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Bhubaneswar, Sep 17: The Khurda District and Sessions Judge Court here on Wednesday directed the State Government to give Rs 25 lakh compensation each to the kin of the seven engineering students, who were washed away in Mahanadi due to untimely release of water from the Hirakud reservoir on January 30, 1998.  “The Court has […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 17: In a bid to strengthen intelligence network ahead of Nabakalebara festival (formation of new idols) at the Jagannath temple in Puri, slated to be held in 2015, the Odisha Government has created a total of 22 posts to work at District Intelligence Bureau, Puri. The appointment which will be done purely on […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 16: Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd. (OPGC) on Tuesday has handed over a cheque of Rs16.25 crore to the Chief Minister of towards the state’s share of dividend for the year 2013-14. The cheque was handed over to the Chief Minister by the OPGC Managing Director Sankaran Subramaniam and others in presence of […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 15: After a gap of two years, the Utkal University authorities here on Monday decided to hold students’ union polls in the premier institute this year but with a condition that it can cancel the election process if any disturbances take place in the university campus before September 29, the day of students’ […]

Railway officials monitoring CCTV surveillance system Bhubaneswar, 15: In a bid to boost security arrangements, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has installed 32 IP-based Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras at vantage points at the Bhubaneswar railway station here.  ECoR General Manager Rajiv Vishnoi reviewed the system at the station on Monday. The cameras have been installed […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 15: Acting on a complaint filed by Angul-based Human Rights Watch secretary Sangita Swain over a kidney racket , the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the State Government; calling for a response in four weeks. The notice, as per which the Health Secretary and the Director General of […]

Minister Bijayashree Routray Bhubaneswar, Sep 15:  Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Bijayashree Routray on Monday landed in a fresh controversy with allegedly assaulting some mediapersons here at his Secretariat chamber. Source said the Minister physically assaulted certain electronic media people who were questioning him about the Ghangapatana land scam. Sources added that the Minister […]

 Minister Ashok Chandra Panda speaking at the workshop Bhubaneswar, Sep 14: A workshop on geo-heritage and geo-tourism potential of Odisha was organised by Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists (SGAT) in association with Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH). Inaugurating the workshop Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Chandra Panda laid emphasis on […]

Madhu Mohanty More BJD leaders under CBI scanner  Bhubaneswar, Sep 14: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), investing the mega chit-fund scam on Sunday arrested Odia TV Channel ‘Kamyab TV’ owner Manoj Das and Odia newspaper ‘Odisha Bhaskar’ owner Madhu Mohanty on charges of having links with chit firm Artha Tatwa Group’s (AT) financial irregularities. […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 14: A day after 28 senior women hockey players, all of them resident of Sundargarh district, fleeing from Bhubaneswar Sports Hostel alleging poor service and reached their home district on Saturday night, Raghunathpali MLA Subrat Tarai and Rourkela Additional District Magistrate (ADM) K Sudarshan Chakra said they will hold discussion with the Youth […]