Orissa Youth

A man was arrested for allgedly duping unemployed youths by promising them jobs in Rayagada district, police said today.

Dutee Chand of Orissa smashed the National and meet records with two blistering runs while winning the girls' 100 metres sprint in the 9th National Youth Athletics championship here on Friday, clocking 11.85 seconds in the final, slightly slower than her 11.80 in the semi-final heat.

Maoists blew up a panchayat office with landmines in Orissa's Malkangiri district today, three days after setting ablaze the son of a village head in the same district, official sources said.A 50-strong group stormed into Niliguda under Padia block, about 35 km from Malkangiri, and triggered landmine explosions to blow up the gram panchayat buildin...

Strict vigil at railway stations ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup final led to the arrest of a youth from Orissa who was found possessing 52 kilo cannabis at Dadar in central Mumbai, police said.The accused identified as Suraj Pawan (19), hailing from Cuttack in Orissa, was caught with four bags of drugs at Dadar railway station while his aide es...

A 30-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death during police interrogation in Orissa's Gajapati district on Sunday.Pradeep Majhi was picked by security forces on December 24 for alleged Maoist links along with three other men.Pradeep's parents claim that their son was tortured to death and have refused to take his bodyThe police, however, claim he...

A man was arrested for allgedly duping unemployed youths by promising them jobs in Rayagada district, police said today.

Dutee Chand of Orissa smashed the National and meet records with two blistering runs while winning the girls' 100 metres sprint in the 9th National Youth Athletics championship here on Friday, clocking 11.85 seconds in the final, slightly slower than her 11.80 in the semi-final heat.

Maoists blew up a panchayat office with landmines in Orissa's Malkangiri district today, three days after setting ablaze the son of a village head in the same district, official sources said.A 50-strong group stormed into Niliguda under Padia block, about 35 km from Malkangiri, and triggered landmine explosions to blow up the gram panchayat buildin...

Strict vigil at railway stations ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup final led to the arrest of a youth from Orissa who was found possessing 52 kilo cannabis at Dadar in central Mumbai, police said.The accused identified as Suraj Pawan (19), hailing from Cuttack in Orissa, was caught with four bags of drugs at Dadar railway station while his aide es...

A 30-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death during police interrogation in Orissa's Gajapati district on Sunday.Pradeep Majhi was picked by security forces on December 24 for alleged Maoist links along with three other men.Pradeep's parents claim that their son was tortured to death and have refused to take his bodyThe police, however, claim he...