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Bhubaneswar: Stoking the Mahanadi water controversy further, Water Resources minister of Chhattisgarh Brijmohan Agarwal has said that once the data on Mahanadi is available, Odisha will be exposed. According to Brijmohan, Odisha is using more water than stipulated in the Hirakud agreement and once the information is out, Odisha will be unmasked. “The Hirakud dam […]

Bhubaneswar: Though summer has bid us goodbye, come October, the political environment in Odisha is all set to smolder as all the three major political parties are out to launch an assault on each other on a host of issues. While the ruling-BJD will target the BJP-led central government with its ‘Padyatra;’ the Odisha BJP […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Congress today asserted that the dawn-to-dusk bandh observed by the party to protest against the inaction of State and Centre over the construction of dams and barrages by Chhattisgarh on the upstream of the Mahanadi river, was a complete success even as the BJD and BJP claimed that the shutdown was ‘impact-less.’. […]

Bhubaneswar: Activists of the BJD, which has decided to stay away from the all-party meet convened by Leader of Opposition Narasingh Mishra today to discuss the projects being constructed by Chhattisgarh in the upstream of Mahanadi,stopped all goods trains to Chhattisgarh at various stations of the State and staged a hunger strike in front of […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Odisha chief secretary clarified that the government of Chhattisgarh had not informed Odisha about the Kelo project being undertaken by it in the upstream of river Mahanadi, a document on the Kelo project survey division, Chhatisgarh, a copy of which is in the possession of OTV, has proved that the […]

New Delhi: The Centre will convene a joint meeting between Odisha and Chhattisgarh on July 29 to discuss the sharing of Mahanadi water, which has snowballed into a major row between the two neighbouring states after Chhattisgarh embarked on a host of projects in the upper catchments of Mahanadi. The announcement about the Centre-brokered meeting […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will send two senior engineers to Chhattisgarh on July 25 for a detailed survey of the ongoing barrage projects on the upper catchments of Mahanadi. Informing this to media persons here today, Janaki Ballav Mahapatra, Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources department, said he has informed his Chhattisgarh counterpart about the visit of two […]

Phulbani: A two-member team of the Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) today arrived in Kandhamal district to probe into the death of a child, who was killed during an anti-Maoist operation in Malapanga forest near Gumudumaha village in the night of July 8. The two-member team comprising OSCPCR commissioner Rajalaxmi Das […]

A day after Twin City Police Commissioner confirmed boy wonder Budhia Singh and his mother Sukanti Singh are in Kodaikanal of Tamil Nadu on a vacation, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) of Khurda district today demanded the statements of the mother-son duo be recorded under Sec 161 and 164 of CrPC after their return to Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: A day after Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Khurda, asked commisionerate police to trace prodigal marathon runner Budhia Singh, Nayapalli police today registered a case of abduction regarding the disappearance of the wonder boy. The case has been registered under section 363 of Indian Penal Code (Kidnapping), sources said. A police team has also quizzed […]

Intensifying its search for missing boy wonder Budhia Singh, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Khurda district today served a notice to movie producer Subhamitra Sen regarding the matter and asked him to reply within three days

Bhubaneswar: With Budhia Singh, the boy wonder who had raised bright hopes for Odisha and the country in the marathon event ten years ago, still missing, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) of Khurda has sought a report on his whereabouts from the Odisha Sports and Youth Affairs department within three days. According to sources, the […]

Bhubaneswar: The sexual harassment case against actor Papu Pom Pom more intractable today after the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) , Khurda questioned the motive of the compromise petition filed by the victim’s father. The CWC alleged that the petition was filed at the behest of the accused comedian, who is currently lodged at the Jharpada […]

Bhubaneswar: Accusing the Odisha government of sleeping while Chhattisgarh obtained environmental clearance from the Union Ministry of Forest and Environment (MoEF) for the Arpa-Bhaisajhar Barrage Project on May 8, 2015, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan today advised the government to form a joint regulatory board with the Chhattisgarh government on sharing of […]

Bhubaneswar: Trouble seems to be mounting for Ollywood actor Tatwa Prakash Satpathy alias Papu Pom Pom. Two days after a complaint was lodged against him at the Mahila police station here accusing him of sexual misdemeanour with a minor girl, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) on Monday directed the Mahila Police to register a case […]