New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Union Cabinet Wednesday approved the widening and strengthening of NH-326 in Odisha, upgrading the existing two-lane stretch to a two-lane highway with paved shoulder from 68.600 km to 311.700 km under the EPC mode. According to an official statement, the total capital cost...
Chennai: The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Workers' Rights Retrieval Kazhagam on Wednesday strongly condemned the "brutal attack" on a migrant worker from Odisha in Tamil Nadu's Tiruttani, blaming the DMK government for what it described as the growing menace of drugs and...
Chennai/Bhubaneswar: Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to take suo motu cognisance of the brutal assault on a 20-year-old youth from Odisha in Tiruttani, describing the incident as a serious violation of human rights...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance Department Wednesday arrested an additional tahasildar and panchayat executive officer (PEO) for allegedly possessing disproportionate assets (DA) to their known sources of income. Jitendra Kumar Panda, additional tahasildar of Baranga in Cuttack district, and Jitendra Kumar Jena, PEO of Bancho GP in...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Wednesday extended till March the enforcement of the “No PUCC, No Fuel” mandate, giving vehicle owners more time to obtain a valid Pollution Under Control Certificate. Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena said the decision was taken in view of public convenience and...
Bhubaneswar: As 2025 comes to an end, Odisha witnessed a year of hope and distress, from security and industrial gains to tragedies such as the self-immolation of a college student, a stampede during the Puri Rath Yatra, and controversy over the hike in salaries and...
Bhubaneswar: The BJP Wednesday criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly threatening Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a visit to the state, and alleged that she has been running a "tanasahi" (dictatorship). Addressing a press conference, BJP national spokesperson Sambit...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi told 1,543 new recruits from 11 departments to uphold integrity and remain committed to making the system corruption-free while providing good service to the people of the state, as he handed them appointment letters at the 14th Nijukti Mela...
Bhubaneswar: Three Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment paid a total sum of Rs 6,39,97,589 as dividend to the state government, in the presence of the deputy Chief Minister and Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment, Energy Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh...
Bhubaneswar: Coming to the rescue of a woman who underwent Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) to become a male, the Orissa High Court has directed the state government to change the gender status of the petitioner in the land mutation certificate. The single bench of Justice...
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