Bhubaneswar: In a major move to promote environment-friendly transportation, Odisha government has waived permit fees for battery-operated (electric), methanol-fuelled and ethanol-fuelled transport vehicles operating in the state. According to a notification issued by the Commerce and Transport Department, eligible vehicles will continue to require the...
Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Police Thursday arrested Chittaranjan Mohanty, a key accused in an alleged cryptocurrency-based Ponzi scheme that investigators estimate defrauded investors of more than Rs 200 crore across India. EOW sources said Mohanty was arrested from Gopalpur in...
Bhubaneswar: Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra Thurs day directed Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Kataka Municipal Corporation (KMC) to adopt a mission-mode approach for sanitation and urban flood management, with an ambitious target of securing the top position in the national...
Bhubaneswar: In a significant welfare measure for prison staff across Odisha, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday approved doubling the annual uniform allowance for jail officers and employees. Under the revised norms, 378 officers, from deputy inspector-general (DIG) of Prisons to assistant matrons, will receive...
Rourkela: The Odisha vigilance Thursday caught a tahasildar of Sundaragada district with Rs 5 lakh of suspected ill-gotten cash, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, vigilance sleuths intercepted the Lathikata tahasildar-cum-sub-registrar's vehicle near Rajabasa Chhak in Sundaragada district when he was moving towards Rourkela city...
Koraput: Police in Odisha's Koraput district have booked a history-sheeter under the National Security Act (NSA), an officer said Thursday. Invoking provisions under Section 3(2) of the National Security Act, the police booked Sanjay Suna, who has 25 criminal cases registered against him over the...
Balangir/Deogaon: A 40-year-old man was beheaded in a suspected human sacrifice in Balangir district, police said Thursday. Santosh Kharsel, of Teparamunda village under Tusura police limits, was identified as the victim. Deogaon police registered case (161/2026) and arrested the primary suspect, Shatrughna Sahu, 40, of...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday said Vande Mataram was not a "political bargaining chip" but the "soul of Bharat's freedom struggle", amid an ongoing row over the national song. Taking to social media, Majhi said the Congress Working Committee's decision to limit...
Bhawanipatna: A minor argument between two brothers during a meal turned fatal in Balarampur village under Bhawanipatna Sadar police limits in Kalahandi district Thursday afternoon. According to reports, 32-year-old Dharamu Sabar allegedly attacked his elder brother, 35-year-old Kulamani Sabar, with an axe following an argument....
Kendrapada: BJD leader Anshuman Mohanty was bitten by a snake while inspecting a flood-hit village in Odisha's Kendrapada district Thursday. The incident took place in Pattamundai block in the Rajanagar assembly constituency. "I was walking in knee-deep waters when I felt a stinging sensation. Later,...
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