Special observer for RS polls Anil Jha arrives in city

Bhubaneswar: Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anil Kumar Jha who was appointed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) as the special observer for the Rajya Sabha polls scheduled to be held on February 7, arrived here at Bhubaneswar. Jha will keep a watch on electoral malpractices, if any, including role of money power and […]

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OdishaDiary editor receives Verisign Cyber Ratna Award

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha member Dr Prasanna Patasani has conferred the Verisign Cyber Ratna Award to OdishaDiary, a news website editor Rashmi Ranjan Parida at a glittering function here. Verisign SMB WEB Summit was sponsored by Verisign INC, USA (Worlds Top Domain Registry) and supported by Go daddy India (World’s Largest Registrar).   “Orissadiary.com (OD) has […]

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Four of family found murdered in Dhenkanal

DHENKANAL: In a shocking incident, unidentified miscreants murdered four members of a family including two women in Joranda, the famous seat of Mahima cult, on Sunday. Sources said local people found bodies of their neighbour a mason by profession, Makardhwaj Behera, his wife, son and daughter, with their throat slit open, in the early morning […]

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City police introduces ICLIK facility to check crimes against women

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police on Tuesday introduced a unique facility named an Instant Complaint Logging Internet Kiosk (ICLIK) in order to check crime against women in Bhubaneswar. This unique IT invention to control crimes against women is being implemented for the first time in any city in India. The kiosk was installed in the […]

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City airport authority meet focuses on enhancement of services

Bhubaneswar: The Airport Advisory Committee meeting which was held on Monday at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here under the chairmanship of Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha member Dr Prasanna Patsani discussed many issues related to passenger facilitation aimed at making a user-friendly airport, handling of congestion at airport, cargo operations, and points related to airport functioning, […]

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Computer lab of Nirnaya Trust inaugurated

Bhubaneswar: Nirnaya Trust, a women organization has successfully conducted the inaugural ceremony of its new computer lab with the donation from State Bank of India, local head office (LHO), Bhubaneswar on Sunday on the occasion of Republic Day at Nirnaya office premises, Jaydev Vihar here. The SBI has donated 10 used computers, 10 computer tables/chairs […]

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Pledge to continue to believe in the idea of India: Niranjan

Bhubaneswar: Former Minister and senior Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik on Saturday greeted people of Odisha on the 64th Republic Day and urged every citizen of the state to contribute in the Herculean task of nation building. “Every year, we celebrate this Day with great fervor and relive history. We also pay our tribute to the […]

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INTACH conducts essay, painting contents to mark Netaji Jayanti

Bhubaneswar: About 70 children from various schools of both English and Odia medium participated in essay writing and painting competitions on the subject ‘My living icon’which was held in the Mother’s Public School being organized by INTACH.  Besides, several members of the Chapter, many parents and teachers from different schools also participated in the function. […]

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Soumya asks new Ama Odisha recruits to rope in 10 members each

Bhubaneswar: Exuding confidence that his newly launched party would emerge as a major political force in the state ahead of the next elections, Ama Odisha Party (AOP) founder-president Soumya Ranjan Patnaik on Thursday urged each party worker to rope in at least 10 members from his/her booth within the next 10 days. “This will strengthen […]

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