Tag: Bhubaneswar

Continuing its stride as a leading Smart city of India, the Temple City Bhubaneswar today bagged two more awards in the India Smart City Awards Contest (IASC). The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) declared the awards during the Sixth Anniversary Celebration of Smart City Mission, AMRUT and PMAY (Urban) today in New Delhi.

In a display of solidarity with the Anti-Posco activists and the villagers affected by the administration’s ongoing land acquisition activities - an international campaign represented by 600 university professors in the USA and many non-resident Indians demonstrated before TIAA - CREF office in NYC demanding that the TIAA-CREF must withdraw all its investments in Posco.

Bhubaneswar: Opposition parties on Wednesday targeted Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik alleging that the law and order situation has deteriorated in the state and expressed concerns over growing resentment arising due to police excess.

The Vigilance sleuths on Thursday caught a general manager of the state-owned Orissa Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) accepting a bribe of Rs 1.30 lakh from a private company. Raj Kishore Mohapatra, general manager of OPTCL was caught red-handed by the sleuths while accepting a bribe of Rs 1,30,000 from the complainant.

The Opposition BJP has constituted a 12-member fact-finding team headed by the party’s national secretary Kirit Somaiah who would make an assessment of allegations of supplying inferior quality pulses to beneficiaries of the mid-day meal programme.

People having BPL cards in Orissa would be covered under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana from the next fiscal, official sources said on Monday. This was decided at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here.

Bhubaneswar: Preparations for the scheduled visit of All Indian Congress Committee chief Rahul Gandhi to Bhubaneswar on January 25 are at final stages with a Special Protection Group (SPG) visiting mini stadium at Tamando here on Tuesday to oversee the security arrangements at the venue. Reports said, officials of SPG reviewed the security at the […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP Mahila Morcha activists today took out a massive red bangles rally- the ‘Lal Churi Abhiyan’ marching towards Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s residence in Bhubaneswar alleging failure of the BJD-led Odisha Government in ensuring justice to the Pipili gang rape and murder victim. This apart, they alleged that the ruling government has failed to […]

Bhubaneswar: A woman killed her roommate by slitting her throat following a quarrel in their house in Lane-5 of Gouri Nagar in Bhubaneswar early morning today. The deceased has been identified as Alakananda Das. The incident has sent shockwaves in the capital city as during an interrogation by Lingaraj police, the accused Anisha Mitra confessed […]

Koraput/Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths have arrested an Executive Engineer of NH Division in Jeypore, Harekrushna Panda after unaccounted cash amounting to Rs 3.89 lakh was recovered from his car on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, the officials of the anti-corruption wing intercepted his vehicle near Unit-VIII in Bhubaneswar and seized the cash from his possession. Simultaneously, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday congratulated officers of Odisha Police in maintaining law and order and countering left wing extremism effectively in 2018. Patnaik also launched the ‘Arakshi’ mobile application during the valedictory session of the 61st Senior Police Officers’ Conference today. “The application will help the officers to conduct paperless investigation. […]

Bhubaneswar: Discussions on cyber crime and police preparedness in view of the upcoming general elections are likely to headline the three-day 61st Senior Police Officers’ Conference of Odisha Police scheduled to begin at the Police Bhawan here from tomorrow. DGP RP Sharma today informed that special sessions to discuss the challenges and issues which could […]

Bhubaneswar: The Income Tax sleuths on Tuesday seized as many as 20 sacks stuffed with coins of various denominations from two buses following raids in two different places in the capital city. The coins had reportedly been transported to Bhubaneswar from Kolkata. Acting on a tip-off about the transportation of goods including food and others […]

Bhubaneswar: The annual 3-day Mukteswar Dance Festival was kicked off yesterday at the sprawling lawns of Mukteswar temple in Bhubaneswar. The festival, inaugurated by Bhubaneswar North MLA Priyadarshi Mishra, got off to a spiritual start with a chorus performance of ‘Shiva Vandana’ by the students of Guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra Odissi Research Centre (GKCM ORC) […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated the state-level annual farmers’ convention, ‘Krushi Odisha 2019’, at Biju Patnaik Ground in Baramunda here. The five-day flagship programme of Odisha government will continue till January 19. During the convention, seminars will be held on various topics including organic farming, sea and inland fish processing and role of […]