Tag: Cuttack

A special (vigilance) court here today allowed the vigilance department of Odisha police to take arrested Tripura-cadre IPS officer Joydeep Nayak on remand for two more days

The war of words over dengue menace between small industrial units and the Odisha government continues unabated even as the worsening dengue situation in Cuttack district do not show any sign of improvement

Justice S N Prasad was sworn in as a permanent judge of Orissa High Court here today

Cuttack: Odisha Human Rights Commission today issued notice to the government asking it to file action taken reports on measures taken by it to contain spread of dengue. “At least 426 patients across the state have so far tested positive to dengue virus this year”, state’s Health Minister Atanu Sabysachi Nayak told reporters after visiting […]

Cuttack: Two judges were today sworn in as permanent judges of the Orissa High Court after they completed the mandatory two years in office as additional judges. Chief Justice Vineet Saran administered the office of affirmation to Justices Biswanath Rath and Sangam Kumar Sahoo at a simple ceremony here inside the premises of the High […]

At least 15 members of the 25-member Bar Council of Odisha on Tuesday moved a no confidence motion against Council chairman Manas Ranjan Mohapatra and its representative to Bar Council of India (BCI) Devi Prasad Dhal

Baripada: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police today registered a case against a sub-inspector on charge of wrongful confinement of two persons in a murder case. A case has been registered against Rashmi Ranjan Jena, the then investigating officer (IO) of the alleged murder of a woman at Dhadasahi village under Morada Police Station in […]

Bhubaneswar: Heatwave conditions returned in Odisha today where at least 10 places recorded temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius. IMD in its bulletin said the weather has been dry over Odisha. “The maximum temperatures appreciably rose over north interior Odisha and no large change over rest of the state was observed,” the bulletin said. There was […]

Cuttack: Ravenshaw University here will hoist the national flag on its campus daily from Independence Day this year. Vice Chancellor P K Sarangi announced this after students today submitted a memorandum to him seeking steps to hoist the tricolour inside the campus every day. The university accepted the demand and assured them that the tricolour […]

Cuttack: With four more cases of jaundice positive detected today, the number of afflicted persons this year in Cuttack mounted to 50. However, unconfirmed reports claimed that more than hundred persons are suffering from the disease and many of them are resorting to traditional ways of treatment in the area instead of going to hospitals. […]

Cuttack: The Commissionerate police today registered yet another extortion case against the arrested Dhalasamant brothers and one of their absconding associates Tapan Routray alias Kulu. With this, the number cases registered against the mafia brothers Sushant and Sushil went up to 17 after their arrests on January 28 from Bhubaneswar. The Markat Nagar Police have […]

Two minor tribal boys, who were allegedly being abducted in a train by a man on the pretext of giving them chopper-ride, were rescued by the alert fellow passengers who caught the kidnapper and informed RPF here on Friday

The Special Court, Cuttack has directed the police to confiscate a building of one former superintending engineer, convicted in a disproportionate assets case

The city police today arrested 10 persons of at least three gangs involved in several looting incidents here and its vicinity, commissioner of police R.P. Sharma said

Cuttack: More than 60 cases of jaundice have already been detected from various parts of the Cuttack city, a top district official said today. Taking stock of the situation at a high-level meeting here today, Cuttack District Collector Nirmal Mishra said 63 cases of jaundice have been reported from Jobra and Mangalabag areas of the […]