Bhubaneswar: Activists of Mahanadi Bachao Aandolan (MBA) Tuesday staged a dharna here to seek attention of the Central Water Commission (CWC) with regard to safeguarding Odisha’s interest in Mahanadi water dispute. Several activists, including women, thronged the CWC office near Acharya Vihar to press for...
Bhubaneswar: A delegation of BJP MLAs led by Legislature Party leader K V Singh Deo Tuesday demanded a special audit of ‘Ama Gaon Ama Bikash’ (AGAB) and ‘Biju Yuva Bahini’ launched by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik recently. In a memorandum submitted to the Accountant General...
Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD will launch a three-day statewide agitation in front of all petrol pumps beginning September 7 as politics over rising prices of fuel and ancillary products takes centrestage in the state. Addressing a press conference here Tuesday, BJD general secretary Sanjay Kumar...
Bhubaneswar: Teachers of block grant schools and colleges will observe Teachers' Day (September 5) as `black day’ as the government has not regularised their services and brought them on par with their counterparts receiving full grant-in-aid. Around 60,000 teachers, including those on contract, have vowed...
Bhubaneswar: The state department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) has decided to bring the educated physically challenged youths under one umbrella to train them and facilitate their employment and induction into the workforce. Irked by the low number of applications...
Islamabad: Polling is underway in Pakistan Parliament here and the provincial assemblies in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta to elect the country's 13th president via the secret ballot system. In the running for the post are Dr Arif Alvi of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI);...
Bhubaneswar: Inspector in-charge (IIC) of Jatni police station was Monday arrested on charges of demanding and accepting Rs 50,000 as bribe from a victim who wanted a penal section charged against him to be removed. The victim was identified as Sumit Mangaraj of Kudiari village...
Bilaspur: A letter was sent to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik demanding a ransom of Rs 50 crore, following which an inmate of Bilaspur district jail was identified as its sender, a police official said Monday. In the letter, the prisoner, Pushpendra Nath Chouhan (40),...
Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has beefed up security at the Assembly and surrounding areas in view of the Monsoon Session beginning Tuesday. A team of Special Police Forces and commandos will be deployed for security along with local police units. Speaking to Orissa POST, Police...
Bhubaneswar: Residents of Naibuga village under Jhumpura tehsil in Keonjhar district have accused mining companies of flouting several laws and destroying their living space while threatening to stage a protest in the capital. Raya Munda, an Adivasi from the village, said that MSTP Mohanty Iron...
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