Tag: Paradip

Bhubaneswar: With the scrapping of big-ticket Posco steel project, life has come full circle for people in the proposed project areas as they stoically recall the brief spell of opulence that had once come on their way from the land compensation sum. Shored up by land compensation doles, villagers who had given away their land […]

Bhubaneswar: Posco authorities have asked the Odisha government to take back the 2,700 acre land acquired for setting up of a 12-million tonne (mt) steel mill in Paradip citing its failure to start work for the project, said Industries Minister Debi Prasad Mishra today. Informing newsmen on the letter sent by Posco, Mishra stated, “As […]

Bhubaneswar: A two-day joint naval exercise – Sagar Kavach – held in view of the coastal security, by the Indian Navy, Coast Guards and Odisha Police, concluded at the Paradip port today. Tripartite training regarding entry of intruders through coastal areas and security measures were included in the exercise. Importance was given on providing awareness […]

Bhubaneswar: In reply to the statements of Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan alleging the Odisha Government has violated the agreement signed in between Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and the State, BJD spokesperson Pratap Keshari Deb on Sunday said the charges made by Pradhan as well as the facts presented by him are false while […]

Paradip: At least two persons sustained critical injuries after a slab of an under-construction bridge over Paradip-Haridaspur railway line near Tikarapanga area at Bhutamundei collapsed here on Thursday morning. According to sources, the injured persons have been shifted to Cuttack. Some more people are believed to be trapped under the concrete rubble, sources added. Meanwhile, […]

Paradip: After getting a summon to depose before the Paradip police by January 15, Orissa Stevedores Limited (OSL) chief Mahima Mishra’s nephew Chinmaya Mishra today reached the Paradip police station for quizzing regarding the murder of Seaways Shipping General Manager Mahendra Swain. Sources said Chinmaya is likely to be questioned on financial dealings of Mahima […]

Paradip: The petcoke transportation row at Pardip port today ended partially after the truck owners’ association agreed to allow 15 Hiwa trucks laden with petcokes for shipment. The truck owners’ association, which has been opposing transportation of petcoke in Hiwa truck from IOCL refinery to Paradip Port, relented after Additional Collector Biswajit Biswal intervened and […]

Paradip: Odisha Stevedores Limited DGM (Finance) Rabindra Dalei appeared before the Paradip police today in connection with the murder of Seaways Shipping general manager Mahendra Swain. The police are probing into the financial transaction of the OSL during the murder of Swain. On January 8, the Paradip police had served a notice to Dalei asking […]

Paradip: The Paradip police today issued notice to Odisha Stevedores Limited (OSL) Managing Director Mahimananda Mishra’s two sons and accountant of the company to appear before them in connection with the murder of Seaways Shipping general manager Mahendra Swain. The police asked Mishra’s sons Chandan and Charchit and OSL accountant Rabindra Dalei to appear at […]

Paradip: A joint team of Angul police, Paradip ASP and Paradip IIC carried out a marathon interrogation to industrialist Mahima Mishra in connection with the firing at Jalaram Transport in Angul on the last day of his remand period. Paradip police has already interrogated Mishra in Seaways Shipping GM Mahendra Swain’s murder case. He has […]

Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of the brutal murder of Mahendra Swain, General Manager of General Manager of Seaways Shipping and Logistics Private Limited (SSPL), a team of Paradip Police today raided the house of Mahima Mishra, Managing Director of Odisha Stevedores Ltd (OSL) for the second time and interrogated his wife Mala Mishra. Reports […]

Bhubaneswar: Rainfall is likely in some parts of south and north coastal districts of Odisha in the next 24 hours under the influence of Cyclone Vardha which intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm this morning, said the local Met officer in a release here today. According to the release, the cyclonic storm, formed over […]

Bhubaneswar: Police raided the houses of industrialist Mahimananda Mishra at Baramunda here and Paradip simultaneously in the morning on Wednesday in connection with the murder of General Manager of Seaways Shipping and Logistics Private Limited (SSPL) Police were tipped off about the presence of Mishra in Bhubaneswar. “Ä team of police from Paradip searched his […]

Paradip: The arrest of Congress leader Bapi Sarkehl in connection with the murder of Seaways Shipping Company GM Mahendra Swain has created ripple in the political circle with top party leaders giving mixed statements. After the arrest of Sarkhel, who had contested 2014 poll unsuccessfully from Paradip Assembly constituency on Congress ticket, hundreds of supporters […]

Paradip: Protesting the arrest of Congress leader Bapi Sarkhel, some of his supporters took to the streets at Kujang in Jagatsinghpur district today. Supporters of staged road blockade at Kunjang road by burning tyres. Later, they called off their stir after police intervention. Members of the Congress SC Cell also staged road blockade on the […]