Tag: Odisha

Sonepur: Naveen Bag, a farmer in Sonepur district got the biggest shock of his life recently. The farmer, who ekes out a living by toiling in his one acre agricultural land, recently received a notice for alleged Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion to the tune of a whopping Rs 10 crore. Naveen felt the […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Covid-19 positivity rate has considerably come down in Odisha since the first week of November, the mortality rate seems to be rising, maintaining a constant upward trend. With the deaths of 16 Covid patients in the last 24 hours, the virus death toll today breached the 1600-mark to reach 1608. While […]

Cuttack: A day after 4 unidentified miscreants looted cash and gold jewellery worth over Rs 10 crore from a private finance company in Naya Sarak area of Cuttack on Thursday, OTV accessed the CCTV footage of the daring dacoity on Friday. The first visuals of the miscreants captured in a CCTV surveillance camera installed near […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to encourage people to remain healthy and fit by including physical activities and sports in their daily lives, Patanjali Yoga Kendra and the Youth For Action jointly organised a ‘Fit India Movement’ programme at Buddha Jayanti Park near Chandrasekharpur area here on Friday with strict adherence to Covid-19 guidelines. Hundreds of […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan shot off a letter to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik seeking urgent measures to resolve the on-going border disputes with neighbouring states, Odisha Revenue Minister Sudam Marndi on Friday said administrative-level discussions with Andhra Pradesh are currently underway to resolve the issue. The minister said he was […]

Bhubaneswar: While the Serum Institute of India is optimistic about making the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine available for healthcare workers, elderly people by around February 2021 and by April for general public, Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister, Naba Kishore Das on Friday stated that the State government is ready for a mass vaccination drive to […]

Bhubaneswar: Members of Odisha unit of the BJP along with the activists of Mahila Morcha, the party’s women wing launched a protest rally on Friday against the alleged inaction of the State government in connection with the two back-to-back alleged custodial deaths in Puri and Biramitrapur yesterday. The demonstrators demanded immediate resignation of CM Naveen […]

Sundargarh: In a unique protest, two hapless girls from Ranibagicha area in the district on Friday submitted memorandums to the District Magistrate and Collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan urging the latter to save their village from the menace of liquor which has been ruining families. 10-year old Barsha Priyadarshini lost her parents to the killer brew […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday slammed the decision of the Odisha government to shut down about 9000 primary schools having student strength less than 25. The party threatened to launch a massive protest across the State demanding immediate rollback of the decision. Terming the move terrible, BJP State general secretary Prithviraj Harichandan expressed […]

Bhubaneswar: The cumulative debt stock of the Odisha government increased to Rs 97,823 crore till the end of September 2020 which is 16.4% of the gross state domestic product (GSDP), Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari said on Friday. While presenting a Supplementary Budget of Rs 11,200 crore for the financial year 2020-21 on the first day […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid a huge public outcry in Odisha over the twin incidents of alleged custodial deaths in Biramitrapur and Puri, a petitioner on Friday knocked the doors of the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) over the matter. Human Rights activist, Prabir Das today filed two separate cases in connection with the alleged custodial deaths in […]

Cuttack: Even as the Odisha government has recently come up with stringent norms to suspend the driving license (DL) of the persons found driving motor cycles without a helmet, commuters in Cuttack surprisingly find it tough to comply with the guidelines. During a routine enforcement drive conducted by the Commissionerate Police on Friday, a lot […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of Congress will extend full support to the nationwide strike call given by the central trade unions on November 26 in protest against the government policies. A decision in this effect was taken after the leaders of various central trade unions met Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik at […]

Puri: Close on the heels of the allegations over two deaths in police custody in Puri and Sundargarh respectively, another allegation of custodial torture has been received from Pipili on Saturday. As many as six persons, arrested by the police in connection with the assault on a youth at Bhabanipur village under Pipili police limits […]

Koraput: Two days after talks were held between officials from Odisha and Andhra Pradesh to diffuse the long-drawn tension between two border villages, a fresh row has erupted after unofficial demarcation marks and flags were cited in one of the disputed areas on Saturday. Odisha’s Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), Southern Division on Saturday visited Sambai […]