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Bhubaneswar: An Odisha factories officer was arrested Wednesday, a day after vigilance department sleuths unearthed multiple properties and land parcels owned by him that are disproportionate to his known source of income. Umakant Samantaray, an assistant director of factories and boilers in Sambalpur, has been...

Bhubaneswar: BJP state spokesperson Anil Biswal Wednesday alleged that the recently published Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report had exposed large-scale irregularities in the utilisation of mining-related funds during the previous BJD government headed by Naveen Patnaik. Addressing a press conference at the BJP state...

Bhubaneswar: Construction of tourism infrastructure in protected forest areas in violation of the Forest Conservation Act and operation of 20 government-run Panthanivas without mandatory fire safety certificates, besides substantial financial mismanagement, have come under the spotlight in a CAG audit of Odisha's coastal tourism sector....

Puri: The Gundicha temple in Puri, near the famous Jagannath temple, reopened for devotees Wednesday after a six-year hiatus, officials said. The temple doors opened at 7.45 am, after rituals were performed in the presence of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief administrator Arabinda Padhee,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Forest and Environment Minister Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia Wednesday said the local climate suits the rescued baby orangutans kept in quarantine in a special temperature-controlled enclosure at a zoo here, and their health is gradually improving. The minister said teams of specialist doctors regularly...

Kataka: A joint team of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) seized nearly 116 kg of ganja from Puri-LTT Express at Cuttack railway station and arrested five people. The seized contraband, weighing 115.93 kg, was found in seven trolley bags and...

Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has flagged several "financial irregularities and deficiencies" in the implementation of the 5T High School Transformation Programme (HSTP) of the previous BJD government in Odisha. The BJD government's School and Mass Education (SME) Department introduced the...

Puri: Public darshan at Puri Jagannath Temple will remain closed for four hours Wednesday due to the 'Banakalagi ritual'. The darshan will remain suspended from 6 pm to 10 pm to facilitate the ritual. Banakalagi is a traditional temple ritual during which the faces of the...

Bhubaneswar: Normal life was partially disrupted in parts of Odisha Wednesday due to a 12-hour bandh called by a farmers' rights outfit over alleged large-scale errors in textbooks used in government schools, officials said. Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed at several places...

Bhubaneswar: Major irregularities have been detected in the implementation of minor irrigation (MI) projects in Odisha, with several projects being abandoned midway and crores of rupees rendered unfruitful, according to a report of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). The report, tabled in the...