OHRC notice to Ravenshaw VC
Cuttack: The Orissa Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has served notice on the Vice-Chancellor of Ravenshaw University on a petition pertaining to the sine die closure of the institute May 8. Aarati Meher, an undergraduate student of the university, had petitioned the OHRC seeking its intervention in the issue. The petitioner
2 tribals critical in police-Maoist crossfire
Nuapada: Two tribal farmers sustained serious injuries after they were hit with bullets during a cross-firing between police and Maoists at a forest in Sunabeda sanctuary here in Nuapada district Tuesday. The police said the two are Mao-sympathisers. The two were first admitted to Nuapada district headquarters hospital. Later, they
Rs16,500 crore of Bhushan Steel purchase to be in debt instruments
New Delhi: Tata Steel Tuesday said it will raise Rs16,500 crore through debt instruments to fund Rs32,500 crore acquisition of Bhushan Steel Ltd (BSL). The remaining amount will be raised through internal resources, it said. The banks, according to industry experts, are expected to take a whopping haircut of about
New charter to enable refunds on flight delays
New Delhi: Domestic air passengers will soon be able to avail refunds, along with additional compensation for delays, lost baggage and some relief from cancellations charges, as the government Tuesday put in the public domain a new ‘passenger charter’ for eliciting comments, suggestions before notifying them. However, the new compensation
‘People of Gilgit-Baltistan will have same rights as enjoyed by citizens of other Pak provinces’
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Cabinet was Tuesday informed that the people of Gilgit-Baltistan will have the same rights as enjoyed by the citizens of the other four provinces after the devolution of powers under a reform package, a move seen as Islamabad’s efforts towards incorporating the disputed region as its fifth province.
Pollution turns white marble Taj Mahal green
Agra: The white-marble Taj Mahal is turning yellow and green as the 17th century mausoleum weathers filthy air in the world’s eighth-most polluted city. One of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Taj Mahal flanks a garbage-strewn river and is often enveloped by dust and smog from belching smokestacks
State govt reviews PM security ahead of visit
Bhubaneswar: The state government Tuesday reviewed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s protocol and security ahead of his visit May 26. Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi chaired the high-level meeting that was attended by Home Secretary Asti Tripathy, DGP RP Sharma, Director Intelligence, Twin City Police Commissioner, Khurda Collector and other officials.
Oppn cheers as HDK takes oath
Bengaluru: HD Kumaraswamy was Wednesday sworn in as the 25th Chief Minister of Karnataka at the head of a JD-S-Congress coalition government here in a ceremony that brought together leaders of anti-BJP parties on a single platform exactly a year ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha...
Read moreRepair cry for Ratnabhandar
Puri: Ratnabhandar, the treasury of Srimandir, is in a state of dilapidation and there is an urgent need to repair it, claimed temple technical core committee working chairperson Gopal Chandra Mitra. Mitra, a former chief engineer of Works department, claimed that several cracks have been spotted on the outer wall of the temple treasury. Moreover, several stones of the structure have come loose in recent years. “Several structures of the 12th...
Read moreNor’wester lays siege to Capital city
Bhubaneswar: A Nor’wester accompanied by thunderstorm and gusty surface wind Wednesday morning severely affected life in the city and several other parts of the state. Acharya Vihar, Jayadev Vihar and Nayapalli localities bore the brunt with knee-deep water on the roads hitting pedestrians and motorists. Sulochana Das, a resident of Nayapalli, said that her house was filled with rain water. “The sudden heavy rain was a great problem for me and...
Read moreSJTA mulls CCTVs at temple Jagamohan
Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) is mulling installation of close circuit television (CCTV) cameras at Srimandir Jagamohan in the wake of assault on a devotee couple by two servitors on the shrine premises recently. It is learnt that police often face problems in investigating incidents of assault and misbehavior inside Srimandir due to lack of evidence. Sources said the SJTA will take a final call on installing CCTV cameras...
Read moreNew Contract Farming Act: Patro raises sharecropping issues
New Delhi: State Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Surya Narayan Patro Tuesday raised issues arising during signing of agreements between industrialists and beneficiaries (farmers) in cases of sharecropping. The minister was speaking in a consultative meet on the draft of a new contract farming Act. The meet was chaired by Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and junior ministers besides agricultural marketing ministers from states to approve the draft Model...
Read moreSCB Burn unit to have more facilities
Cuttack: If all goes well, the Burn unit at the Plastic Surgery department of Sriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) here will soon have ultramodern facilities. Sources said world-class facilities like modular operation theatre (OT), Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and ramp will be introduced at the unit with an allocation of Rs 1.77 crore by the Central government. The foundation stone for the new facilities was laid here Monday...
Read moreIn a first, black panther sighted in state forest
Bhubaneswar: In what recalls the character of ‘Bagheera’ of Rudyard Kipling's famed Jungle Book, a melanistic leopard popular as ‘black panther’ was spotted in Sundargrh forest that was captured for the first time in camera. “It is the first ever footage of a black panther in the forests of Odisha,” said PCCF (wildlife) Sandeep Tripathy. According to wildlife officials, leopard coat varies in colour and the melanistic type is a color...
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