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.

Fake Baba
'Fake baba' dupes over Rs 3 lakh from childless couple in Cuttack

As per reports, the couple was childless and had sought help of the self-styled Godman, identified as Siddheswar Samantray. The Godman duped the couple to the tune of Rs 3.90 lakh on the pretext of helping them to conceive by performing several pujas and other rituals.

Odisha Minister takes boat ride despite ban; crosses river without safety gear
Odisha Minister takes boat ride despite ban; crosses river without safety gear

On the occasion of Maha Shivratri, while people were seen walking to the shrine, the Revenue Minister along with some of her relatives was spotted travelling in a boat to the shrine.

Dhabaleswar Temple
Maha Shivratri 2023: Large turnout expected at major Shiva shrines in Odisha

Aiming for a smooth conduct of Shivratri in Bhubaneswar, the Commissionerate Police has decided to deploy 32 platoons of police force near Lingaraj Temple on Saturday.

CT Scan machines at SCB hospital go kaput, patients at wits' end 
CT Scan machines at SCB hospital go kaput, patients at wits' end 

Investigation reveals that the SCBMCH has two CT Scan machines. While one has been lying defunct for a week now, the second one at the X-Ray department went out of the order yesterday, thanks to the extra pressure on it. 

Cuttack fruit sellers land in jail for selling rotten fruits to customers
Cuttack fruit sellers land in jail for selling rotten fruits to customers

Badambadi area has earned notoriety for some unscrupulous businessmen here who are always looking for gullible customers to sell their damaged or stale products away to them. But, four such fruit sellers had their luck run out on Thursday. 

MP Anubhav Patnaik At Cuttack Family Court
Anubhav -Varsha marital discord: Family court hears Varsha’s testimony

While the court had already recorded statements of Anubhav Mohanty, the court heard Varsha’s statement for the fourth time on Thursday.

Gopal Das Arrives At Choudwar Circle Jail
Naba Das murder accused sought transfer to Choudwar jail: Prisons DG

According to DG Prisons, Manoj Kumar Chhabra, Gopal himself had sought the transfer and made the request before the court.

CMC tussle over ‘officer raj’ escalates as corporators hold night-long protest
CMC tussle over ‘officer raj’ escalates as corporators hold night-long protest

Cuttack-Barabati MLA Mohammad Moquim joined the protesting corporators and alleged monopoly of officers in the civic body. 

Two charred to death as bike catches fire after mishap near Cuttack
Two charred to death as bike catches fire after mishap near Cuttack

The duo hailing from Tirtol of Jagatsinghpur district was heading to Cuttack on a bike when the vehicle hit a concrete mixer along a road. 

OPSC Odisha
OPSC issues revised final programme of Odisha Services Exam 2021

The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) on Monday released the revised final programme of Odisha Services (Main) Exam 2021.

CMC Council Meeting
Cuttack Municipal Corporation council meet witnesses uproarious scenes

The Congress corporators alleged that Cuttack-Barabati MLA Mohammad Moquim is not being invited nor his name mentioned in foundation stone plaques of several welfare projects. This is being done intentionally as part of a larger political conspiracy, alleged the corporators.

Firing over suspected ‘love affair’ leaves three of family critical in Athagarh
Firing over suspected ‘love affair’ leaves three of family critical in Athagarh

The trio sustained serious bullet injuries in the attack and was immediately rushed Athagrah hospital. Later, they were shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack after their health condition deteriorated, sources informed.

OHRC
Justice Raghubir Dash resigns as OHRC member; Opposition slams Odisha govt

Dash further wrote, "However, my conscience as well as sense of self-respect dissuades me continuing to hold the office of a member of the OHRC under the chairperson designate who, as a judge of High Court of Orissa, was junior to me."

Abdur Rehman
Abdur Rehman among 4 operatives of Al Qaida in Indian Subcontinent convicted by Delhi Court

The court is likely to hear argument on quantum of sentence on February 14 and the convicts face a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.

President Droupadi Murmu
Rice cornerstone of food security; President Droupadi Murmu lauds Odisha tribal communities

India is now the leading consumer and exporter of rice in the world but the situation was different in the past. NRRI was established soon after the Bengal famine and just before India won the Independence, said Murmu.

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