Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Sulochana Das Thursday urged puja committees around the City to ensure plastic-free and environmentally responsible celebrations during a preparatory meet for the upcoming Ganesh Puja scheduled to be celebrated Monday. The meeting, held at Ekamra Hall at the...
Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the alleged sexual assault of a minor at a shelter home in Kendrapada, the state government has ordered immediate district-wide inspection of every institution housing children, including unregistered homes, hostels, shelters, orphanages and residential facilities run by government agencies, NGOs,...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Investors’ Meet in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) gained further momentum Thursday, with Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi holding a series of meetings with leaders, investors and industry representatives that resulted in the signing of five MoUs and eight investment intents worth...
By Sunit Mishra, OP Bhubaneswar: While the hearing in the Supreme Court regarding the selection of Odisha’s DGP is underway, Raju Ramachandran, the amicus curiae assisting the Apex Court in this matter, submitted a report September 7 to the three-judge bench headed by the Chief...
By SUBHAKANTA NAYAK, OP Hatadihi: The Government Primary School at Kuada in Kendujhar district, established in 1979, is functioning in poor conditions, with students from Sishu Vatika to Class V being taught in a single classroom that also serves as the school office. The school...
Rayagada: A tusker was killed after being hit by a train engine on the Bissam Cuttack-Theruballi rail route near Brundabhadi in Rayagada district’s Bissam Cuttack block, officials said Thursday. According to preliminary information, a banker light engine was travelling at high speed near kilometre post...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday invited UAE-based stainless steel downstream industry players to invest in Odisha, pitching the state as a key destination for value-added manufacturing, backed by its rich mineral resources, established industrial ecosystem and growing infrastructure. Addressing a high-level roundtable with...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance Department Thursday arrested two government officials in separate cases of alleged misappropriation of funds, an official statement said. The arrested officials have been identified as Chintamani Mallick, former secretary of Juba Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society (PACS) under Belpada block in Balangir...
Jajpur: A court in Odisha's Jajpur district Thursday sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for murdering her husband by strangling him with a mobile charger cable. Additional District and Sessions Judge Bisweswar Biswoprakash Ray also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the convict,...
ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday expressed deep concern over the rescue of five baby orangutans from Ranakatha Reserve Forest in Bhogarai block of Baleshwar district, saying Odisha would never be allowed to become a transit route for the illegal transportation...
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