Miscellaneous News Updates

As a part of anti-liquor protest, a large group of women reportedly ransacked an off-shop at Telkoi block of Odisha’s Keonjhar district. Thousands of women barged into the shop, collected all the foreign liquor worth lakhs of rupees and smashed them one by one. Watch this video.

On Thursday, four teams of the Odisha Vigilance led by an equal number of DSsP, 8 Inspector rank officers had conducted raids at multiple locations linked to the Assistant Executive Engineer in Khordha, Nayagarh and Dhenkanal districts.

The missing boy has been identified as Roshan Nayak of Latabila Sahi village

Although the residents had informed the local authorities about the problems those are likely to occur, before the beginning of the work, the officials allegedly lent a deaf ear to their complaints.

Bajaranglal has also enviable collections of many Indian currency notes with serial numbers that show dates of birth of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, other Prime Ministers, Presidents, Vice-Presidents and many other ministers of the country

Investigations are underway to ascertain procurement sources of the narcotic substance in three cases, the SP said.

A group of intellectuals along with elected representatives from the State on Wednesday met Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi and submitted a memorandum requesting him to change the name of Puri railway station to Jagannath Dham Puri.

Recently, the Odisha government had ordered compulsory retirement of eight more officers, including three belonging to the Odisha Administrative Services (OAS), on Friday. The State has so far taken action against 130 babus over graft charges and inefficiency.

Both Jyotiraditya Scindia and Dushyant Singh, son of Vasundhara Raje, are the third generation politicians in the Scindia family. Jyotiraditya started his career in the Congress and was Union Minister of power in the Manmohan Singh government. He switched to the BJP when differences arose with former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath and is now Union Minister of Civil Aviation in the Modi government.

Sura Routray and his wife Mani had tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. Taking to his twitter handle, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wished for his speedy recovery.

In the last 10 days, the spot price of gold has risen by more than Rs 1,200 per 10 grams. Gold prices are gaining strength amid weakness in the equity market and fears of rising inflation. Experts say rising gold demand has pushed up prices. Demand for gold is expected to hold steady in the coming days as the US Federal Reserve slashes stimulus.

As per a notification issued by the Commerce and Transport Department, it has been decided to dispense with the issue of smart card and paper based RC, DL and other vehicle related documents with effect from January 1, 2022.

More than 700 employees of the erstwhile power distribution company, NESCO which has now been acquired by the TATA Power, continue protest for over a month demanding regularisation of their jobs

A rare tortoise with a Shivling-like shape of was rescued by locals in Odisha These images are from Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district Locals spotted the tortoise at the river bank and then it was released into the water. 

A bizarre scene unfolded when Piro Kishan threw herself at the feet of Collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan when the latter walked towards his chamber. The sudden turn of events took everyone, including the Collector, by surprise. Needless to say the top district revenue official was left spellbound and embarrassed before he could react.