Tag: Gujarat

New Delhi: The dates for the assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh are likely to be announced on Thursday. The three-member Election Commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner A.K. Jyoti will address a press conference at 4 p.m. at which the full poll schedule for the two states was likely to be released. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Agents and investors from Gujarat, duped by the chit fund company Oscar, on Friday, staged a demonstration in front of Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch here in Bhubaneswar demanding return of money. The agents in their protest urged for strict action against the ponzi directors and have demanded return of their […]

Puri: A gang of girls sporting jeans and t-shirts along with some women found begging near Gundicha temple in Puri were detained by police today. The incident came to light when the girls fled the spot after seeing an approaching police control room (PCR) van near Gundicha Temple. Later on it was found out that […]

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah is scheduled to begin a 15-day ‘Vistaar Yatra’ (party expansion tour) covering five states including Odisha, Telangana, Gujarat and Lakshadweep from today from Naxalbari in West Bengal. Informing newsmen about Shah’s plans at the saffron party headquarters in New Delhi, Union Minister Smriti Irani said 3.68 lakh BJP workers […]

Surat/Bhubaneswar: In another act of inhuman conduct, a husband’s cry for help fell into deaf ears of onlookers as his stabbed pregnant wife bled to death in Pandesara area near Surat in Gujarat. The victim, identified as Anita hails from Odisha and was married to Dharmesh, who is from Gujurat. The incident occurred on Sunday […]

Jaipur: Fine unbeaten century by SB Gohil and an aggressive half-century knock by his opening partner PK Panchal has put Gujarat in driver’s seat against Odisha on the third day of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal at Sawai Mansingh stadium here today. After bundling out Odisha for 199 in their first innings in reply to their […]

Jaipur: Bringing some dismay among cricket lovers, Odisha today managed to score 199 while losing all the wickets in the first innings against Gujarat in a quarterfinal match of the Ranji Trophy being played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur of Rajasthan. With a score of 148 runs and loss of eight wickets till […]

With a view to structuring the CSR (corporate social responsibility) activities in Odisha, the state government has consulted the industry captains, corporate house leaders, the civil society and taken inputs from the people like the CSR authorities of Gujarat, said Industries minister Debi Prasad Mishra

Bhubaneswar: A day after meeting the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch, depositors and agents of Oscar chit fund firm belonging to Bharuch district in Gujarat on Monday called on Justice MM Das, who is probing the multi thousand crore chit fund scam in the State. Around twenty investors from Bharuch demanded […]

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch today called the depositors and agents of Oscar chit fund firm belonging to Bharuch district in Gujarat to seek details about the modus operandi of the company

Bhubaneswar: With the Crime Branch (CB) of Odisha police yet to file the charge sheet against Oscar Group chief Prabhas Rout for his involvement in the Rs 230 crore chit fund scam, nearly 20 investors of the company from Gujarat staged a demonstration in front of the State Assembly here on Friday and demanded the […]

A day after its exclusive report on how well-known Ollywood actors and actresses actively promoted the Oscar chit fund company at a function in Surat in 2009, OTV today came up with exclusive footage of some Ollywood stars, including veteran Uttam Mohanty and comedian Papu Pom Pom, lavishing praise on the company at a function in Surat in 2008

Surat: In a bizarre incident, a six-year-old Odia boy died of suffocation after he remained trapped inside a locked car for four days. Local police recovered the body of the boy yesterday after locals noticed putrefying smell coming out of the locked car. The deceased has been identified as Somesh Das, son of Santosh Das […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Crime Branch (CB) of Odisha police interrogated Oscar Group CMD Prabhas Rout and the company’s Gujarat head Taraprasad Hota in connection with their involvement in the Rs 240 crore chit fund scam , a special team of the agency left for the state on the western coast on Thursday to dig […]

Bhubaneswar: After making public the possible link between chit fund firm Oscar Group and Ollywood actors in the production of Odia films, the Crime Branch of Odisha police on Monday said that the company has properties worth Rs 15 crores in Odisha and Gujarat. Preliminary investigations showed that the company has 20 acre of land […]