dibas. With planned investments of Rs 1.8 lakh crore in the pipeline and over Rs 1 lakh crore already invested, the company said it has has generated more than 5 lakh employment opportunities to date. Vedanta's Odisha operations including aluminium, power, iron ore, and related businesses, contribute over Rs 9,000 crore annually to the exchequer and account for approximately ~3% of the state's GSDP. The company operates fully integrated, world class aluminium assets in the state ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Commissioner of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, RV Karnan, has declared that the GHMC is fully prepared to handle any disastrous events following Indian Meteorological Department's warnings regarding upcoming heavy rainfall. On Wednesday, the Commissioner conducted an inspection of the control room at the GHMC headquarters. He asked about the complaints received and assessed the operations of the control room. Karnan instructed the control room staff to remain vigilant around the clock. In this regard, Karnan announced that the holidays for GHMC employees have bee ...Read More >
New Delhi: Four members of a family, including a six-year-old girl and an eight-year-old boy, were killed after a Bengaluru-bound bus from Hyderabad caught fire following a collision with a motorcycle. According to Kurnool District Collector Dr A. Siri, the accident took place around 3 am when the bus hit a motorcycle, triggering a fuel leak that led to a massive fire. Of the 41 passengers aboard the bus, 20 died. The deceased minors have been identified as six-year-old Manvita and eight-year-old Yashwanth, children of Golla Ramesh (35) and Anusha (32). The family belonged to Gollavaripalli ...Read More >