Cordial service for complainants at police stations in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: In order to alleviate fears in complainants and create a cooperative ambience in police stations, the State police introduced basic amenities service at the Saheednagar police station here for the first time on Tuesday.  Under this service, tea, coffee, cold water, pen and paper will be provided to the people visiting the police station […]

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Odisha CM an ‘accused’ in land scam, alleges BJP

Naveen Patnaik Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Bijoay Mohapatra on Tuesday alleged that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is the main accused in land and plot scam and demanded a CBI probe to unearth the truth. Briefing mediapersons here, Mohapatra, a bête-noire of Patnaik, said there is enough evidence to hold the Chief Minister as an accused […]

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Workshop focuses on achieving Millennium Development Goals

Bhubaneswar: With 500 days left to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), people from different walks of life like retired bureaucrats, UNDP officials and NGO representatives here at a workshop to chalk out modalities to achieve the goal. Organized by international child rights organization-Save the Children marking 500 day countdown to MDG achievement beginning from Monday […]

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Eviction begins on court premises for judicial complex in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The joint enforcement squad of the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), General Administration (GA) and Road and Building (R&B) Departments on Monday in the first phase cleared around three of five acres of land of the Khurdha District and Sessions Court premises here for the construction of judicial complex. Nearly 60 […]

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Odia activist moves NHRC over Parliament’s failure to hold business

Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Union Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs to act over a petition alleging failure of the Parliament to deliver justice that ultimately results in violation of basic human rights of the people of the country.  The apex rights panel was moved in this regard by Supreme Court […]

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Honda, Bhubaneswar RTO jointly celebrate 68th I-Day

Bhubaneswar: Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Private Ltd (HMSI) and Regional Transport Office (RTO-II) jointly celebrated 68th Independence Day here at road safety and traffic training park, RTO driving test track at Chandrasekharpur in Bhubaneswar.  Attending the occasion as the chief guest Odisha Additional Transport Commissioner (Tech) Sameer Kumar Panigrahi said that we can only […]

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CBI probe sought into Swami Laxmanananda’s murder

Bhubaneswar: With the Crime Branch probe into the murder of VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati taking no headway even after six years of his assassination, speakers attending a commemoration meeting here sought a CBI probe for immediate arrest of culprits and conspirators involved in the murder. Organised by the Laxmanananda Saraswati Smruti Nyasa, remembrance meeting […]

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Naidu panel summons Maoist leader Sabyasachi

Sabyasachi Panda Bhubaneswar: The Justice AS Naidu Commission probing the killing of VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and subsequent violence in Kandhmal district has issued summons to the arrested Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda to appear before it by September 5 to record his statement. “Summons has already been issued to Sabyasachi Panda through the State […]

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Niranjan demands custodial interrogation of chit fund scamsters

Niranjan Patnaik Bhubaneswar: Former Minister and senior Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik on Sunday demanded that CBI must subject chit fund scamsters to custodial interrogation to expose the larger conspiracy even at this belated stage. “I was not surprised that a prominent BJD leader raided by the CBI is confident that the investigating agency would have […]

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Salesgirl, goldsmith arrested for jewel theft

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate police on Friday arrested two persons, including a salesgirl of Lalchand Jewllers where she has been working for last 12 years here, on the charge of stealing gold ornaments worth Rs 80 lakh. The accused salesgirl, identified as Ranjita Nayak (33), a resident of Badagada Brit Colony here, and Puspa Ranjan Sahu […]

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