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 Private Bus Owners Call Off Proposed Strike From January 1
Odisha Private Bus Owners Call Off Proposed Strike From January 1

The association alleged that due to the bad road condition in the route from Cuttack via Angul to Sambalpur, their vehicles get damaged and it forces them to shell out a huge sum towards maintenance on regular basis.

Doctors' Strike
NEET PG Counselling Delay: Odisha Resident Doctors Strike Work Supporting Nation-Wide Protest

As many as 260 resident doctors from the Sriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack and Fakir Mohan Medical College in Balasore have called on a one-day seize-work strike.

Once People’s Representatives, These Two Women Leaders From Odisha Struggle To Make Ends Meet Now
Once People’s Representatives, These Two Women Leaders From Odisha Struggle To Make Ends Meet Now

Similarly, Sukanti Singh, the former corporator of Ward No-48 under CMC managed to bring government funds for the construction of roads, schools and other welfare projects in her locality.

Top BJD Leader Debi Mishra Faces Party Workers' Wrath In Odisha's Cuttack
Top BJD Leader Debi Mishra Faces Party Workers' Wrath In Odisha's Cuttack

The scuffle reportedly broke out after a section of the BJD workers alleged massive irregularities in the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and Public Distribution System (PDS) in the region.

Youth Killed By Kite Thread: Call 112 To Share Info About Glass-Coated Manja; Cuttack DCP
Youth Killed By Kite Thread: Call 112 To Share Info About Glass-Coated Manja; Cuttack DCP

In 2016, the Orissa High Court had directed the Cuttack-Bhubaneswar police to maintain vigil on the sale and use of Chinese Manja threads and other Manja as they are dangerous to human beings, animals and birds.

Micro Containment Zone Declared In Cuttack After 6 Of Family Test Positive For Covid-19
Micro Containment Zone Declared In Cuttack After 6 Of Family Test Positive For Covid-19

As per reports, all the six new Covid-19 cases have been reported from one house in Gopandhu Vihar area of Nua Rausapatna area of the city. The house has been declared a micro-containment zone.

Death Of Youth By Kite Thread: Commissionerate Police Raid Multiple Places In Cuttack,
Youth Killed By Kite Thread: Commissionerate Police Raid Multiple Places In Cuttack, Trader Detained

It is pertinent to mention here that several persons have lost their lives in similar mishaps due to Manja threads in different parts of Cuttack in the past.

Killer Kite Thread Claims Youth’s Life In Cuttack
Killer Kite Thread Claims Youth’s Life In Cuttack

In a tragic incident, a biker died after a kite string reportedly hanging on the road slit his throat at Pirbazaar in the city. The deceased has been identified as Jayant Samal, a resident of Bhayarpur.

Publication Of Autobiography Of Byasa Kabi Fakir Mohan Senapati
Odisha Court Restricts Publication Of Autobiography Of Byasa Kabi Fakir Mohan Senapati

Dutta had earlier filed a petition in the court in which she had alleged copyright violation in the publication of the manuscripts of the poet. Later, court in its interim order on August 17 pronounced that the publishers cannot go ahead with the publication of the autobiography till the final judgement is passed.

Fake Tobacco Products Worth Rs 8 Lakh Seized In Baranga
Fake Tobacco Products Worth Rs 8 Lakh Seized In Baranga

As per preliminary reports, fake zarda and tobacco materials weighing 2.5 quintals were seized from the tobacco processing unit handled by one Nibas Sahoo. The cost of the seized materials is said to be around Rs 8 lakh.

Watch: Covid Norms Go For A Toss At Ravenshaw University, Pallishree Mela In Berhampur Amid Omicron
Watch: Covid Norms Go For A Toss At Ravenshaw University, Pallishree Mela In Berhampur Amid Omicron Threat

In a similar incident in Cuttack's Ravenshaw University, students were seen carelessly flouting the COVID norms during the Annual Athletic Meet held at the varsity campus.

Bus Services Suspended
Private Bus Operators Suspend Services On Bhubaneswar-Sambalpur Route

“People are afraid of travelling on the route due to the poor condition of road and dust. Besides, drivers find it difficult to drive because of the large potholes that damage the buses. If the government fails to take notice of this strike, we will intensify our protest,” said a driver.

Anubhav-Barsha Marital Dispute: Actor-Turned BJD MP Pleads Innocence  
Anubhav-Barsha Marital Dispute: Actor-Turned BJD MP Pleads Innocence  

The dispute between actor-turned politician Anubhav Mohanty and his actress wife Barsha Priyadarshini has once again come alive after the actor made a series of tweets.  

T bridge
Odisha's Longest Bridge Over Mahanadi Inaugurated

The bridge, constructed in T-shape, is built at a cost of Rs 111 crore

Hundreds Of Congress, BJP Workers Picked Up By Police Ahead CM Naveen's Banki Visit
Hundreds Of Congress, BJP Workers Picked Up By Police Ahead CM Naveen's Banki Visit

The CM will visit the area today to inaugurate Odisha's longest bridge T-Setu over Mahanadi River. 

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