Tag: Otv

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court granted interim protection to the employees of Odisha Television Network in connection with a viral audio clip for which police had served notice to the media house. While granting interim protection, the High Court has asked OTV to cooperate in the investigation. The Commissionerate Police had issued notice to OTV […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior employees of Odisha Television Network today appeared at the Capital Police Station in Bhubaneswar, duly extending their cooperation in the investigation into a viral audio clip posted on social media. OTV’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Digital Head, Editor of Odisha Reporter and others, who had been issued notice over a viral audio clip […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Television Network Limited not only stands as the undisputed leader in Odisha but has made a mark at the national level too. Popular as OTV among the 45 million people of the State, it has now entered the top-15 networks in India, according to BARC’s network-level performance for the month of July 2020. […]

Bhubaneswar: An internal committee of OTV on Tuesday submitted its findings to the police on the gang rape allegations levelled by a woman against some employees of the organisation. Prima facie, the committee found that the allegations lacked truth and smacked of and intention to blackmail OTV authorities for pecuniary gains. A special team of […]

Bhubaneswar: The Managing Director of Odisha Television Ltd, Jagi Mangat Panda has sought a thorough investigation into the alleged gang rape of a minor girl and demanded stern action against the guilty if the allegations are found to be true. Panda who appeared before the State Commission for Women on Monday, made it clear that […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the controversies surrounding the alleged gang rape of a minor girl in Bhubaneswar, the Commissionerate Police seems to be finding it difficult in identifying their own personnel accused of being involved in the crime. Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Dash on Tuesday, while apparently trying to dodge questions regarding the steps taken by the investigators […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Television Network Ltd (OTL) has moved up to 13th position in all-India rankings overtaking TV Today Network and ABP Network, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) network-level performance for the month of August 2020. In July 2020, BARC had ranked OTV 15th among the networks in India. The achievement is even more […]

Bhubaneswar: In what seems to be another attempt to malign OTV’s reputation, fresh accusations have been levelled against the company MD with a few villagers of Sarua, Jayamangala and Goudagotha in Khordha district making land grabbing charges against OTV authorities. As per reports, these locals met the district Collector and alleged that they are being […]

Bhubaneswar: Over the last few months, Odisha Television Ltd has been in the target of the Naveen Patnaik government for exposing the corrupt practices of the government in the times of a pandemic. Managing Director of OTV, Jagi Mangat Panda, stated this through a press release issued on Saturday. The statement of the MD comes […]

Khordha: Rendering the land encroachment allegations baseless, the Tehsil-appointed government amin today gave a clean chit to OTV. Government amin, Sankarshana Paikaray carried out a measurement at the site today and clarified that there has been no encroachment by OTV. “We were directed to measure the land of plot number 1829. After the measurement of […]

Bhubaneswar: The probe into the gang rape allegations in the Capital city took a new turn today after the case, which was being investigated by the Commissionerate Police, was transferred to the Crime Branch. Even though a PIL has already been filed in the Orissa High Court seeking CBI or a SIT probe into the […]

Bhubaneswar: Despite the fact that the government amin has already given a clean chit to Odisha Television Network Ltd (OTV) in connection with the land encroachment allegations, a senior official of the company and two others were questioned for over eight hours at Baghamari Police Station on Saturday. OTV CFO, Sarua site in-charge and a […]

Bhubaneswar: The Khordha district administration on Wednesday began demolishing boundary wall of OTV’s Sarua CSR project without notice without issuing any prior notice. According to Begunia Tehsildar Prithviraj Mandal, the demolition is being carried out on the ground that it will allow the natural flow of water into nearby agricultural land. “We are demolishing the […]

Bhubaneswar: Ramesh Rath, a senior journalist with the Odisha Television Ltd (OTV) was allegedly picked by police from near his residence in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. The development comes a day after OTV telecast an expose on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s claims of an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas of the State, which was based […]

Bhubaneswar: A senior journalist with the Odisha Television Ltd (OTV), Ramesh Rath was picked by the police from near his residence in Bhubaneswar on Thursday afternoon allegedly in connection with the investigation of an old case without any prior notice and the cops later entered the premises of the media house without a search warrant. […]