Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) vice chairman N Thirumala Naik reviewed the ongoing Town Planning (TP) scheme here Saturday and assessed the progress of infrastructure development across TP scheme number I, II, III, and IV, which covers eight revenue villages, including Paikarapur, Sijiput, Naragoda, Sahajpur,...
Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a heatwave warning for Odisha's six districts for Sunday. The day temperature will rise by 2 to 3 degree Celsius during the next two days and thereafter it is expected to fall in Odisha, the IMD's Bhubaneswar centre...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha vigilance Saturday arrested six government employees from different places on corruption charges, an officer said. A revenue inspector, four former secretaries of three primary agriculture cooperative societies (PACS) and the managing director of a large-area multipurpose society (LAMPS) have been arrested during vigilance...
Baripada: A court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Saturday sentenced a man to 20 years of imprisonment for raping a girl last year. Fast Track Court Special Judge Santosh Kumar Nayak also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on convict Kiran Kumar Si (25), special public...
Bhubaneswar: Nearly 28,000 women and children were victims of atrocities in Odisha in 11 months till January 31, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida informed the state Assembly Saturday. While replying to a query from BJD MLA Sanjib Kumar Mallick, Parida, who heads the Women and...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government will bring a new 'Uniform Policy' within three months to settle disputes involving lands belonging to Puri's Jagannath temple, Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan informed the Assembly Saturday. The Odisha government had brought a 'Uniform Policy' in 2003 to provide temple land of...
Bhubaneswar: Customs officials Saturday seized exotic wildlife, including kingsnakes, monitor lizards and turtles, at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar. The seized wildlife concealed in chocolate boxes were being smuggled from Thai capital Bangkok to Chennai, Injeet Kumar Mohanty, a customs official engaged at...
Bhubaneswar: Senior Odisha cadre IAS officer Sujata R Karthikeyan, the wife of BJD president Naveen Patnaik's former close aide VK Pandian, was granted permission to take voluntary retirement from government service, official sources said Saturday. The approval to Karthikeyan's request for voluntary retirement was informed...
Bhubaneswar: A 29-year-old man was arrested in connection with the attack on police personnel during the Congress' 'Vidhan Sabha Gherao' programme, police said Saturday. The arrested person, identified as Mirza Islam Baig, a resident of Haridhashpur in Pahala area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, was...
Bhubaneswar: BJP national president JP Nadda is set to visit Odisha April 12 to attend the party’s organisational events, ruling party MP Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi said Saturday. Following Nadda’s visit, the party is expected to announce the name of its new state president. The announcement...
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