Miscellaneous News Updates

“The devotees will be allowed for Radha Pada Darshan, but they won’t be allowed to touch it,” informed Puri SP. 

Today, the polling party(s) will go to 247 polling booths while the remainder will go to five pink booths on Wednesday.

Police on Tuesday busted a sex racket operating from a guest house in Berhampur. A team led by Berhampur SP raided the guest house and arrested 10 persons in this connection. They also rescued four sex workers from the guest house.

The fishing ban has been imposed at Dhamra, Devi and Rushikulya river mouths starting today from November 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023.   

Section 144 has been clamped at Dhabaleswar shrine in Cuttack for carrying out the repair work of the hanging bridge.The prohibitory was ordered by the local administration a day after the horrific incident of the collapse of a cable suspension bridge in Morbi, Gujarat in which 140 people were killed.

The raid team led by Berhampur Superintendent of Police also rescued four sex workers from the guest house.

They can book tickets online on a first come and first serve basis by logging into www.similipal.com and odishatourism.gov.in.

Some women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) have alleged that the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is distributing money to only its supporters in the SHGs and not to all.

Hours after Gujarat cable bridge collapse tragedy, district administration of Cuttack has decided to shut the Dhabaleswar hanging bridge for a day.

Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) has been one of the most prominent figures to have dominated Indian politics, post Independence. Elected as the first woman Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi served three consecutive terms as PM and a fourth term too until her assassination on 31 October 1984. An astute politician and a lady of great foresight, Mrs Gandhi ruled with an iron hand and manoeuvred herself out of many tricky situations in her political life, showing her cabinet, the opposition as well as her countrymen who was the boss.

Earlier today, the local administration at Athagarh reduced the capacity of the suspension bridge to the Dhabaleswar shrine. Only 200 devotees were allowed to travel through the bridge at a time and later shut the bridge for one day.

Tension prevailed at the locality after Paura was not let to remarry and police came to pacify the irate villagers.

The BJP took out a peaceful march protesting alleged police inaction in Archana Nag case and BJD ZP member Dharmendra Sahu death case. However, tension erupted when BJP members tried to remove the barricades put by police to halt their march at Sishu Bhawan square.

Tension flared up at Daruthenga village on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar after a local resident was crushed to death by a garbage-carrying vehicle on Sunday. In protest, hundreds of residents blocked the road connecting Cuttack and Khordha for long hours.

The wait is finally over. The southern town of Jeypore in Koraput district got the much-awaited air connectivity on Monday. The first scheduled flight from Bhubaneswar to Jeypore town took off today (Oct 31).