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Bhubaneswar: Taking strong note of public resentment over steep penalties being enforced under amended Motor Vehicle Act, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday asked the enforcement agencies not to aggressively go on an overdrive against traffic rule violators for next three months. The Chief Minister appealed to the people to get the papers of their […]
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Bhubaneswar: Setting an example for women everywhere, a girl on Sunday thrashed her molesters and forced them to do sit-ups in Odisha’s capital Bhubaneswar city. The incident took place at GGP Colony in Jagannath Nagar area under Laxmisagar police station. The entire incident was caught on camera has gone viral in social media. As per […]
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Bhubaneswar: Ever since the new Motor Vehicles Act came into force, police across the country have been slapping hefty fines on people for violating traffic rules. But it’s not just the public who is facing the music for not following rules, the law enforcement officials are also being forced to answer for violating rules. Such […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Traffic Police on Wednesday issued a challan of Rs 47,500 to an auto rickshaw driver here under the amended Motor Vehicles Act thereby surpassing the challan of Rs 23,000 issued to a man on scooter by Gurugram Traffic Police on Monday. The challan was issued to Haribandhu Kanhar near Acharya Vihar Square […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Gandhi Peace Foundation of Nepal has appointed Shashanka Sekhar Das, popularly known as the Paperboy, as the Gandhi Peace Ambassador for India. Shashanka is the Limca Book of Records holder for the largest collection of different newspapers of the world and his collection has been adjudged by the Guinness Book of World records […]
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Bhubaneswar: A total of 13 persons have been arrested for forcibly collecting donation (chanda) for Ganesh puja celebrations in the State. According to a communiqué of State Police Headquarters, police have so far registered five cases in Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal, Sundergarh, Rayagada and arrested 13 persons for collecting donations. While Khandagiri police in Bhubaneswar has registered […]
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Bhubaneswar: At least 11 achievers were felicitated by Dadhichi Educational Trust at a programme held at hotel. The awardees were from varied fields like medicine, sports, arts, culture, industry and agriculture. The names of awardees include KIIT and KISS founder Dr Achutya Samanta (Dadhichi Sikhya Jyoti Samman), social activist Padmashree Daitari Nayak (Dadhichi Seva Jyoti […]
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Bhubaneswar: The State Government on Saturday promoted three senior IPS officers to Director General of Police (DGP) rank. According to a notification issued by the General Administration and Public Grievances Department, 1987-batch Odisha cadre IPS Surendra Panwar along with Satyajit Mohanty and Manoj Kumar Chhabra of 1988 batch were promoted to the DGP rank in […]
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Bhubaneswar: At least 11 dynamic achievers would be felicitated with a scroll of honour by Dadhichi Educational Trust on September 3 to celebrate its foundation day. The achievers include KIIT and KISS founder Dr Achutya Samanta, AIIMS Anesthesiology chief Dr Sukdev Nayak, Ruchi managing director Dr Sarat Kumar Sahoo and ITR Chandipur Director and scientist […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Naveen Patnaik Government has once again struck corrupt Government officials and this time dismissed from service six more officers from various departments and directed discontinuation of pension for four retired officers charged with corruption. Junior clerk Sanjit Kumar Ray working with Kuanrmunda Tehsil under Sundergarh Collectorate of Commerce and Transport Department, former Assistant […]
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