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Bhubaneswar: A special court today passed an order to confiscate the properties to the tune of Rs.1,76,93,853 belonging to former deputy manager (Finance) of Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC) Dilip Mahanty in a disproportionate asset (DA) case. The properties consisting of movable and immovable includes his hotel at Puri, some plots in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, […]

Bhubaneswar: After the Holi break, the Odisha Assembly began on a stormy note on Monday with Opposition Congress members demanding a statement from the chief minister on the steps the government had taken against the anti-socials who had allegedly raped a college girl inside a running car six days ago. Unable to run the proceedings, […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Monday rejected the bail pleas of MP Ramchandra Hansda and media house owner Madhu Mohanty, who are currently in jail for their involvement in the multi-crore chit fund scam in the State. While hearing Hansda’s interim bail plea, the court maintained that health-related reasons furnished by the petitioner are […]

Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha are likely to get some relief from the unrelenting heat wave in the next few days as per the assessment of the Meteorological (Met) department here. Northern and central parts of Odisha are likely to experience hailstorms on account of a trough line formation. According to Met department sources, a […]

The Odisha government has decided to run the temporary campus of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) inside the premises of Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Berhampur

Cuttack: A day after the diagnosis of 17 jaundice patients in the Millennium city, the district administration on Saturday opened a 24-hour health camp in Jobra area to provide free treatment to the patients. Reports said senior BJD leader and Choudwar-Cuttack MLA Pravat Biswal visited the affected areas of Jobra on Saturday. Talking to OTV, […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Health minister JP Nadda today rolled out the rotavirus vaccine nationwide from Odisha today as part of the central government’s routine immunisation programme for protecting children from diarrhea. Union Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Odisha Health minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak were present during the launch of the vaccine, which will also be rolled […]

Malkangiri: Frustrated over the violent activities of Maoists, more than 50 sympathisers of the banned outfit surrendered before police here today. The supporters of the outlawed outfit gave up arms and joined the mainstream after meeting SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra. They all belong to Kukurkunda village under Mathili police limits, Mohapatra said. They will be rehabilitated […]

Krushnaprasad: Normal life was thrown out of gear in Krushnaprasad block in Puri on account of a bandh called by Congress demanding arrest of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister Sanjay Dasburma for his alleged links with scam-tainted chit fund company Artha Tatwa, irregularities in ration card distribution and Phailin assistance. Shops and business establishments […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has served a show-cause notice to Tourism and Culture minister Ashok Panda for availing multiple plots/houses under the discretionary quota (DQ) allotment of the government. Housing and Urban Development minister Pushpendra Singhdeo revealed this information while replying to a written question posed by Prafulla Majhi in the Assembly recently. […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Health minister JP Nadda will launch the rotavirus vaccine in Odisha today as part of the central government’s routine immunisation programme for protecting children from diarrhea. During his visit, the health minister will also visit the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar and hold a review meeting. According to sources, the […]

Bhubaneswar: A shareholder of home-grown intra-state flight operator, Air Odisha, has filed a fraud case against the company at the Khandagiri police station. The complainant, identified as Sandeep Ray, son of BJP MLA Dilip Ray, had alleged in his complaint that that two cheques worth Rs 40 lakh given to him by the company has […]

Malkangiri: Not only the Telengana hospital authorities but also even his own son and daughter had not come to the rescue of ailing Dambaru Madhi, a bonded labourer working in the neighbouring State, who had died under a roadside tree after being unattended for around 12 hours, reports said. The shameful revelation was made by […]

Berhampur: The city police has slapped two more cases on former Sanakhemundi legislator Ramesh Jena. In the first case registered against Jena in Patpur police station of Ganjam district, Jena has been accused of extorting money from a chicken farm house owner in Padmapur village. It was alleged that Jena was taking extortion money on […]

Puri: The much hyped National Food Security Act (NFSA), which aimed at creating a starvation free society, has utterly failed to reach its destination in areas of Puri district. Even after government’s order to all district collectors to ensure ration cards for the genuine beneficiaries and exclusion of names of the financial upper classes, some […]