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.

Odisha Sees Further Dip In Daily Covid Tally, 7291 New Cases, 5 Deaths 
Odisha Sees Further Dip In Daily Covid Tally, 7291 New Cases, 5 Deaths 

This is the fourth consecutive day that the State recorded a dip in positive cases from the highs of over 11K plus cases in the ongoing third wave of the pandemic. 

Odisha Urban Polls: 5K Wards To Get 11,000 EVMs For Smooth Conduct Of Elections
Odisha Urban Polls: 5K Wards To Get 11,000 EVMs For Smooth Conduct Of Elections

As 107 municipalities and notified area councils (NACs), besides Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Berhampur municipal corporations are likely to go for polls by the end of April or beginning of May, the State government is working overtime complete the necessary exercises, like Ward delimitations. 

Fetal Sex Determination In Cuttack: Ultrasound Machine Procured From Ranchi, Say Police
Fetal Sex Determination In Cuttack: Ultrasound Machine Procured From Ranchi, Say Police

According to sources, the fifth accused, one Manas Ranjan Panda had supplied the ultrasonography machine to the Alfa Healthcare Clinic which was running without registration for the last six months at Kathagola Sahi and determining pre-natal sex.

Youth Develops Sports Car
Cuttack Youth Develops Sports Car Using Old Bike Engine And Scrap

Sushant Rout, who is a Plus 3 Commerce student, took nearly six months to develop the stylish vehicle by using the engine of an old bike and scrap materials

Return Parrot ‘Coco’ To  Pet-Mother: Educationists Urge Odisha CM Naveen
Return Parrot ‘Coco’ To Pet-Mother: Educationists Urge Odisha CM Naveen

In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, six educationists, including the former Principal of Choudwar College, Tusharkant Pattnaik, have sought the former's intervention in rehabilitating ‘Coco’ with its pet parents in Cuttack.

 Nation Pays Tributes To Subhas Chandra Bose; Special Programmes Held At Netaji Birthplace Museum In
Nation Pays Tributes To Subhas Chandra Bose; Special Programmes Held At Netaji Birthplace Museum In Cuttack

A series of programmes were organised at Netaji’s birthplace museum in Cuttack amidst strict observance of the Covid-19 protocols.

India West Indies Series: Barabati Dropped From List Of Venues
India-West Indies Series: Barabati Dropped From List Of Venues

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced a revised list of venues for India's upcoming series against the West Indies.

Odisha Court Sentences Man To Life Imprisonment Till Death, Wife To 20 Yrs In Jail For Raping Minor
Odisha Court Sentences Man To Life Imprisonment Till Death, Wife To 20 Yrs In Jail For Raping Minor  

After examining witnesses and appreciating evidence, the special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court convicted the couple.

Adulterated Spices Processing Unit Busted in Cuttack, 2 Detained 
Adulterated Spices Processing Unit Busted in Cuttack, 2 Detained 

Preliminary investigation revealed that the manufacture of fake spices had allegedly been going on in the factory for quite some time.

Green Corridor In Twin Cities
Green Corridor Created In Twin Cities To Airlift Patient To Surat From Bhubaneswar

A special green corridor was created by the Commissionerate Police from SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack to Biju Patnaik International (BPIA) Airport in Bhubaneswar to facilitate smooth transport of a seriously-ill patient who was scheduled to be airlifted to Surat for further treatment.

Odisha Reports 8845 New Covid-19 Cases In Past 24 Hours
Odisha Logs 8845 New Covid-19 Cases, 7 More Deaths

The I &PR department on Saturday informed that out of the 8845 new Covid-19 cases, 972 were from the 0-18 years age group

Miniature Artist
Cuttack Miniature Artist Earns Accolades By Turning Waste Into Art

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty from Jhanjir Mangala, Cuttack has earned accolades by creating a miniature model of Kedarnath temple

Cuttack Residents Take Up Night Patrolling After Rise In Petty Crimes
Jaagte Raho! Cuttack Residents Take Up Night Patrolling As Petty Crimes Rise

The reason, residents allege that there has been a spike in the incidents of thefts and other petty crimes in the past few weeks but the police vigilance on part of the Twin City Police is not enough to alleviate apprehension from the minds of the local residents.  

DRDA Recruitment 2022: Vacancies Announced For Contractual Gram Rozgar Sevak Posts, Check Details
DRDA Recruitment 2022: Vacancies Announced For Contractual Gram Rozgar Sevak Posts, Check Details

As per the official advertisement, 111 Gram Rozgar Sevaks will be engaged on contractual basis in different gram panchayats under MGNREGS in Cuttack district.

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OPSC To Conduct Special Recruitment Drive For These Posts; Check Details

The special recruitment drive will be undertaken to fill up 22 posts of Assistant Agriculture Officer from the Scheduled Tribe (ST) community. They will be engaged in Odisha Agriculture and Food Production Service under the Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment Department.

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