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Bhubaneswar: A day after the Orissa High Court directed the State Government to suspend Jharsuguda Collector-cum-District Magistrate Jyoti Ranjan Pradhan for disobeying its orders; the Government on Wednesday issued a notification ordering the same. Jharsuguda Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Pradip Sahu was given the additional charge of Jharsuguda Collector. According to reports, a bench of […]
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Bhubaneswar: At least eight people have lost their lives due to rain and flood-related incidents in Odisha, informed Special Relief Commissioner (SSRC) Bishnupada Sethi on Tuesday. While two persons have died in Kalahandi district, Nabarangpur, Kandhamal, Malkangiri have recorded one death each either due to flash flood, snakebites or mudslides. In last 24 hours, Odisha […]
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Bhubaneswar: At a time when Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is focusing on 5Ts that aims at ensuring good governance and achieving progress through Transparency, Teamwork, Technology, Time and Transformation, an example of how officers flout norms, paying no attention to his good governance mantra has come to the fore in the appointment process of OPTCL […]
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Bhubaneswar: At least 1,497 elephants have died in Odisha since 1990 due to various reasons, most of them being unnatural deaths. “About 1,497 elephant deaths have been recorded in the state since 1990 till 2019. It is shocking that at least 718 elephant deaths have been recorded in the last nine years and five months […]
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Nandankanan: Tigress ‘Priyanka’ died at Nandankanan Zoological Park on Monday. She was unwell for the past two years due to old age-related ailments Aged about 19 years 5 months Priyanka was born on March 25, 2000 from Ashok and Tanuja. She died today at 10.30 am, sources in the zoo said. The death was due […]
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Kendrapara: A case of instant “triple talaq” was registered in Pattamundai in Kendrapara district after a man allegedly divorced his wife over phone and said “talaq” thrice. The matter came to light days after the Triple Talaq Bill passed by both houses of Parliament became a law after getting the President’s assent. The accused identified […]
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Cuttack: Bijay Kumar Sharma took additional charge as Director General of Odisha Police on Thursday at the State police headquarters here. He took charge from outgoing DGP Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma, who was appointed as the Lokayukta Member. The 1986-batch IPS officer will continue to discharge his responsibilities as DG (Fire Services), Commandant General (Home […]
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Cuttack/Subarnapur: The Tarava police station in Subarnapur district has been adjudged as one of the 10 best police stations in the country on its performance in smart policing, citizen centric and women and child friendly policing and better grievance redressal mechanism. Weightage was also given to the police station’s infrastructure and citizen feedback on performance […]
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Bhubaneswar: The State Government on Wednesday effected a major reshuffle in the bureaucracy. According to a State Government notification, 1986-batch IAS officer Asit Kumar Tripathy was given additional charge as Chief Administrator KBK. Tripathy is now the Development Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary (Home). His batch mate SP Thakur was appointed as Gopabandhu Academy of […]
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Bhubaneswar: At least eight trains were cancelled and five others diverted and seven more partially cancelled on Wednesday due to flood-like situation in Daikalu-Ambadola section of Rayagada-Titlagarh route following incessant rain since the last two days. The train which were cancelled include, Sambalpur-Koraput Passenger (58301), Koraput-Sambalpur Passenger (58302), Sambalpur -Junagadh Road Passenger (58303), Junagadh Road-Sambalpur […]
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