Tag: Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Continuing its crackdown on illegal drug trade, the Excise officials arrested a B.Tech student of a private university for selling brown sugar near Big Bazaar area in Patia of Bhubaneswar today. Acting on a tip-off, the sleuths caught the youth, identified as Biswajit Swain of Jagatsinghpur while he was trying to sell the contraband […]

Paradip: A thick blanket of fog enveloped Paradip town this afternoon affecting normal life and road traffic in the area. The fog engulfed the town at around 3.30 PM creating uneasiness among commuters and motorists. Authorities of the town switched on the street lights as the visibility went down due to the fog, informed sources. […]

Bhubaneswar: After being in the dock for waterlogging across the city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now invited a tender to repair 22 drains at a cost of Rs 17 crore in the first phase. The repair work will be carried out in 22 drains including ones in ward no-62 of Anant Vihar Phase-II, […]

Bhubaneswar: Demanding immediate release of pending dues, labourers who were engaged in the construction bus stops ahead of the recently-concluded men’s Hockey World Cup, today staged road blockade near Sishu Bhawan Square by dismantling the bus platforms. The agitators alleged that though three months have elapsed since the completion of the bus stops at different […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after officials of the Excise department seized brown sugar worth Rs 38 lakh from Chintamaniswar and Haldipadia area in Bhubaneswar, the sleuths today seized 240 grams of the contraband item in Khurda and arrested two suspected peddlers. Reports stated a joint team of the Cuttack Excise Intelligence and Khurda Excise departments conducted […]

Bhubaneswar: Tightening its noose around Jyoti Ranjan Beura alias ‘Golden Baba’, the Commissionerate Police has recommended the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch to investigate alleged financial fraud against his name. The Twin City police has written the Crime Branch to probe into all angles of the financial fraud committed by Beura. The […]

Bhubaneswar: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has decided not to charge parking or entry fee at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in the capital city as per a new policy issued from December 10, 2018. In a reply to BJD MP Prasanna Acharya during a discussion in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for […]

Bhubaneswar: Slamming the State government over failure of women empowerment programmes, the State unit of BJP today stressed on the need of making women of the State more self-sufficient and independent. BJP leader Aparajita Sarangi said that the State government has failed to ensure overall development and financial independence of women. “When I was Mission […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to save vultures, the State government has set up vulture conservation and breeding centre at the Nandankanan Zoological Park here. As per reports, 12 vultures have been brought to the newly inaugurated breeding centre from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. “Vultures have been virtually wiped out from the State. Now we have […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to provide an impetus to the air cargo business, the Biju Patnaik International Airport will soon be introducing the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) facility. As per reports, through the EDI all the cargo related operations can be done online which will be beneficial for the cargo shippers. Director of the airport, […]

Bhubaneswar: A businessman was allegedly duped of Rs 1.5 lakh by a youth using a ‘magic pen’ with invisible ink in Laxmi Sagar area here on Friday. As per reports, the alleged fraudster called up the owner of Jagannath Graphics Ranjan Malla by impersonating himself as a bank manager and told him that he (Malla) […]

Bhubaneswar: Palpable tension prevailed on Mayfair-Jaydev Vihar road in the capital city today as locals and family members of a woman who died at the ESI Hospital while undergoing treatment blocked the road alleging medical negligence. The family members of the woman alleged that doctors did not treat her properly which led to her death.Demanding […]

Bhubaneswar: Following the directive of the Puri Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) court, the police today released a helicopter sealed at the Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Limited’s (IMFA) hangar at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar. Earlier, the Puri police had sealed three helicopters of IMFA after allegations that Jay Panda flew over […]

Bhubaneswar: A low pressure is likely to form over the south-east Bay of Bengal and its adjoining areas by December 10, predicted officials of the Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar today. However, there will hardly be any effect on the State, added the officials informing that the farmers’ community need not worry about it. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Unbridled mining of soil in the outskirts of the capital city not only continues to disturb the natural ecosystem but has also raised questions as to how the illegal activities have been going on under the nose of government officials. Locals allege that both the government officials and the mining mafia are hand in […]