Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday appointed retired IAS officer Manoj Kumar Parida as the Chief Information Commissioner of the state Information Commission. Parida will succeed J K Tripathy. Parida, a 1986-batch IAS officer, has been serving as Insurance Ombudsman in Bhubaneswar since July 2022. Earlier,...
Bhubaneswar: Discontent continues to simmer within the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over the party’s recent flip-flop on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill. In an effort to defuse the unrest, party president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik convened a meeting with senior leaders, assuring them that...
New Chandigarh: Punjab Kings allrounder Glenn Maxwell has been fined 25 per cent of his match fees and has also accumulated one demerit point for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during his team’s match against Chennai Super Kings Tuesday night. PBKS secured an 18-run...
Jajpur: A recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has flagged large-scale irregularities in the tendering process for black stone and sand mines in Jajpur district. The audit highlights that manipulation in the bidding process over the past decade has led to significant...
Bhubaneswar: Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida announced Tuesday that the state will develop a Shakti Corridor that will link several Shakti peeths (sacred shrines dedicated to the goddess Shakti) across Odisha. She was speaking at the Maa Tara Tarini temple in Ganjam. Parida, along with...
Paralakhemundi: In a bizarre incident, the sarpanch of a remote gram panchayat in Gajapati district locked up a school in protest against the alleged negligence of teachers in conducting education in schools across the panchayat, near the Odisha-Andhra border. The incident occurred at a school...
Keonjhar: Absence of any structured marketing and adequate promotion continues to hinder the full economic potential of wild kendu (Coromandel ebony), a vital livelihood source for many forest dwellers in Keonjhar district. Growing naturally in forested hills, gardens and farmlands, the sweet and nutritious kendu...
Bhawanipatna: Days after the arrest of the prime accused in the gangrape of a woman under Junagarh police limits in Kalahandi district, police arrested three more persons, including a minor, in this connection Tuesday. The woman was gangraped March 26 night when she had gone...
Mullanpur: Young opener Priyansh slammed his maiden IPL century to power Punjab Kings to 18-run win over Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League match here Tuesday. Opting to bat, Arya shone bright with the bat to power PBKS to 219 for 6. Arya...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday signed 13 MoUs including IOCL's Dual-Feed Naphtha Cracker Project and received 15 other proposals worth a total investment of Rs 1.03 lakh crore, which will create employment for over 95,000 people, an official release said here. The MoUs were signed...
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