Angul: Within hours after a report was telecast on OTV, the Angul district administration extended support to the family of the two-month-old baby who is suffering from hydrocephalus (a brain related disease) condition. While the local administrative officials handed over a cheque worth Rs 10,000 to the family, the district collector has ordered the Chief […]

Cuttack: Sports administrator and former Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) Secretary, Ashirbad Behera, who was admitted to SCB Medical College & Hospital after his arrest by CBI, was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday a day after his conditional bail was granted. Behera was granted bail by Orissa High Court in Artha Tatwa chit fund scam […]

Applications for as many as 399 management trainee (technical) posts have been invited by the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). The candidates will be recruited on the basis of score obtained in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). The eligible candidates will be able to apply at the official websites, sail.co.in or sailcareers.com. […]

Rourkela: Hundreds of tenants who have been allotted commercial spaces and shops today gheraoed the office of the Rourkela Development Authority (RDA) in Uditnagar area opposing a hike in rent. The agitating members of RDA Shop Owners’ Association held a meeting and demanded immediate rollback of the decision to hike rent. The tenants questioned the […]

Bhubaneswar: The National Disaster Response Force(NDRF) inspector Manoranjan Das, who suffered critical injuries during relief and restoration work in cyclone Bulbul-hit Bhadrak district, has been shifted to AIIMS, New Delhi. Das was reportedly injured after an electric pole fell on him while removing an uprooted tree near Naikanidihi Police station earlier this month following which […]

A notification regarding hiring of executive trainees has been released by the Powergrid Corporation of India Limited(PGCIL). The selection of the aspirants will be done on the basis of marks in GATE 2020. All the interested aspirants need to apply on the official website powergridindia.com. The online application process for recruitment at PGCIL will begin […]

Ganjam: With growing number of fake teachers being exposed in Ganjam district, concerns have been raised on the quality of education imparted. According to sources, many have got appointment as teachers by submitting fake certificates from matric to graduation. Some RTI activists, who had levelled the allegations earlier, are now questioning how the authorities appointed […]

Cuttack: Cops have arrested son of a retired Additional Superintendent of Police on charges of ramming his car into an auto rickshaw leaving six persons injured including two children. The incident reportedly took place late on Sunday night when the accused Ankit Parida, a resident of Kalyan Nagar area of Cuttack, was driving a four-wheeler […]

Bhubaneswar: Congress MLA Narasingha Mishra today slammed the Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik alleging that the latter is least concerned about rising cases of harassment against women. Citing the rape and suicide of a minor girl in Jagatsinghpur, Mishra alleged that CM Naveen doesn’t want such discussions to be held in the Assembly. “If Chief […]

Koraput: After the death of an 8-year-old boy in the Upper Kolab hydel project colony of Jeypore recently, concerns are now being flagged on the scores of government buildings lying in dilapidated condition in the State. According to sources, while there are 56 unsafe buildings in 14 blocks of the colony, the Water Resources department […]

Bhubaneswar: Onion price crisis seemed to have turned worse across Odisha with reports showing sale of the vegetable at a record high of Rs 100 per kilogram, have come to the fore from several parts of the State today. After hovering around Rs 50 to 60 per kg for quite some time, onion prices skyrocketed […]

Ganjam: Even after three days since a youth was beaten to death by a group of miscreants in Khallikote area of Ganjam district for having a relationship with a girl from the area, police are yet to nab the accused. As per reports, the youth Shankar Pahan, a resident of Ramchandrapur village was beaten with […]

Malkangiri: With an aim to empower the members of the LGBTQ community and make them self-dependent, the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) authorities in Malkangiri have appointed five transgenders as security guards. #Malkangiri District Headquarters Hospital authorities set a precedent by roping in five transgenders as security guards to promote workplace equality & empowerment of LGBT […]

Puri: As many as 50 women of a Self Help Group (SHG) today seized a foreign liquor-laden truck on Chilika-Nuapada road and destroyed the alcohol bottles in an anti-liquor drive. As per reports, the women had been complaining before the police and the Excise Department about rampant sale of liquor in the area for quite […]

Deogarh: Police arrested four persons including three members of a family on charges of killing a woman and her two children in Balinali Forest reserve under Barkote Police limits in Deogarh district. As per reports, the prime accused Bikram Kumar Pradhan used a sharp weapon to slit the throat of his wife, his 4-year-old son […]

Rourkela: Police have arrested one person for allegedly locking up a woman and her mother inside a house at Basanti Colony in Rourkela for 40 days and harassing them. Both the women were rescued by a team of cops today. The matter came to light after the husband of the woman, who went missing, lodged […]

Cuttack: After their return from AIIMS New Delhi, health condition of the separated conjoined twins Jaga and Kalia, who are undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College & Hospital in Cuttack, is improving. The information regarding the same was given by the Head of the Neurology Department at SCB, Dr Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra today. Mishra […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major reshuffle, Odisha government today appointed IPS officer Abhay as Director General of Police. Abhay replaced current DGP BK Sharma against whom a probe was initiated just hours before the announcement. Similarly, Satyajit Mohanty has been posted as Director of Intelligence and will remain in-charge DGP till Abhay joins. While Sunil Ray […]

Puri: The Director of National Health Mission (NHM), Shalini Pandit, was locked up by some contractual staff of the district headquarters hospital (DHH) in Puri today as a mark of protest over their pending salary. As per reports, Pandit was detained while she was on an official visit to review healthcare facilities at the DHH. […]

Jajpur: During the zero hour in Odisha Assembly today, Congress MLA Narasingha Mishra levelled serious allegations in connection with Haridaspur lady Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) Smitarani Biswal’s death case. Alleging that the father and father-in-law of the lady PEO were forced to sign on a paper which was later accepted as FIR, Mishra raised questions […]