News from Cuttack

Cuttack is known as the Millennium City as well as the Silver City due to its history of 1000 years and famous silver filigree works. It is considered as the judicial capital of Odisha as the Odisha High Court is located here. It is also the old capital city of Odisha.The remains of the famous Barabati fort are still speaks the history of the millennium city. Cuttack has a rich maritime history which says that the traders’ sons (Sadhab pua) use to go to Java Sumatra Island to do business and brings lot of wealth here. To recollect this history every year Baliyatra, a weeklong festival is being organized here. Cuttack is the birth place of Subash Chandra Bose. Cuttack has so many special thing to know like here the feeling of sahi -bhai (Neighborhood) is very strong .Cuttack Khati (where group of friends, or people chatting on variety of subjects) is also very popular .Cuttack‘s delicious Dahibara- Allodium attracts many.

Anubhav Mohanty & Jagrati Shukla
Actress Varsha Priyadarshini Files Defamation Complaint Against Hubby Anubhav’s ‘Dearest Friend’ Jagrati Shukla

The marital discord between actress Varsha Priyadarshini and her husband Anubhav Mohanty took another ugly turn after the former filed a complaint of defamation against the BJD MP’s friend Jagrati Shukla at a police station in Cuttack, on Thursday.

Elephant Death
Odisha Wildlife STF Recovers Skeletal Remains Of Elephant, PCCF Orders Probe

The Odisha Wildlife Special Task Force (STF) exhumed the skeletal remains of an elephant in the Balikiari reserve forest under Narasinghpur (West) Forest Range in Cuttack on Tuesday.

Spate Of Robberies Rattles Residents In Twin City, Police Promise Action
Spate Of Robberies Rattles Residents In Twin City, Police Promise Action

“We suspect that a particular criminal gang is involved in multiple robberies,” Uma Shankar Dash, Bhubaneswar DCP, said. He added, “We hope, we will catch them soon and stop the increasing crime rate.”

Bribe For Blood: Cuttack Lab Technician Held For Demanding Rs 5K For 2 Units Of Blood
Bribe For Blood: Cuttack Lab Technician Held For Demanding Rs 5K For 2 Units Of Blood

Vigilance sources said that Swain had demanded Rs 5,000 from a patient’s relative to provide him two units of blood of A+ve group.

Cuttack EWS Fraud: Duped, Evicted People Cry For Justice; Congress Demands CBI Probe
Cuttack EWS Fraud: Duped, Evicted People Cry For Justice; Congress Demands CBI Probe

Raja Karan had provided the houses constructed under EWS scheme at Andarpur in Cuttack to around 33 people illegally.

Notorious ‘Crowbar Man’ Once Again Arrested On Burglary Charges
Notorious ‘Crowbar Man’ Once Again Arrested On Burglary Charges

On Monday, the Cuttack police arrested Hemant in connection with the theft of gold ornaments worth over Rs 3 lakh from a house at Bikash Nagar area in the city.

Time To Repay: Odisha Man In Panchayat Poll Fray After Villagers’ Love Help Him Survive Brain Stroke
Time To Repay: Odisha Man In Panchayat Poll Fray After Villagers Help Him Survive Brain Stroke

Life is full of uncertainties. The rich can become a pauper in no time. It is also extraordinary how destiny turns one from rags to riches in a short time.

Narasinghpur IIC In Vigilance Net For Taking Rs 20,000 Bribe
Narasinghpur IIC In Vigilance Net For Taking Rs 20,000 Bribe

As per preliminary reports, the concerned police official had demanded the money from the complainant to arrest the accused persons involved in an SC/ST Act case registered by him at Narsinghapur police station in September 2021.

COVID Testing
Odisha Corona Updates: Positives See Record Fall Below 1500 Mark For First Time In Over A Month

The active cases in the State stand at 21,525 as a total of 12,37,976 people have so far recovered from the disease, including 3,624 on Sunday, said I&PR Department data.

OCA Announces 20-Member Squad For Ranji Trophy
OCA Announces 20-Member Squad For Ranji Trophy

The elite group matches will be played in Rajkot, Cuttack, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Trivandrum, Delhi, Haryana and Guwahati. Plate league matches will be held in Kolkata, requiring nine bio-secure bubbles for nine venues.

BSE Odisha Issues Instructions For Single Subject Exam, Half Yearly Language Test In Odia
BSE Odisha Issues Instructions For Single Subject Exam, Half Yearly Language Test In Odia

The Single Subject (Class-X standard) Examination in Odia and Half Yearly (Class-8 Standard) Language Test in Odia shall be conducted directly by the Board through its Zonal Offices situated at Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Balasore, Berhampur, Jeypore and Sambalpur.

EWS Housing Scam: Rs 14.9L Recovered From Cuttack House Of Ex-BJD Corporator's Hubby
EWS Housing Scam: Rs 14.9L Recovered From Cuttack House Of Ex-BJD Corporator's Hubby

Raja was arrested on Friday on charges of duping people of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of providing them houses constructed under the government’s EWS scheme at Andarpur in Cuttack.

From Cook to Farmer: Odisha Man Scripts Inspiring Success Story 
From Cook to Farmer: Odisha Man Scripts Inspiring Success Story 

Suryakant Padhi, a resident of Dihasithalo village of Sithalo Panchayat under Niali block in Cuttack district, who has proved the age-old saying, ‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going’.

Barabati Likely To Host India-South Africa T20 In June: OCA Secretary
Barabati Likely To Host India-South Africa T20 In June: OCA Secretary

The announcement has brought smiles back on the faces of cricket enthusiasts in Odisha after they were left disappointed with the shifting of the India-West Indies T20 out of Cuttack.

Ranji Trophy First Phase From Feb 10, Knockouts From May 30, Matches Reduced For Teams
Ranji Trophy First Phase From Feb 10, Knockouts From May 30; Group B Matches In Cuttack

The elite group matches will be played in Rajkot, Cuttack, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Trivandrum, Delhi, Haryana and Guwahati. Plate league matches will be held in Kolkata, requiring nine bio-secure bubbles for nine venues.

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