Month: September 2016

Bhubaneswar, Sep 30: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday moved court seeking permission to attach the Seashore Group’s properties worth Rs 9.60 crore here, sources said. The ED, , probing the multi-crore chit fund scam, formally approached the Khurda District and Sessions Judge Court to this effect to attach two plots in Bhubaneswar and Angul […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 30: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) had extended financial assistance to the tune of Rs 8,400 crore to Odisha during 2015-16.  The Nabard provided funds for lending to farmers, construction of rural infrastructure like roads and bridges and irrigation structures. During the current year, the Nabard has set a […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 30: S Nayak, Commissioner of Railway Safety, South Eastern Circle, Kolkata under Ministry of Civil Aviation will hold a statutory inquiry into Thursday’s train accident at the Kathajodi station near Cuttack which left two dead and many injured. The inquiry will commence from on Monday at 10 am at Officers Rest House, East […]

Cuttack, Sep 29: Odisha on Thursday sought central force for the smooth celebration of Durga Puja, which coincides with the Muharram. Keeping in view several incidents of communal tension witnessed during the recent Ganesh Puja in Balasore, Rourkela and Kendrapara, DGP KB Singh has sought at least four companies (more than 400 personnel) of Rapid […]

Cuttack, Sep 29: Two people, including a woman have been reportedly killed and several injured in a collision between a Passenger train and a Goods train moving in a single track near Kathjodi Station here on Thursday evening. Railway sources said the Bhubaneswar-Bhadrak passenger train hit the goods train from behind allegedly due to wrong […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 29: The State Government has revised freight rate for transportation of minerals in five districts of Odisha for the second time since August 2015. The notification to this effect was issued by the Government pursuant to the Orissa High Court order, which had earlier this year directed the Government to finalise the freight […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 29: The State Government on Thursday cleared two investment proposals worth Rs 224 crore. The Single Window Clearance Authority Meeting held today under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi approved the proposal of the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperatives (IFFCO) and Well Spun Odisha Steel Pvt Ltd. IPICOL General Manager Kalayan Mohanty […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 29: The SOA University conducted a free comprehensive heart check up by its senior cardiologists at the Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital on Thursday marking the World Heart Day on Thursday. The Department of Cardiac Sciences of the hospital also conducted free ECG and special check up for persons who had […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 29: Normal life was affected on Thursday across the State, including Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, with over 18,000 private buses commencing an 24-hour strike, protesting the arrest owner of ‘Maharaja’ a bus which met an accident near Manitri of Athmallick in Angul district on September 9 killing 19 persons. The private buses will stay off […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 28: The East Coast Railways (ECoR) has announced several changes in the running of trains in its jurisdiction which will be effective from October 1 along with the new railway timetable, said a ECoR statement. The timings of 44 trains including 33 express and 11 local passenger trains have been revised in this […]