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BJD and Opposition locked horns over egg attack on two ministers during last three days

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has initiated the process to introduce sweeping jail reforms in the state. As part of the initiative, the government has decided to replace the Odisha Jail Manual, 1942. The Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services has prepared a draft Jail Manual titled “Odisha model jail manual for the superintendence and management […]

Intensifying its opposition to the Polavaram project, the Biju Janta Dal (BJD) will stage a protest in front of the Raj Bhavan here and observe a hartal in undivided Koraput district tomorrow

Bhubaneswar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested three executives of chit fund firm Swastik India Multi State Credit Cooperative in connection with the company’s alleged money laundering activities. Officials said, the arrested functionaries are –company’s chief Ranjan Das, Pramod Parida and Sabyasachi Pani. In July, 2015 the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of […]

Odisha Food Supplies minister Sanjay Dasburma on Wednesday met Union Food and Civil Supply minister Ram Vilas Paswan and demanded more rice instead of wheat under the National Food Security Act (NFSA)

Bonai: The Odisha Crime Branch police would begin investigation into the murder of Bonai Zilla Parishad member Dasaratha Oram from Thursday. A four-member Crime Branch team, led by a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), will probe the case, sources in the Crime Branch Headquarters said. It may be mentioned that a group of miscreants had […]

Cuttack: A total of 8067 candidates cleared the Odisha Civil Service (OAS) Preliminary Examination 2015, conducted by the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC), the results of which were announced on Wednesday. Out of 8067 candidates, 4101 are from general category, 887 from SEBC, 1289 from SC and 1790 from ST category. The successful candidates are […]

The Health Ministry’s Joint Secretary Sunil Sharma said the Centre is planning to enhance the age limit for appointment of doctors at the All India Institute of Medial Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar

Deogarh: Six Congress activists have been arrested by district police today on charges of hurling eggs on Health Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak yesterday. They include Deogarh city Congress president Subhash Bhoi, councillor Dharmendra Debata and four other party activists. In another report, Odisha police directorate general (DGP) KB Singh has suspended inspector-in-charge (IIC) of Deogarh, […]

Bhubaneswar: The House Committee on Railways of Odisha Assembly on Tuesday unanimously decided to urge the Union Railway minister Suresh Prabhu to expedite construction work of ongoing railway projects which are pending due to various reasons. The Committee is scheduled to meet Prabhu in New Delhi today and submit a memorandum asking for an allocation […]

Cuttack: The Odisha Police would deliberate on major issues at the 59th Senior Police Officers’ Conference which would kick off at the State Police headquarters here on January 7. The two-day event would be split into two sessions with one session at the RK Padhi Memorial Hall in Cuttack on January 7 and the last […]

Bhubaneswar: Politics in Keonjhar Municipality has taken an interesting turn after some photographs of dissident BJD councilors, who had defied the party whip to vote in favor of the no-confidence motion against the chairperson, in the company of BJP and Congress leaders surfaced. A picture of the councilors with BJP state president K V Singhdeo […]

Bhawanipatna: A cadre woman Maoist on Tuesday surrendered at the office of the superintendent of police here in Kalahandi district as she was disgusted over the Maoist activities. “I had joined as they told me that we will change the world but eventually I saw they started opposing all developmental works like road construction among […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has appointed Sujit Kumar as the special secretary of State Planning Board. A notification from General Administration (GA) department in this regard said. Kumar joined office today after meeting chief minister Naveen Patnaik at the secretariat. While Patnaik himself holds Board’s chairman post, N Bhaskar Rao is the vice-chairman of the […]

Hosts Odisha suffered its third defeat in a row after they were beaten by Maharashtra by four wickets in a thrilling match in the ongoing Syed Mustaq Ali T20 League at Barabati stadium here on Monday