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Bhubaneswar: How could a common man feel safe on Odisha roads, when nearly 49,000 new criminals were on the prowl during the year 2019, whereas there were mere around 27,000 civil policemen to guard against. As per the data available, last year police arrested a high of nearly 51,000 criminals under various IPC sections. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imprint is clearly discernible in the Railway Budget 2020-21 for Odisha. Not only State’s many languishing rail projects received a capital boost in the rail budget but some of the impoverished districts of the State have also been put on the rail map. Delayed by almost 20-years, the 289km Khurda […]

Bhubaneswar: No special column for OBC (Other Backward Class) category will be marked in the upcoming census 2020-21 as requested by the ruling Biju Janata Dal in Odisha, informed Union MoS Nityananda Rai of MHA in Rajya Sabha yesterday. Responding to a question by V Vijayasai Reddy on the Registrar General’s decision to exclude data […]

Bhubaneswar: In a far reaching move, the Odisha Cabinet on Friday has decided to repeal the Odisha Civil Services (Rehabilitation Assistance) Rules 1990 and frame Odisha Civil Services (Rehabilitation Assistance) Rules 2020. The Cabinet while has vetted raising of the 10 per cent quota for compassionate appointments to 50 per cent but at the same […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Jajpur district authorities carried out demolition of ‘Rangasala’- the infamous guest house from where the body of Haridaspur in-charge panchayat executive officer (PEO) Smitarani Biswal was recovered months back, the Bharatiya Janata Party today targeted the ruling-BJD stating that the house was demolished to destroy evidence in the case. Addressing a […]

Bhubaneswar: A thunder struck for Odisha! The State nowhere figured in the NDMA’s (National Disaster Management Authority) plan to put up lightning arrester tools in intensive lightning-hit districts in states of Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and West Bengal. Despite the monumental miss, State government still lies in slumber mode. The demand for inclusion of […]

Bhubaneswar: On December 9 last year, villagers in Talabira were seething in anger as their thousands hopes felled in just one stroke. In contrary to the saying one who plants a tree, plants a hope, a massive 40,000 trees were felled at the Talabira village in Sambalpur district on December 9, 2019, to make way for […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today suspended four officials- two each from Berhampur Electrical Division and Rural Development Department on charges of dereliction in duty that led to the death of ten persons in the fatal accident at Mendarajpur Junction under Rangeilunda block in Ganjam district on Sunday. Following a preliminary inquiry, State Energy Minister Dibyashankar Mishra […]

Bhubaneswar: Staring at a big gap between budgeted revenue receipts for 2019-20 and the actual realisation till December end, the alarmed State Finance department has put its foot down on the expenditure – both revenue and capital. The State Budget for 2020-21 will be tabled by Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari in State Assembly on next […]

New Delhi: The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party was on course to a landslide victory on Tuesday in the high-stakes Delhi Assembly polls, leaving the main rival BJP way behind and decimating the Congress in a bitterly-fought contest that took place in the midst of massive protests over the new citizenship law. The AAP was […]

Bhubaneswar:  Despite being a bachelor, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has a fascination for the yellow metal than 4-wheelers. When he owns jewellery valued at Rs 2.21lakh, CM owns a 1980-model Ambassador car worth mere Rs 8,905. The moot point here is why CM has a fond for jewellery? Consider this. Between the year 2015 and […]

Jharsuguda: Chhattisgarh police on Thursday arrested BJD leader and ex-MLA Anup Sai in connection with a double-murder case. As per reports, Sai was picked up by officials of Chakradhar Nagar police station on Wednesday night from a Sai temple near his residence for interrogation purpose in connection with a double-murder case in 2016. Sources said, […]

Raigarh: In a major development in connection with the murder of a woman and her daughter in 2016, Chhattisgarh Police today revealed that former MLA and ex-BJD leader Anup Sai is the prime accused in the case and has confessed to the crime. In a press conference, Raigarh SP Santosh Kumar said that Anup had […]

Raigharh/Bhubaneswar: The arrest of ex-MLA Anup Sai by Chhattisgarh Police in connection with the sensational 2016 double murder case has created ripples across the State. However, for the cops, it involved a lot of groundwork to zero in on Sai who had allegedly executed the crime with precision. Addressing a presser, Raigarh SP, Santosh Kumar […]

Bhubaneswar: Storm in Odisha Legislative Assembly is yet to subside. The House first adjourned till 11:30. Following the din, post resuming of proceedings, Speaker had to adjourn the House for as many as 6 times. In order to break the deadlock, Speaker has convened an all-party meeting in the evening today. A day already washed […]