News from Odisha

Deogarh: Already declared a drought-hit district, the worries of farmers in Deogarh are far from over with crops in hundreds of hectares of farmland on the verge of destruction allegedly due to the poor quality of pesticides being provided to them to fight the Brown Plant Hopper (Chakada Poka) menace. As per reports, three blocks […]

Bhubaneswar: Thousands of farmers marching towards the Capital city for the mega convention in Lower PMG seemed unstoppable today. The attempts of police to foil the rally and prevent the farmers from entering Bhubaneswar failed to dampen their spirits to continue the march for the convention organised under the aegis of Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan […]

Bargarh: With mystery shrouding the case of recovery of a decomposed animal carcass in Damodarpada forest under Bhatli Forest Range, Bargarh Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Abhay Kumar Dalai today made things close to clear when he revealed that the arrested persons confessed to having killed a Royal Bengal Tiger. The DFO further stating that the […]

Rourkela/Nuapada: Police today recovered the body of a Junior Manager of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) hanging from the ceiling at his official quarters in Sector-2 here. As per sources, deceased Jay Parabesh, a resident of Bharatpur in Rajasthan was posted as the Junior Manager in the New Plate Mill at RSP. Sources said Parabesh had […]

Balasore: In a major breakthrough, the Crime Branch sleuths recovered a hacking software along with railway e-tickets and arrested two persons after conducting a raid on a Travel Agent Company ‘Odisha Communication’ in Jaleswar of Balasore district. The arrested duo has been identified as Nirmal Pandit of Taharapur area under Rupsa police limits and Sushant […]

New Delhi/Jharsuguda: Fulfilling the long-standing demand of the Odisha government, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved the renaming of Jharsuguda Airport, Odisha as “Veer Surendra Sai Airport, Jharsuguda”. On Tuesday, CM Naveen had written to PM Narendra Modi reiterating the demand of the State government for renaming of Jharsuguda Airport […]

Bhubaneswar: In order to ensure safety and security of students in the SC/ST hostels especially the girl students, Odisha government today decided to install Closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) in all the SC/ST hostels across the State very soon. Speaking on the development, Odisha SC & ST development minister Ramesh Majhi informed that the installation of cameras […]

Bhubaneswar: With a view to identify hidden talents in schools of the city and provide them platform to showcase their skills, a singing competition ‘Voice of School’ was held in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. The event was organised by the SS Parivar Foundation at Jaydev Bhawan here. While as many as 250 students from various schools […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Taking a suo-motu cognizance of media reports on the death of seven elephants from electrocution in Dhenkanal, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today registered a case against Central Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha (CESU) and slapped a fine of Rs 1 crore on the Odisha electricity board for negligence. The tribunal also constituted […]

Cuttack: Frequent cases of medical negligence coupled with crippled healthcare system in Odisha have made a mockery of the much-touted ‘Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana’, the government has been boasting about. That too at the cost of refusing to implement Centre’s flagship healthcare scheme ‘Ayushman Bharat’. Apart from the numerous cases of unavailability of ambulance service, […]

Bhubaneswar: Refuting the allegations of pending electricity bills against him, former parliamentarian Baijayant Panda today stated that the Biju Janata Dal had already probed the allegations when he was in the party and found those untrue. Panda also said that former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik’s name is being misused for ‘Biju Gunda Vahini’ to physically […]

Gunupur: Almost 12 days after the landfall of Cyclone Titli and post floods, train services to and from Gunupur station resumed today following completion of the Naupada-Gunupur rail line repair work. As per sources, first an empty engine and later another train was run over the repaired track on a trial basis. Officials of the […]

Bhubaneswar: Delhi-based journalist Abhijit Iyer-Mitra seems to be in more troubled waters after Konark Police took him on a four-day remand. Soon, the Saheed Nagar Police also sought from Twitter postings in his account besides his phone and mail ID details. Sources claimed the Saheed Nagar Police has asked Twitter to provide details of Abhijit […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha government blamed the wrong policies of the Centre for the rise in prices of diesel, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today came down heavily on the State government for not reducing VAT on petrol and diesel while stating it as the sole reason for the rise in diesel price. State […]

Bhubaneshwar: The State Assembly House Committee today sought an affidavit from Delhi-based journalist Abhijit Iyer-Mitra in connection with his derogatory remarks on Odisha, Konark Sun Temple and the State MLAs. The decision was taken following a meeting of the House committee chaired by Narasingha Mishra in presence of other members of the panel after Iyer deposed before […]