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12 SIM boxes, 100 SIM cards seized in Bhubaneswar; two held

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police Monday seized 12 illegal SIM boxes along with over 100 cards and detained two persons allegedly involved in the racket, officials said. Acting on specific intelligence inputs, a special team of the commissionerate police raided a house in Chandrasekharpur and...

Mahanadi Odisha

Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal completes 5-day Odisha visit

Bhubaneswar: The Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) Monday completed its five-day visit to Odisha, inspecting key sites linked to the river basin, amid the ongoing water-sharing dispute with neighbouring Chhattisgarh, officials said. On the last day of the tour, the tribunal travelled to Satapada jetty...

BJD, Congress, BJD

RS polls: BJP, Congress meet MLAs; BJD’s joint candidate campaigns

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha state capital Monday witnessed hectic political activities in the run-up to the Rajya Sabha elections with the ruling BJP and opposition Congress holding separate meetings of their MLAs, while BJD-sponsored "common" candidate, urologist Datteswar Hota, hitting campaign trail. The ruling BJP is...

Anxiety grips families of Odia workers amid West Asia crisis

Berhampur/Kendrapara: The Israel-US strikes on Iran, and Tehran's retaliatory measures in several Gulf countries, have triggered anxiety and fear among families of Odia workers stranded in conflict-hit West Asia, with many appealing to authorities for safe evacuation. Several workers from Odisha, particularly from Ganjam and...

Indian flap shell turtle

210 live turtles rescued in Odisha’s Malkangiri

Malkangiri: Odisha forest department officers Monday rescued 210 live Indian flap shell turtles being allegedly smuggled in a vehicle in Malkangiri district, officials said. During a search operation, forest personnel intercepted an SUV inside a forest near MV-62 in the district and found the turtles...

BJD to celebrate 110th birth anniversary of Biju Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday announced that the 110th birth anniversary of former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik will be celebrated across the state March 5. Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, BJD senior vice-president Debi Prasad Mishra said that all district units of...

 

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