Tag: Jharkhand

Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha and Jharkhand are expected to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours as the depression over Gangetic West Bengal has intensified into a deep depression. As per the latest bulletin of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued on Monday, the deep depression is likely to move slowly […]

Keonjhar: Panic has gripped locals while officials of forest department are facing testing times as a herd of nearly 150 elephants from Jharkhand has been spotted close to Keonjhar district. It is for the first time that the jumbo herd is suspected to have deviated from its route as earlier the animals frequently used to […]

Rourkela: At least three members of People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were gunned down and two other injured in an exchange of fire between security personnel and rebels at Kulatapu forest near here on Odisha-Jharkhand border on Sunday. The gun battle took place during a combing operation carried out by the joint team of […]

  Bhubaneswar: The mother of a Bhubaneswar-based vet-cum-businessman who was kidnapped in Jharkhand on August 23 sought the intervention of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to get her son back. Prior to meeting the CM, the woman, talking to OTV, said, “I request the government to bring back my son, I will meet the Chief Minister […]

Bhubaneswar: A minor girl from Odisha’s Keonjhar district who landed in a prostitution racket in neighbouring Jharkhand was rescued today. The matter came to light after a team of Sakchi police had detained the minor girl from Barbil in connection with a mobile theft case. According to preliminary investigation, the victim had eloped with a […]

Baripada: A person who allegedly duped Lakhs of rupees in the name of providing employment and loan was nabbed from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and handed over to Baripada police today. According to reports, the accused, Sanjib Kumar Chowdhury opened a non-banking organisation named ‘Ujjwal Odisha’ where he duped around 30 people in the pretext of […]

Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of the Mahanadi water sharing dispute with Chhattisgarh, Odisha is likely to run into similar dispute with neighbouring Jharkhand, believes BJP MLA Dilip Ray. The senior BJP leader on Friday raised an alarm over shrinking water level of Brahmani river. In a Facebook post, Ray has attributed the significant drop […]

Bhubaneswar: Stating the charges framed by the Special CBI court against him in the Brahmadihi coal block allotment case today as an outcome of political vendetta by the Congress-led UPA government, Rourkela BJP legislator Dilip Ray stated he has complete faith in the country’s legal system and urged for a speedy trial in the court. […]

BHUBANESWAR:  Alleging that the BJP has utilised money power to influence voters during the panchayat polls, the BJD on Monday said the saffron party leaders of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh are distributing money among the voters of Western Odisha. The BJD had filed a complaint at the State Election Commission (SEC) in this regard on February […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Bijay Mohapatra today claimed that the Negotiation Committee formed by the Water Resources Ministry cannot resolve the ongoing Mahanadi row between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. “There was no need for the Water Resources ministry to form the Negotiation Committee. A far as I know, the decision to be taken by the Committee […]

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police today busted an online fraud racket and five members including two staff of BSNL. Talking to the media, DCP Sanjeev Arora said police had received a report on cyber crime in Markat Nagar area in which someone had managed to hack the username and password of an account and withdrew Rs […]

Bhubaneswar: Tightening its noose around Orissa Stevedores Limited (OSL) owner Mahima Mishra and son Charchita Mishra in the Seaways Shipping General Manager murder case, the police verified licence documents of aircraft and helicopter owned by the OSL at the Bhubaneswar airport again today. Informing media about the aircraft licence documents verification, DGP KB Singh said, […]

Balasore: With alarming rise in the water level of Subarnarekha and Jalaka rivers, flood situation in Balasore district in North Odisha has become grim. Reports said while the water level of Subararekha has crossed the danger mark at Rajghat, water level of Jalaka river has crossed the danger mark at Mathani this morning. Till reports […]

The Commissionerate police, which arrested an employee of East Coast Railway (ECoR) from Jharkhand today on the charge of defrauding Rs 22 lakh from five youths with a promise to provide them a job in the Railways, suspects involvement of a racket of some ECoR officers and staff in this shady deal

Balasore: Though the floodwaters of Subarnarekha have started receding due to a fall in the water flow from the upper catchments, 20 villages spread over six panchayats in Balasore district still remain cut off from the mainland. Reports said while floodwaters have receded slightly in Baliapal and Bhogarai blocks, about 20 villages of Baliapal, Bishnupur, […]