Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has busted an adulterated sauce manufacturing unit at Mahavir slum in Sailashree Vihar here and arrested one person. Acting on a tip-off, the cops conducted raid on a dilapidated house in the slum last evening and seized equipment and stickers of ‘Kiran’ brand. The arrested person, identified as Aarta Singh is […]
Bhubaneswar: BJP has sought clarification from the Sports and Youth Affairs department over advertisements published in newspapers by the Biju Yuva Bahini congratulating two ruling party legislators for being presented with best legislator award. The party alleged that the purpose behind formation of the Biju Yuva Bahini is lost as money meant for development of […]
Bhubaneswar: A unified revenue code will be introduced in the State soon by replacing the prevalent age-old revenue laws, informed Revenue Minister Maheswar Mohanty on Saturday. The State government has constituted a 12-member committee under chairmanship of Board of Revenue to prepare the Odisha Land and Revenue Code. “Existing seven revenue laws will be merged […]
Bhubaneswar: BJP legislature party leader KV Singh Deo has requested Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to move a resolution in the State Assembly during the forthcoming session to express gratitude towards former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In a twitter message, Singh Deo said keeping in view the contribution of Vajpayee towards Odisha; he is […]
Nabarangpur: Two subordinate staff have brought harassment charges against Nabarangpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Vivekanand Sharma. The two complainants – Rabin Kumar Lima and Debaraj Chanda were working as orderly at the residence of Sharma. The two personnel accused the SP of punishing them for minor mistakes. Moreover, they alleged that the senior official used […]
Bhubaneswar/Rayagada/Malkangiri: Flood-like situation prevailed in Rayagada, Malkangiri, Kalahandi and Boudh districts today following incessant rains for past 24 hours. Several villages have been cut off as flood water washed away roads at several places affecting road communication. Further, reports of flooding and rescue operations from various parts of the state are trickling in. A landslide […]
Keonjhar: The district police on Wednesday rewarded 11 Good Samaritans who helped road accident victims reach hospital in time. Keonjhar SP Jai Narayan Pankaj felicitated the awardees with cash prize of Rs 2,000 and an appreciation plaque each during the Independence Day celebrations. “I was the only one around when the road accident took place […]
Rourkela: In a tragic incident, four kanwariyas were killed after being hit by a train on Brahmani bridge, a few metres away from Panposh railway station in Rourkela last night. Three others, are however, safe. The deceased belonging to one family were residents of Bhilai area of Chhattisgarh. They were identified as Nilesh Das, Jamuna […]
Bhawanipatna: Dengue is assuming serious proportions in Kalahandi with 18 more persons of Ladugaon under Koksara block in Kalahandi district testing positive for vector borne disease today. As per reports, out of 94 blood samples collected yesterday, 18 tested positive for dengue. So far, 24 persons in the district have been tested dengue positive. A […]
Puri: Devotees at Lokanath Temple here are having harrowing time as the shrine is now flooded with knee-deep water. Sources said water from ‘Parvati Sagar’ tank entered the temple last night causing problems in conduct of daily rituals at the sacred shrine today. A lot of devotees alleged that they could not pay obeisance to […]
Bhubaneswar: Even though the Home Ministry has formulated stringent rules on sale of acid following the Supreme Court directive in 2013, petty hardware stores in the State are selling acid openly. A reality check by OTV showed blatant violation of the rules pertaining to sale of acid in the State. As per the guidelines laid […]
Bhubaneswar: The Centre is not providing any funds to the Odisha government to organise the Men’s Hockey World Cup scheduled to be held at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar in November this year. In reply to a query from BJD’s Koraput MP, Jhina Hikaka in Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Sports, Rajyavardhan Singh […]
Bolangir: Shops and educational institutions in Bolangir town remained closed today as part of the two-day bandh being observed by several organisations including Congress and BJP. The Bolangir Joint Action Committee which called for the shutdown has been demanding construction of a bypass in view of recent road mishaps in the town. Members of the […]
Nabarangpur: The sacks of rice reaching different Anganwadi centres of Raighar block in Nabarangpur district weigh at least 10 to 15 kgs less than the ideal weight, allege Anganwadi workers in the area. The 50 kg sacks supplied to these centres contain only about 40 to 38 kgs of rice. This ultimately affects the quantity […]
Puri: Even though the State government spent Rs 10.63 crore to build hospitals in Puri and Konark three years back, healthcare services still remain a distant dream at these hospitals. Fate of these hospitals is hanging in balance due to an internal conflict between the Health department and authorities of the Ayush training. As per […]
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