News from Bhubaneswar

Routray today claimed that several BJD heavyweights are in touch with the Odisha Congress. Moreover, some of the BJD leaders are also in direct contact with Routray, the veteran Congress MLA said.

As per the latest NTA notice, the UGC NET December 2023 results will now be announced on January 17, 2024. Earlier, the NTA had announced in the Information Bulletin that the result of UGC – NET December 2023 will be declared on January 10, 2024.

Lord Ram being from the Suryavanshi dynasty, wearing Surya tilak is regarded as a mark of identity and glory of the clan. The phenomenon of adding Surya Tilak on Lord Ram’s forehead will come into display on Ram Navami every year. 

As a result, several districts are likely to experience cold conditions for some more days.

Additional DCP Prakash Pal, who was looking into the dead body mix-up case, informed that police have received the DNA report. As per the DNA report, the third body is that of Dilip Samantaray as the samples matched with his mother.  

The Commissionerate Police on Tuesday detained a woman on charges of defrauding several cab drivers including some from an app-based cab service aggregator. 

The BMC has set up a kennel at a cost of Rs 1 crore in Macheswar and the facility is capable of handling 100 birth control operations every day. The BMC has equipped the kennel with 10 caves, operation theatres, and necessary tools.

Moreover, out of the 31 plots, 10 are benami plots which the MVI is accused of having purchased in the names of his close relatives.

Sarangi said, “We will provide work to all women in a few years.  At the Samavesh, when I asked women about their work, over 10,000 women raised their hands indicating that they have been deprived of work.”

IMD informed that light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning is very likely at isolated places over Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra on January 9 and 10 and over Gujarat on January 9 .

Recently, the University Grants Commission had also written to educational institutions to implement the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSlE).

AICTE has decided to regulate institutions offering BBA, BMS and BCA courses from next academic session to maintain uniform quality and academic standards across Management and Computer Applications program.

Police on Monday arrested notorious robber Godhi for his alleged involvement in the loot incident that took place at Damana village under Chandrasekharpur Police limits of Bhubaneswar on January 1 night. 

Hundreds of tribal people on Monday staged a protest demonstration at Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar demanding immediate implementation of the Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act 1996.

The BJP questioned how patients with 90 percent burns could be treated at Hi-Tech Hospital which has no facility for burn patients. The party termed the treatment of burn patients as a gross violation of medical service norms and a cognizable offence.