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SIR in Kendrapada: Verification gaps worry residents

Kendrapada: Concerns have emerged over whether the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Odisha will be able to identify and remove the names of alleged illegal Bangladeshi immigrants from the voter list. Sources claim that some individuals are maintaining one identity at...

Coastal communities

Coastal communities on edge as sea advances

By DWARKA PRASAD PATNAIK, OP Chhatrapur: With impact of global warming becoming increasingly visible in Ganjam district, frequent incidence of seawater ingress has left coastal dwellers in constant panic, threatening their farmlands and livelihood. The advancing sea has not only gobbled up chunks of settlements...

Additional programme officer arrested for taking bribe in Sambalpur district

Bribery: Ex-ASI awarded 4-year jail

Anugola: A special Vigilance court in Anugola district Friday sentenced a former assistant sub-inspector (ASI) to four years’ imprisonment after convicting him in a bribery case. The convict, Chittaranjan Sahu, 53, formerly posted at Nisha Industrial Area police station and now attached to the Palalahada...

Andhra Pradesh Police

AP Police returns Rs 2.5 lakh amid extortion allegations

Nandapur: Andhra Pradesh Police have returned Rs 2.5 lakh to the families of two youths from Koraput district amid allegations that the money was collected in exchange for their release after they were unlawfully detained and tortured. The refund follows intervention by the Koraput district...

Dr Ajit Kumar Shasany

Dr Ajit Kumar Shasany named new Vice-Chancellor of CUO

Bhubaneswar/Koraput: Dr Ajit Kumar Shasany, Director of CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) in Lucknow, has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Central University of Odisha (CUO). The appointment has been made by President Droupadi Murmu in her capacity as the Visitor of the Central...

Maoist

Odisha Police uncover Maoist arms, explosives dump in Koraput

Koraput: Odisha Police Friday unearthed a Maoist arms and explosives dump during a search operation in the dense forests of Koraput district, dealing another blow to Naxal activities in the region, officials said. The dump was detected at Tentuliguma within Boipariguda police station limits of...

 

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