Bhubaneswar: The economic offences wing (EOW) of Odisha police has arrested two more persons in connection with Vastav India Trust's multi-state scholarship and solar equipment fraud case. The accused, arrested from Ranchi in Jharkhand, have been identified as the trust's state field officer Nishant Prakash...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday inaugurated a building of Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited built at an estimated cost of Rs 55 crore. The role of OPTCL in the state's transmission infrastructure is significant, Patnaik said. The OPTCL Tech Tower building has been constructed...
Puri: A delegation of Odisha BJP led by its former president Samir Mohanty Wednesday met Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb demanding reopening of Lord Jagannath temple's Ratna Bhandar (treasury). The delegation comprising Puri MLA Jayant Sarangi, Bramhagiri MLA Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra and senior advocate and leader...
Bhubaneswar: India's fastest woman Dutee Chand has expressed optimism that the same-sex marriage will become a reality one day. Chand made the remark while expressing her views on the apex court's judgment on the legality of same-sex marriage. A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme...
Bhubaneswar/ Rairangpur: Odisha's tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj district got three of the four pairs of trains that were recently approved by the Indian Railways in the South Eastern Railway jurisdiction, officials said Wednesday. The new trains are Kolkata (Shalimar)-Badampahar-Kolkata (Shalimar) Weekly Express, Badampahar-Rourkela-Badampahar Weekly Express, Rourkela-Tatanagar-Rourkela (6...
Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police has arrested two more staffers of a Ranchi-based trust for duping several persons of more than Rs 4 crore on the pretext of selling LED bulbs and providing pre-matric scholarships to the students. The sleuths apprehended...
Bhubaneswar: Renowned chef Vikas Khanna became the talk of the town for unveiling a replica of the Konark Temple Wheel in Times Square, New York, on occasion of India's 77th Independence Day. He recently visited Odisha at the invitation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. While...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday felicitated javelin star Kishore Kumar Jena with a cash award of Rs 1.5 crore for his stellar performance in the recently-concluded Asian Games in China. Jena, a resident of Puri district, bagged silver in the Asian Games and...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Tuesday levelled corruption charges on the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government in the execution of mega piped water supply projects in the state. At a press conference here, OPCC president Sarat Pattanayak and campaign committee chairman Bijay Patnaik accused...
Bhubaneswar: Admit card for the recruitment examination of 150 Technical Non-Executive (TNE) trainees by Odisha Hydro Power Corporation Limited (OPHC) has been released by the corporation. Candidates can download their admit cards by inputting their login credentials on the website. For the direct link to...
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