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SUCHISMITA SAHU, OP Bhubaneswar: The state Directorate of Drugs Control has launched a statewide special drive to curb the unrestricted sale and misuse of drugs and medicines used as intoxicants. The drive, being conducted under the Health and Family Welfare department with police assistance, will...

SOUMYARANJAN ROUT, OP Bhubaneswar: Heat soars in several parts of the state, including the state Capital, with rising temperatures and high humidity making life uncomfortable. Day temperatures have touched 36 degrees Celsius in some places. However, relief from the heat is likely soon, with the...

Bhubaneswar: The future of maritime search and rescue (SAR) operations hinges on advanced technological integration, real-time information sharing and seamless inter-agency coordination, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Director General (DG) Paramesh Sivamani said Wednesday. Sivamani’s statement came while chairing a meeting of the National Maritime Search...

SUBRATA BEURA The recently concluded International Documentary & Short Film Festival of Keralam (IDSFFK) was in the news after the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) withheld permission to screen 31 films. IDSFFK is a major film festival in South Asia, and any form of...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), in collaboration with the Forest Department, has intensified its efforts to expand the green cover of the capital city by promoting urban forests, Miyawaki plantations, avenue plantations and greening of road medians. As part of the initiative, a new...

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths Wednesday arrested an R&B executive engineer after finding him in possession of disproportionate assets (DA) amounting to 309 per cent of his known sources of income. Arabinda Mohanty, executive engineer of the R&B Sub-Division at Betanati in Mayurbhanj district, was arrested along...

Bhubaneswar: The WWF EIACP Programme Centre, with support from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), launched a two-month Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) residential certificate course on ‘Nature Conservator cum Ecotourism Guide’ at the Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM)...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Kataka: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 each on the Chief Secretary and seven officials for repeatedly failing to ensure representation in a case concerning alleged excess and illegal sand mining in Anugola district. The September...

PRASANJIT SAHU, OP Bhubaneswar: A Test Identification (TI) parade of accused Sridhar Panda, arrested in connection with Nayapalli rape case, was conducted at Jharpada Jail Wednesday, DCP Saravana Vivek M said. The DCP said the investigation would be completed at the earliest and the chargesheet...

Berhampur: Three men from Keralam were among four people arrested in Odisha's Ganjam district Wednesday while they were allegedly transporting Rs 38 lakh worth of ganja to the southern state by road, excise officials said. The arrested persons were identified as Akhil Thomas (31), Febin...