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Anand St Das

- India
- January 01, 2022, 19:50 IST
Odisha Cop Suspended for Stealing Goat for New Year’s Feast Held in Police Station
When the goat’s owner came to the police station to complain about it, he was put in a police vehicle, taken to a nearby place and then brought back to be put in the lock-up.
- India
- December 24, 2021, 21:37 IST
Absence of OBC Quota for Upcoming Panchayat Polls Sparks Political Slugfest in Odisha
In a state not known for the role of caste in electoral politics, there is now a competition of sorts among political parties to champion the cause of caste.
- India
- December 17, 2021, 23:38 IST
After Spending 18 Years in Jail, Odisha Man Acquitted by Court in Triple Murder Case
According to the prosecution, Sindhu had brutally murdered two young men and a baby, who were his neighbours, on January 1, 2003 in course of his practice of witchcraft.
- India
- December 11, 2021, 09:33 IST
Odisha Woman Relates Marriage 'Ordeal' on Video, Says Husband 'Fled' Despite Court Orders to Stay Together
A local court had taken up the alleged domestic harassment case after the 26-year-old woman staged a protest claiming her husband was not accepting her as his legally wedded wife.
- India
- December 09, 2021, 22:29 IST
Saving A Marriage: Odisha Court Asks Warring Newlyweds to Spend Another Week Together
The 26-year-old woman in bridal attire sat picketing outside a doctor’s house for ten days, demanding that she be allowed to live with 'her husband.'
- India
- July 25, 2021, 20:11 IST
Odisha Gangster Haider’s Death in Police Encounter Raises Uneasy Questions
The 58-year-old convicted gangster’s death in police firing while being shifted from one jail to another has prompted human rights activists to question the police action and demand a probe.
- India
- July 07, 2021, 09:37 IST
Odisha Tribal Labourer Who Started Channel in Lockdown Earns Lakhs From YouTube
Tribal youth Isak Munda from Babupali in Sambalpur district’s Jujumura block's rise to fame as a YouTuber blogger has now made him an inspiration.
- India
- July 02, 2021, 10:34 IST
‘Is Odisha CM Under Pressure?’ BJD Leader’s Column on ‘Real’ Covid Deaths Irks His Party
The column, published on Thursday, has caused widespread resentment in BJD because it claimed that the state government concealed the real number of people who died of COVID-19.
- India
- June 21, 2021, 11:31 IST
No Horse Trading This! How Statue is Splitting Odisha’s Capital and Politics
The horse statue at the centre of a political controversy is a replica of the iconic horse and warrior sculptures seen in the 13th-century Sun Temple of Konark.
- India
- June 15, 2021, 21:11 IST
Jilted Lover Takes Family Hostage at Gunpoint, Held After Five-Hour Operation in Odisha's Balangir
The accused was in love with a woman who was staying in the house months ago and wanted her wedding, scheduled in the next few days, to be cancelled.
- India
- April 17, 2021, 19:01 IST
From Humble Rickshaw-Puller to Odisha’s Dreaded Gangster, Sheikh Hyder Lived Life on Razor’s Edge
The Odisha government has been shifting gangster Sheikh Hyder from jail to jail over the years with the aim of cutting down his crime networks and preventing gang skirmishes inside the jails.
- India
- April 02, 2021, 18:22 IST
Burglars Hit Temples in Lord Jagannath’s Town Twice in a Week; Puri's King Calls for More Security
The burglaries have prompted Puri’s titular king to urge the Odisha government to provide more security at the shrines
- India
- March 29, 2021, 11:35 IST
Lockdown Woes: Bollywood Cinematographer Returns to Home in Odisha, Opens Momo Stall
As news about her roadside food stall along with her Bollywood background made headlines, Suchismita Routray got calls offering help from Amitabh Bachchan and ‘Chehre’ producer Anand Pandit. But she politely declined all those offers.
- India
- March 24, 2021, 09:51 IST
Odisha Scientist Invents Turmeric Bandage; Commercial Production Likely by Year-end
By using a “bit of nanotechnology,” said Dr Sahoo, he has succeeded in making a curcumin emulsion with a lipid and blended it in a sponge-like frame of alginate and chitosan, two biocompatible and biodegradable polymers long used gainfully in drug delivery.
- India
- March 22, 2021, 07:56 IST
Govinda After Visiting Puri's Srimandir: A Lot of My Hardships Have Been Alleviated
Govinda candidly that he had been living amid “many hardships and pains” for the past 14 to 15 years and that the hardest time for him came after he entered politics.

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