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.

Orissa High Court
423 criminal cases pending against MPs, MLAs in Odisha

A division bench of acting Chief Justice Dr. BR Sarangi and Justice Murahari Sri Raman went through the details of institution, disposal and pendency of cases relating to MPs and MLAs for the month of December, 2023 which indicates that all total 423 cases are pending in various courts.

Nayagarh MVI Arrested In DA Case
Odisha MVI who purchased 31 plots arrested by Vigilance

On Tuesday, the Vigilance had informed that Behera was in possession of 31 plots, including 10 benami plots in prime locations of Bhubaneswar.

Bone Marrow Transplant Performed At SCB Hospital
Odisha’s first haploidentical bone marrow transplant performed successfully at Cuttack SCB hospital

The surgery was performed on Subhrashu Sahu (29) from Kantabani village under Khordha’s Baghamari police limits. The donor was his 15-year-old younger brother.

PIL filed over Puri Srimandir Heritage Corridor Project inauguration 
PIL filed over Puri Srimandir Heritage Corridor Project inauguration 

While the Odisha government is gearing up for the inauguration of the Srimandir Heritage Corridor Project (Srimandir Parikrama Prakalpa) on January 17, a PIL has been filed in the Orissa High Court raising concerns over the possibility of a huge gathering in the pilgrim city on that day. 

Students allege lapses during Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya entrance exam
Students allege lapses during Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya entrance exam

The candidates who appeared for the Adarsha Vidyalaya examination at Khannagar High School in Cuttack on Tuesday alleged that there were discrepancies in the answer sheets. They alleged they were supplied photocopies of Optical Mark Recognition (OMR ) sheets. 

Stray dogs
Orissa HC lifts stay on stray dog sterilisation after govt forms panel

The development came after the Odisha government furnished an affidavit in the court stating that a state-level monitoring and implementation committee for animal birth control (ABC) has been formed to regulate the sterilisation of stray dogs.

Speculation rife: Will Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw contest from Cuttack Lok Sabha seat?
Speculation rife: Will Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw contest from Cuttack Lok Sabha seat?

As for the ongoing speculation, the Union Minister evaded it, saying that as a disciplined member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been carrying out whatever task is assigned to him by the party.

No scribbling in medical prescriptions or post mortem reports: HC
No scribbling in medical prescriptions or post mortem reports: HC

The HC issued a directive to the chief secretary to ensure that all doctors in the state should write the names of medicines clearly and in capital letters in prescriptions. The same would be followed in case of post mortem reports. 

Diarrhoea outbreak in Cuttack, 15 hospitalised 
Diarrhoea outbreak in Cuttack, 15 hospitalised 

After unleashing terror in Sundargarh’s Rourkela, diarrhoea has reared its ugly head in Bishnupur village under Tigiria Police limits of Cuttack district.

Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra van vandalised
Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra van vandalised again in Odisha

There has been a rise in the attacks on Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra vans in Odisha.

All deer will not be shifted from Cuttack Deer Park, says Mayor  
All deer will not be shifted from Cuttack Deer Park, says Mayor  

As the population of deer in the park is on the rise, the animals are facing constraints in terms of space and food. The authorities concerned decided to shift the animals to Chandaka.

BCCI bans Odisha cricketer for age fraud
BCCI bans Odisha cricketer for age fraud

The national cricket governing body detected discrepancies in the age of Sumit Sharma from the documents he had submitted earlier and the documents he submitted for the Odisha Senior Men's Ranji Team.

Chit-fund scam: Property of Artha Tatwa chit fund to be confiscated 
Chit-fund scam: Property of Artha Tatwa chit fund to be confiscated 

The Court in its order also stated that the confiscated properties and assets, would be auctioned and the funds from the auction would be distributed among its investors, who have long been waiting for the refund of their money.

Cuttack Deer Park
Cuttack deer park to shut down, stags to get relocated to Chandaka

While 30 deer have already been shifted in two phases, the entire process of shifting nearly 300 deer will be completed within a month. They are being shifted to a 70 acre special enclosure at Chandaka-Dampada sanctuary with the help of Chandaka forest department and Nandankanan authorities.

Rs 100 commemorative coin on former Odisha CM Dr Harekrushna Mahtab soon
Rs 100 commemorative coin on former Odisha CM Dr Harekrushna Mahtab soon

Utkal Keshari Harekrushna Mahtab, regarded as the architect of modern Odisha, served as the first Chief Minister from 1946 to 1950, and again from 1956 to 1960. 

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