Tag: Delhi

Bhubaneswar: Even as 23 of the 33 District Congress Committee (DCC) chiefs along with some PCC general secretaries have left for Delhi to discuss the organisational affairs with party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, the leaders of Odisha Congress have remained tight-lipped about the subject to be discussed in the meeting today at 4pm. The meeting of […]

Bhubaneswar: Congress Legislature Party (CLP) led by its leader Narasingh Mishra today met Congress vice president at his residence in New Delhi to discuss various issues including the ongoing Mahanadi row and malnutrition deaths in Odisha. Talking to media persons after the meeting, AICC leader and Odisha in-charge BK Hariprasad said the CLP members in […]

Bhubaneswar: The State is well prepared for the discussion at the tripartite meeting to be held on September 17 in Delhi on Mahanadi river water dispute between Odisha and Chhatisgarh. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik informed this after convening a high level meeting with top ministers including Debi Mishra, Bikram Keshari Arukh, Usha Devi and Bijayshree […]

By Dillip Kumar Pradhan Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: People use black horse shoe iron (ghoda naal in Odia) in house to keep evil spirits and bad luck away. But luck seems to have deserted the horsemen who sell the item on the roadside in Odisha. Many of the horsemen, coming from as far as Uttar Pradesh and Delhi […]

Athgarh: In a chilling reminder of the ghastly Nirbhaya gang-rape case in New Delhi that shook the conscience of the entire nation, the driver and conductor of a bus have been arrested for abducting, raping, murdering and later dumping her body in Mahanadi river here in Cuttack district. The mystery behind the death of the […]

Cuttack: Suspected Al Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) operative Abdul Rehman has been taken to Delhi by train after his remand period ended today. A team from Delhi police brought him to Cuttack railway station after producing him before the Salepur JMFC court. He will be taken to Tihar jail after being produced in Tis […]

Bhubaneswar: Police on Thursday brought back Siba Shankar Das, former mayor of Berhampur to the state, who was arrested from Delhi for his involvement in many criminal offenses. Das, who was on run for his involvement in number of criminal cases, was brought to Bhubaneswar in a flight. In his first reaction after landing at […]

Bhubaneswar: Crime Branch sleuths arrested Oscar chit fund company chairman Prabhas Rout from Delhi on charges of duping gullible chit fund investors. The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the state probe agency is bringing Rout back to Odisha on remand for further interrogation, said BK Sharma, Special DG, Crime Branch. Addressing media about the development, […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will embark on a five-day visit to New Delhi today. During his stay in the national capital, the CM is scheduled to attend the Chief Ministers’ Conference to be held on April 24. He is also likely to meet Union Ministers to take up projects related to Odisha during the […]

Stressing on the need for vigil and alertness on the part of every staff on duty in the national capital, Srivastava motivated the policemen and women to remain prepared 24x7, saying, "Delhi Police have been entrusted with public trust to keep the capital safe and secure. The city never sleeps, neither do we."

Bhubaneswar: After a gap of two years, Odisha is all set to display its tableau depicting Odia ‘Sadhab Pua’s trade affairs or the rich maritime tradition of ancient Odisha on Delhi Rajpath on the occasion of Republic Day parade next week. The model has been designed under the supervision of Gajendra Sahoo, a faculty member […]

As the general elections draw nearer, State Congress is running through a hectic schedule to finalise party candidates for the Assembly polls. The Pradesh Election Committee (PEC) of the party has convened a meeting at India International centre here where top state leaders are brainstorming on the selection of strong candidates for 147 Assembly seats

Delhi Government Tuesday ordered filing of criminal cases against Union minister Veerappa Moily, former minister Murli Deora, Reliance Industries.....

Gurugram: The owner of the building that collapsed here on January 24 in which seven people were killed has been arrested, police said on Sunday. Dayaram, 50, a resident of Ullawas village, was booked under Sections 288 (negligent conduct with respect to pulling down or repairing building), 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and […]

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the state government’s Law Department was looking into whether sanction can be given to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in a sedition case. A court recently rapped the Delhi Police for filing the chargesheet without receiving the sanction […]