Tag: Security

Bhubaneswar: The number of tourism destinations in Odisha has gone up to 357 as the state government has accorded tourism destination status to seven more places. Of the new seven tourism destination sites, Satyabhamapur, the birth place of Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das and two other places, which were the meeting place of the freedom fighters, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday alleged that denial of security to Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan during his visit to Maoist-infested Malkangiri district on Monday was a ‘political conspiracy.’ Targeting chief minister Naveen Patnaik in a press meet, the saffron party also alleged that the minister was not provided security […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: Security has been beefed up in twin cities for the immersion festival of goddess Durga today after four days of divine extravaganza. 30 platoons of police have been mobilised at the sensitive points in the Capital City to maintain law and order during procession. 12 top police officials, including five DCP rank officers, have […]

Sambalpur: Taking note of slack security in Hirakud Dam, the Odisha government has asked the dam authorities to identify location in the dam site area for installation of CCTV cameras and watch towers. In a letter to The Chief Engineer and Basin Manager, Upper Mahanadi Basin, Burla on August 27 this year, additional secretary HK […]

Bhubaneswar: Elaborate security arrangements have been made across Odisha for the 70th Independence Day celebrations, police said on Sunday. Police sources said high alert has been sounded in Maoist-prone areas, and combing operations have been intensified in the affected districts to avoid any untoward incident during the celebrations. Director General of Police (DGP) K.B. Singh […]

Bhubaneswar: With the 70th Independence Day just a few hours away, arrangements for celebration of the day have reached final stages in the state. Security arrangements have been stepped up in the Maoist-prone districts of Koraput, Rayagada and Malkangiri. According to sources, security arrangements have been beefed up at the three entrances to Koraput district. […]

Puri: Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the Nabajoubana darshan of the deities in the Shri Jagannah temple tomorrow. Giving details of the arrangements, IG (Operation) Soumendra Priyadarshi said as the deities would come out of the Anasara Gruha tomorrow and give darshan to the devotees in Nabajoubana attire, the State Police have made […]

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: A day after the shifting of the Dhalasamant brothers from Choudwar Circle Jail, security has been beefed up in Jharpada Special Jail in the capital city and the District Jail in Balasore. While Sushant Dhalasamant is lodged in Jharpada jail, his younger brother Sushil is lodged in Balasore District Jail. Talking about the security […]

Choudwar: With acute shortage of staff and weak infrastructure, security in the Choudwar Circle Jail, the largest jail in Odisha, has become an issue of grave concern. Talking to OTV, Superintendent of Choudwar Circle Jail, Niranjan Das said the jail, with a scheduled capacity to house 728 prisoners, is now overcrowded with 1110 prisoners. To […]

Bargarh: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on February 21 to attend a farmers’ rally here, Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh today reviewed the security arrangements at the meeting venue. Singh was accompanied by Intelligence director Sunil Roy, IG Swapna Tiwari and DIG Prateek Mohanty. Moreover, senior BJP leader and MLA KV […]

Bhubaneswar: Following a terrorist attack on an Indian Air Force (IAF) base at Pathankot in Punjab in the wee hours on Saturday, authorities of the Biju Patnaik International Airport here have stepped up security measures in and around the airport. Informing the media about this on Saturday, director of Biju Patnaik International Airport Sharad Kumar […]

Bhubaneswar: The commissionerate police on Saturday said that adequate security measures will be taken for the visit of Shah Rukh Khan to Odisha after the Kalinga Sena threatened to throw ink on his face. The Kalinga Sena, a fringe outfit in Odisha, has threatened to throw ink on the actor’s face for distorting history in […]

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Police on Tuesday took over the security of all the relief camps in the flood-battered state, police chief Loknath Behra said. Over a million people are now housed in more than 3,000 relief camps that have been set up across the state. The maximum number of people are in Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Pathanamthitta […]

Astana: India and Kazakhstan agreed to strengthen cooperation in the areas of trade and defence and security following delegation-level talks headed by Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov here on Friday. “We covered the full range of bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest,” Sushma Swaraj said while […]

Bengaluru: Software major Wipro stepped up security at all its offices following an e-mail threat to send a toxic drug to its campus here, the company said on Saturday. “We have augmented security measures at all office locations, though there is no impact on our operations,” said the city-based IT firm in a statement. Confirming […]