News from Bhubaneswar

Senior STF officials said the accused were fraudulently procuring huge numbers of SIM cards in the name of others and used them to sell the OTPs (linked/generated using the SIMs) to various clients including some Pakistani Intelligence Operatives (PIO)/ ISI agents in Pakistan as well as in India.

Though there has been no loss of life, several properties inside the storeroom have been gutted in the fire mishap.

A gang of women is on the prowl in the capital city of Bhubaneswar. They target passengers coming out of the railway station.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik addressed party workers at Sankha Bhawan, BJD’s office in Bhubaneswar, in the wake of the resounding victory of party candidate Dipali Das in Jharsuguda bypoll.

“Twenty percent weightage of the total marks in a paper, theory and practical/Project separately, shall be awarded based on the best two performance of the candidate out of three quarter end examinations of class XIl, and 80% weightage of total marks in a paper, practical/Project separately, shall be theory and awarded based on the performance of the candidate in Annual HS Examination, 2023 conducted by CHSE,” a notification issued by the board.

The deceased have been identified as Anchal Sahu, Debashish Nayak and Abhisekh Sar. All the three youths were on their way to Puri when their bike skidded off the road and they were subsequently run over by an unknown vehicle.

The Congress said there is no question of the BJD joining with the third front because they are wary of their mistakes. Once they join the third front, they would come under the scanner of the CBI and the ED. 

Police have seized the body and sent it to Capital hospital for autopsy.

However, the maximum temperature is likely to rise by two to four degree Celsius at many parts of the state in the subsequent two days.

There has been sharp drop of 5.38 per cent in the overall pass percentage of students this year. The overall pass percentage in 2022 was 92.71 per cent.

As per IMD, Cyclone Mocha is very likely to move north-northeastwards and intensify further over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal.

As per reports, the State government has extended the validity period of OTET qualifying certificates for lifetime. The decision is seen as a major relief for the candidates applying for the elementary school teacher posts.

As per the government decision, it has been proposed to merge the said Girls’ high school with the Unit 9 Boy’s High School in order to make it a co-educational institution.

Addressing a press conference, BJP spokesperson Dilip Mallick said, “Exactly like the Dhamnagar bypoll, the voters were relatively silent during Jharsuguda bypoll. The voting percentage is also on the higher side, indicating the results to go against the incumbent and in favour of the BJP.”

Separate teams of the I-T department carried out the search operations at the former legislator's residences in Keonjhar, ancestral home at Namibara and three-four places in Bhubaneswar, sources informed.