Puri: Five more doors inside the complex of the Puri Lord Jagannath Temple will dazzle with all-new look as plans are afoot to plate them with silver. Puri Srimandir Administrator (Development), Ajay Kumar Jena today informed that the gates of Mahalaxmi Temple, Vimala Temple, Nrusingha Temple, Sata Pahacha and Bhoga Mandapa will be draped with […]
Berhampur: In a shocking incident, a man allegedly tried to rape a minor girl in Rambha police station area of Ganjam district on Friday. According to sources, the man attempted to outrage the modesty of the 14-year-old girl near Paluru while she was returning to her home after finishing off her tuition classes at Subalaya. […]
Jharsuguda: A youth has launched a hunger strike alleging MCL authorities of denying proper compensation despite acquiring more than 3 acre land belonging to him. The youth identified as Nilamani Bhitiria, a resident of Tingisamal village under Lakahnpur block alleged even though the MCL authorities acquired more than 3 acre of his land, he is […]
Puri: With just a month before the once-in-a-generation occasion of the Nagarjuna Besha of Lord Jagannath, sculptors and artisans have initiated preparations for the rare attire rituals. Nagarjuna Besha of the Lords was last held in 1994. As per tradition, it is celebrated when the Panchuka (last five days of Kartika month) is observed as […]
Bhubaneswar: Hours, after he was arrested by the Crime Branch’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in connection with the alleged land issue in Sarua, Manoranjan Sarangi, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Odisha Television Limited, was remanded to two-days custody of the probe agency by a court late on Sunday. EOW sources informed that the probe […]
Bhubaneswar: Senior High Court lawyer and former president of HC Bar Association, Ashok Mohapatra breathed his last today. He was 62 and was bed-ridden after suffering from kidney complications for past few days, his family sources said. Mohapatra was elected as the president of the Orissa HC Bar Association in 2015. Renowned as a most […]
Puri: Odisha government has approved the constitution of a new committee for overseeing the management affairs of Puri Swargadwar. A notice in this regard was intimated to the district administration by the Housing and Urban Development department in a letter dated October 27. Named, Swargadwar Seva Samiti, the new panel registered under the Society Registration […]
Dhenkanal: A senior officer of a contract organisation working under Rungta Mines at Jhadabandha here was critically injured in an attack by a group of local youths, police said Sunday. The injured official identified as Ajay Majumdar, the project manager of the organisation, has been admitted to hospital. The incident took place on Friday when […]
Cuttack: The Odisha State Bar Council on Sunday announced the executive body elections to all affiliated bar associations in the State. A notification issued by the Council stated that the poll which was postponed twice due to Covid-19 pandemic will be held on December 12, 2020. The notification was issued in compliance to the directive […]
Jeypore: The Block Development Officer (BDO) of Laxmipur here in Koraput district has landed in trouble after an audio clip of him demanding money from the sarpanches allegedly on behalf of the Collector went viral. The BDO identified as Dillip Patnaik was allegedly demanding Rs 30,000 from sarpanches and executive officers, saying that that the […]
Puri: The survey on the socio-economic status of servitors associated with Lord Jagannath temple in Puri will be undertaken from next month, informed an official on Friday. The review will be carried for three months by Bhubaneswar-based Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies (NCCDS). After completion of the survey, a study report will be prepared […]
Puri: With public outrage rising and hours after a batch of petitions were filed in the National Human Rights Commission as well as OHRC over two alleged custodial deaths in Odisha, the State government on Friday transferred Puri SP Akhileswar Singh. The State police also effected suspension of several personnel over for gross misconduct and […]
Sambalpur: In a bizarre incident, Rajib Kishan, a local resident of Sambalpur, who claims to be a victim of administrative apathy, set the Rengali Tehsil office here on fire Friday morning. Kishan in a video released through social media site after setting the office ablaze, has clarified that he took the extreme step out of […]
Bhubaneswar: The Twin City Police on Saturday put a former principal of a medical college under arrest on charges of duping a medical aspirant of Rs 10 lakh. The accused, Prem Ranjan Ojha, the ex-principal of a local private physiotherapy institute in the city has been forwarded to court. The complainant who has been identified […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday imposed restrictions on the ‘Boita Bandana Utsav’ and mass bathing on the day of Kartik Purnima (the fifteenth lunar day of Hindu month Kartik) at river ghats and other water bodies on account of Covid-19 pandemic. An order issued by the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) also stated that Bali […]
Copyright © 2024 - Odisha Television Limited All Rights Reserved.