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.

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Eco Retreat At Satakosia Starts Today As Govt Eyes To Revive Covid-Hit Tourism Sector

Cuttack: In order to revive the tourism sector, the worst-hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Odisha Tourism Department is all set to start the Eco Retreat Festival near Satakosia at Baliputa in the district from today. The three-month long festival will be inaugurated by Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel via video conferencing. Chief Minister […]

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Tension Erupts As Protesters Block Eviction Drive In Cuttack

Cuttack: Palpable tension prevailed in the Millennium City On Wednesday as slum dwellers and vendors blocked road during the eviction drive for road expansion project by Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC). According to reports, CMC has been conducting eviction for the road expansion project from Golei Chhak to Nimpur cricket ground. Today people from various nearby […]

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Odisha: Coaching Centre In Cuttack Sealed For Violating Covid-19 Norms

Cuttack: The enforcement squad of the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) sealed a coaching centre in the city for allegedly violating Covid-19 guidelines, on Thursday morning. According to reports, the squad…

Boating Complex In Cuttack Soon! Collector reviews Project
Boating Complex In Cuttack Soon! Collector reviews Project

Cuttack: Good news for the denizens of the Millennium City. A boating complex will soon come up in Birupa river at Magura area in Choudwar, around 10 km from the town. On Monday, Cuttack district collector Bhabani Shankar Chayani along with former Choudwar-Cuttack MLA Prabhat Ranjan Biswal visited the proposed Biju Patnaik Boating Complex site […]

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Don't Wash Dirty Linen In Public, BJD MLA Advises MP Anubhav Mohanty

Cuttack: On the ongoing controversy between the BJD MP Anubhav Mohanty and his wife and Ollywood actress Varsha Priyadarshini, president of BJD’s Cuttack district unit Debasish Samantaray on Monday said that the Parliamentarian should not wash dirty linen in public. Samantaray said that when it comes to keeping one’s image intact before people, a politician […]

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Marital Discord: MP Anubhav Mohanty Gets Summon Notice From Women Commission

Cuttack: The Odisha State Commission for Women (SCW) has issued a notice to BJD MP Anubhav Mohanty and his parents over the marital discord between the MP and his actress wife Varsha Priyadarshini that saw a barrage of police complaints being filed against each other in a short period of time. As per reports, the […]

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Odisha: Rs 10K Penalty Slapped On Bus Driver For Drunken Driving

Cuttack: The Cuttack RTO on Monday imposed Rs 10,000 penalty on a bus driver for allegedly driving the vehicle in an inebriated condition. The bus was reportedly en route Kolkata from Cuttack. As per the challan issued by the Chauliaganj Police, the blood alcohol level detected in the breath of the driver, identified as Prafulla […]

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Odisha: Three Arrested Over Multi-Crore GST Fraud In Cuttack

Cuttack: The Enforcement Squad of Goods and Services Tax (GST) has arrested three persons for allegedly cheating government to tune of crores of rupees by making multiple business transactions with fake GST invoice at Choudwar area in the district on Monday night. The accused identified as Smruti Mohanty, Soumya Mohanty and Rajiv Mishra have been […]

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Odisha: Duplicate Cement Manufacturing Unit Busted In Cuttack, 1 Detained

Cuttack: In a major crackdown on adulteration units, Jagatpur police busted a fake cement manufacturing unit in Jagatpur Industrial Estate of the Millenium City on Tuesday. One person has been detained in this connection for questioning. A truck used for the transportation of the duplicate cements has also been seized. According to reports, Jagatpur police […]

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Police Submits Varsha Pridarshini's FIR Copy With Cuttack SDJM Court

Cuttack: Purighat Police in Cuttack informed the SDJM court about the fresh FIR registered by actress Varsha Priyadarshini against her husband and Lok Sabha member Anubhav Mohanty on Tuesday. As per reports, the police have also submitted the copy of the FIR with the court. It is relevant to mention here that, the court had […]

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Odisha: Cuttack-A Wins Inter District T20 League

Cuttack: The Odisha Inter-District T-20 League concluded on Tuesday with Cuttack-A running away as the champion after defeating the East-Coast Railway by 7 runs. Biplab Samantray was the standout performer of the series with a century and two half-centuries to his name. The star player from the State proved his mettle yet again by smashing […]

Nayagarh Minor Girl Murder: Petition Seeks Polygraph Test Of Arun Bothra, Doctors

Cuttack: The Bharatiya Bikash Parishad, a social organisation,  on Wednesday filed a miscellaneous petition in the Orissa High Court seeking direction for polygraph test of Arun Bothra, the head of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the murder of five-year old girl at Jadupur in Nayagarh district. The petitioner, Surendra Panigrahi, who has reiterated his […]

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Odisha: HC Blow To Chit Fund Scam Convict Pradeep Sethy

Cuttack: The prime convict in the multi-crore Artha Tatwa chit fund scam, Pradeep Sethy, has to remain in jail for some more time as the Orissa High Court on Thursday rejected a writ petition filed by him claiming ‘double jeopardy’ for his release from jail. ‘Double jeopardy’ is a universally accepted principle that bars a […]

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Padma Shri D. Prakash Rao Admitted To SCB Hospital After Developing Breathing Complications

Cuttack: Renowned social worker and Padma Shri awardee Devarapalli Prakash Rao was admitted to SCB Hospital in Cuttack after reportedly developing breathing difficulties on Friday. According to reports, Rao has been shifted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Pulmonology department in the hospital following deterioration of health condition and was put on oxygen support […]

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Covid-19 Scare: Village in Cuttack Declared Containment Zone

Cuttack: The gloomy times of the Coronavirus pandemic seem to be coming back to haunt Odisha after a lull. The Cuttack district administration has declared Nuasahi village under Niali block as a containment zone. As per an official order, the containment order came into effect Saturday morning at 6 AM and will remain in force […]

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