Balasore: A major tragedy was averted after five bogies got detached from a goods train near Bahanga station on Saturday night. The bogies of the goods train proceeding towards Tata from Dhamra in Bhadrak got separated near Panpana station. The matter came to light only after the goods train had covered over 2 kms. A […]
Bhubaneswar: Bureaucrats are not carrying out the instructions of the State government and the orders of ministers are buried under red tape – these were the serious allegations that were brought by Damodar Rout two weeks before he was sacked as Agriculture minister. OTV has obtained documents which reveal that in a note sheet which […]
Bhubaneswar: At a time when e-mail and mobile phones have brought a seemingly irreversible change in the ways humans communicate, Odisha police has been able to keep date with pigeon post and continues to train domestic pigeons as messengers. Odisha Police Pigeon Service, which is considered as the oldest and probably the only active official […]
Bhubaneswar: The National Fire Service Day was observed on Saturday in memory of the Fire and Rescue Services personnel who sacrificed their lives during rescue operations. Fire Services DG BK Sharma and other Fire and Rescue Services personnel paid homage to the 20 departed souls of the department at a function organised at Baramunda fire […]
Koraput: A 12-hour bandh is being observed by locals against irregularities in power and drinking water supply at Jalaput under Machkund Hydro Power Project region on Saturday. Normal life has been adversely hit as all the shops, markets and other commercial units remained closed. Resentment was brewing among locals over frequent power glitches and erratic […]
Dhenkanal: In yet another incident of man-animal conflict in State, a labourer was trampled to death by a wild elephant near Goudakateni canal under Motanga police limits in Dhenkanal district today. The deceased has been identified as Gobinda Chandra Debata, a resident of Brahmapur village in Banki in Cuttack district. Gobinda was engaged in some […]
Phulbani: A man was arrested for killing his two-year-old daughter allegedly in an inebriated condition at Mundalabali Sahi in Phulbani of Kandhamal district today. According to reports, the accused, identified as Arabinda Pradhan also attacked his wife, who in a bid to save herself ran out the house, sources said. However, an agitated Pradhan then […]
Berhampur: A wanted criminal Mohan Rao and two police officials of Sadar police limits were injured during an exchange of fire between them in Berhampur on Friday night. Rao was involved in several organised crimes and 17 cases are pending against him at various police stations. A pistol has been recovered from Rao’s possession. According […]
Bhubaneswar: The State government today strongly opposed the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the 15th Finance Commission and stated that it may adversely impact devolution of resources to the state. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that the flow of funds to the State will decline during the […]
Bhubaneswar: Smart City Bhubaneswar today completed its 70th year of foundation with series of gala events lined up to mark the occasion by government and other voluntary groups. The celebrations, spanning for three days, kicked off to a colourful start with thousands of citizens participating in a special function organized by the State government. Odisha […]
Bhubaneswar: Matching blow-for-blow, the ruling-BJD and BJP in Odisha are all out to outscore each other in every possible way as they prepare to lock horns in the 2019 polls. While BJD launched ‘The Tall Man Biju Patnaik’ book on January 27 at a function which was attended by frontline national leaders from different parties, […]
Gold Coast (Australia): Odisha’s star athlete Purnima Hembram kept the hope of medal alive for India by finishing second in the 100 metre hurdles of women’s Heptathlon event at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) on Thursday. Purnima finished the heats with her personal best time of 13.56 seconds. Elizabeth Dadzie of Ghana came first with […]
Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: Newly-wed Reema Rani Sahu, the survivor in the wedding gift blast in which her husband Soumyasekhar Sahu and his grandmother were killed is likely to get discharged from the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack today, informed sources. Reema Rani has been undergoing treatment at the SCB medical since the fateful incident on […]
Mayurbhanj: A group of 12 Sarpanches reportedly locked up an Assistant Engineer of Udala block in Mayurbhanj district in his office today for allegedly misplacing a letter. The Sarpanches today reached the office of the Assistant Engineer and asked him to hand over the letter in which the land for construction of a Kalyan Mandap […]
Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: With the mercury-level rising in April from the onset of summer, the Twin City denizens start making a beeline at various Sarbat and Lassi stalls. People from all walks of life enjoy these delicious drinks throughout the day. There are different varieties of Sarbat and Lassi available in numerous stalls across the state which […]
Bhubaneswar: With the Union Water Resources Minister Arjun Ram Meghawal scheduled to visit 5 states, including Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the inter-state river disputes on April 16, the Odisha has turned the heat on Centre for delay in providing the Terms of reference (TOR) for Mahanadi tribunal and construction of barrages on River Maini (the […]
Balasore: The Balasore police today nabbed a man while trying to deposit fake notes amounting to Rs 44,000 at the Khirikana Cooperative Society in Soro. The accused, identified as Bishnu Nayak of Biranchipur village in the district, was trying to deposit 22 counterfeit notes of Rs 2000 denominations. Nayak was arrested after the Secretary of […]
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) today postponed its semester exams in the wake of Bharat Bandh called by some groups to protest caste-based reservation. This is the second time that the exams were cancelled this month. Exams on 55 different subjects were to be held at 88 centres across the State. The […]
Malkangiri: At least two jawans of District Reserve Guard were killed and five others sustained critical injuries in a serial Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts reportedly triggered by Maoists near Bijapur-Mahadevpur in Chhattisgarh bordering on Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Monday. The incident occurred when a bus carrying 30 jawans for patrolling was blown up. The […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday urged Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar for reconsideration of AICTE’s decision to debar admissions into two premier diploma institutions in the State. AICTE had earlier placed Government Polytechnics at Parlakhemundi and Berhampur under ‘No Admission’ category for the academic year 2018-19 for several deficiancies including shortage of […]