News from Bhubaneswar

At a time when mobile phones, tablets and computers have usurped the space where pens once dominated, Tushar Kanta Dash’ unconditional love for pens seems unreal.

What was surprising today was that some agents were seen openly distributing notes to the people for exchange. Several people standing in the queue admitted that the pink notes they were exchanging did not belong to them

Justice Singh, who was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Judicature at Patna on April 5, 2012, has been acting as the senior-most judge.

The luxury car with registration number OD-23K 0006 reportedly belongs to a company in which Bishal Kumar Das, the son of former Odisha minister Late Naba Das, is a director. There is also pictorial evidence of Bishal Das using this vehicle in the past.   

Such incidents have thrown up challenges to the Commissionerate Police despite its night patrolling. Four loot incidents were reported from Kendriya Vihar Apartment in Tamando on Tuesday night.

The accused, Pankaj Kumar Parida, was arrested from an apartment ( Aasta Castle Apartment) at Lingipur under Dhauli police limits. 

Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik has appointed Mahanga MLA Jena and senior leader Sanjay Das Burma as the observers of Kendrapara and Bhadrak districts respectively. 

The Range Rover came down from the direction of 120 battalion and hit the two-wheeler at power house square traffic signal. The impact of the collision was so severe that the bike rider duo was thrown of their vehicle on the busy intersection.

As per initial reports, Mohanty, who had represented the Puri Assembly Constituency, was diagnosed with a mild brain stroke. He is currently under ventilator support in the hospital

Now, police and administration have woken up to such illegal activities and started cracking down on those involved in it. During raids in Jaleswar and Talcher, firecrackers worth Rs 10 lakh were seized recently while three persons were arrested.

Acting on a tipoff, the STF officials raided Tigiria area of Cuttack and seized brown sugar weighing 1022 gm and various incriminating materials from the accused

The issue reared its head again as people living within a 5-km radius of a Temporary Transit Centre (TTC) behind Sainik School alleged that they have been facing a nauseating atmosphere for the last seven days. 

As per the data shared by the Commissionerate Police, 3,048 persons were caught drinking in public places and a fine of Rs 15, 30, 500 was collected from them.

The BJP’s fact-finding team had conducted a probe and will soon move the National Commission For Women (NCW) so that such kind of incidents do not occur elsewhere.

Though no warning has been issued, several parts of the state are likely to experience light to moderate rain and thunderstorm activities in the coming days.