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The court also directed the IIC to register a case if any cognizable case is made out.

Demanding for an independent inquiry into the allegations, both the parties have condemned the conducts of Das terming them unexpected, specifically from a public representative. 

The victim, identified as Saraswati Sethi, succumbed to the injuries while being shifted to SCB medical college and hospital in Cuttack.

Local MLA and district project committee chairman, on the other hand, said, "A master plan has already been prepared for the said project and it will be implemented soon."

Manoranjan Gedi was picked up by the personnel of Abhaychandapur police station in connection with a narcotics case and died later under mysterious circumstances on Saturday. Gedi’s family members attributed his death to custodial torture. 

The villagers said those protesting the proposed JSW steel plant were intentionally kept away from the hearing. 

As per an earlier direction of the HC, the committee, comprising lawyers, had visited Dhinkia which was on the boil in January after police baton charged betel farmers who protested a drive to evict betel vineyards to pave way for the proposed JSW steel plant. 

This new development has provided the Opposition parties a peg to hang their attack on the BJD government for being in a tearing hurry to facilitate the JSW to set up its project. 

The Orissa High Court has also directed the Jagatsinghpur district Collector to take steps to ensure that the normal life of the people in Dhinkia area is not affected. 

Villagers of Dhinkia, Nuagaon & Gadakujanga panchayats in Jagatsinghpur district congregate in protest against the proposed project.

The Vigilance department carried out simultaneous raids at several places related to six retired government officials in Odisha in connection with a land fraud case probe on Monday.

These purported visuals are of the IIC of Balikuda Marine Police Station in Jagatsinghpur.

Bhubaneswar: Farmers of Alipingala in Jagatsinghpur are a worried lot now as they have been forced to resort to distress sale of tomatoes due to failure of the district administration in ensuring safe storage of their agricultural produce. The district administration has been unable to set up a cold storage which is why resentment has […]

Bolangir: An employee of a newspaper was allegedly brutally murdered by some miscreants in Bolangir town late last night. As per reports, the deceased, identified as Pratap Mohapatra of Jagatsinghpur was working as the Circulation Executive of ‘The Samaj’ newspaper. While going to office late last night, some miscreants allegedly attacked Mohapatra with sharp weapons […]

Kujang: Members of the Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) opposed the BJD’s Jana Sampark Padyatra at Ghodamara in Kujang of Jagatsinghpur district on Sunday. While BJD leaders including MLA Debasish Samantaray, MP Kulamani Samal and another party legislator Prashant Muduli were on their way to attend the padyatra programme at Fatepur in Kujang, some members […]