Bhubaneswar: With the appointment of retired bureaucrat Rajeev Balakrishnan, an Odisha cadre IAS officer but a native of Tamil Nadu, as Chief Advisor to CM Naveen Patnaik, speculations are rife that since the all powerful private secretary now to Naveen, VK Pandian, may be out from the post in 2021, Naveen has, therefore, brought in […]
Bhubaneswar: Here is a food for thought for the powers-that-be in the State. Following the lack of accessibility to cheap protein supplement, poor in backward and tribal districts in the State are banking on wild mushrooms and dead cattle/goat meat that is leading to rise in food poisoning and Anthrax cases in Odisha. Though the […]
Bhubaneswar: Did you witness a somewhat hazy morning in your town today? Don’t blame your spectacles, blame the aerosols. The big revelation is aerosol suspension in the lower atmosphere in coastal Odisha, parts of western and northern Odisha is as worse as in Delhi today. A study of the Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) of Odisha […]
Bhubaneswar: The appointment of senior IPS Sudhanshu Sarangi as new Twin city Commissioner could be a coincidence. Only a fortnight ago, the Silver city was rocked by serial killings and cops attributed it to whodunit of a ‘psychopath’, which had an uncanny semblance with the ‘Stoneman’ killings of Berhampur in 1999-2000. In fact, the man […]
Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police will give emphasis on the utilisation of technology in crime control and investigation, IPS Sudhanshu Sarangi said after taking charge as the new Twin City Police Commissioner here today. “Odisha is the foremost state in implementing technology for better policing. We are committed to utilise technology during crime investigation and prevention […]
Bhubaneswar: It’s quite well said that for a policeman bravery is not the absence of fear, but action (the mastery of it) in the face of fear. And for the rough and tough action, a cop needs to have the bursts of speed and power. For this, one needs to have the guts, not the […]
Sambalpur: Taking cognizance of an OTV report on ragging by senior students of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology inside the hostel, the vice chancellor of the varsity has debarred 10 students from taking examination for a period of one year. Moreover, 52 other students have been penalized in connection with the incident. The action […]
Bhubaneswar: The State government today announced to spend Rs 500 crore on various infrastructure development projects in the heritage town Puri. A decision regarding this was taken at a high-level review meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Minster Naveen Patnaik at the Lok Seva Bhawan here. The infrastructural developments include construction of new roads, bridges […]
New Delhi: Former Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley passed away today at the age of 66. He was undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. The former Minister, who was admitted to the hospital on August 9 after he complained of breathlessness and restlessness, had been […]
Bhubaneswar: Finally, it’s ‘KALIA’ who gave a reality check on State’s lack of capacity to implement its much avowed policy of 5Ts (Technology, Transparency, Team Work, Time and Transformation). The Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) is in-fact a live test case demonstration of State’s 5T policy. Because, the scheme saw extensive use […]
Bhubaneswar: An eye-popping revelation! Infant mortality still haunts Odisha acutely. During the last four months of April – July this year, a high of around 25 infant deaths every day were recorded in the State. According to the consolidated health status report available with the State Health Department, the State has recorded a massive 3,045 […]
Bhubaneswar: As non-heeding to the warnings in 2010 made Chennai face the scary travails of a parched land in 2019, the apparent date for a similar condition in Odisha is likely around 2030, when its big coastal towns, including the Capital city, would go the Chennai way. The shocker here is as many as seven […]
Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police on Tuesday detained a youth on charges of circulating fake news on Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s health by misusing the logo of OTV on social media. The youth has been identified as Pratap Sahu from Patnagarh in Bolangir district. Bhubaneswar DCP Anup Sahoo informed that the youth was detained based on […]
Bhubaneswar: With an aim to bring reforms in education, the Odisha Higher Education department has decided to publish results of within 45 days of the examinations. During a meeting with the Registrars and Examination Controllers of universities and officials of Comptroller of Finance, Higher Education Minister Arun Sahoo emphasised on early publication of Plus III […]
Bhubaneswar: Separated conjoined twins of Odisha Jaga and Kalia who had been undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi since last two years following their rare successful cranial separation surgery, will finally return to Odisha on September 7. State Health Minister Naba Das today informed that the twins will be discharged […]
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