Market Building violence mastermind arrested

Bhubaneswar: The Twin City Commissionerate Police has Gopinath Nayak, the alleged mastermind in the Market Building violence in which over 30 makeshift shops were damaged and many people sustained injuries. Nayak was apprehended from Gajpati by a team of policemen of the Capital police station here, said Commissioner of Police Sudhanshu Sarangi in a tweet […]

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Transgenders roped in to collect Rs 11 crore pending holding tax in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday roped in transgender community here on Friday in order to collect holding tax from the big defaulters. The group named TG Swikruti Self Help Group (SHG) formally started its work and after identity cards distribution the members with proper uniform started their venture in order to help […]

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Novel coronavirus: Central team visits Odisha, no confirmed case found in State

Bhubaneswar: A four-member Central team on Thursday visited Odisha to take stock of the State Health administration’s preparedness to identify as well as treat any patient infected with the novel coronavirus. The Central Health Ministry team visited the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack and monitored preparedness of the premier hospital to combat Corona […]

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Odisha Govt extends Amnesty Scheme deadline by 15 days  

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has extended the deadline of Sarbakhyama Yojana (Amnesty Scheme) by 15 days to help more and more people apply and take benefit of the scheme to regularise the unauthorised constructions. Earlier, the Government had fixed February 5 as the deadline for the scheme. “The decision to extend the deadline of Sarbakhyama […]

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Amit Shah to chair Eastern Zonal Council meeting in Bhubaneswar on Feb 12

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the Eastern Zonal Council Meeting aimed to review the law and order situation in the eastern region on February 12 in Bhubaneswar. The Chief Minister of five States – Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Sikkim will be attending the meeting of the Council. Ministers, Chief Secretaries […]

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Reduced Mo Bus AC fares to continue till March 31

Bhubaneswar: The Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) has decided to continue the reduced AC fares in technology-driven, citizen friendly ‘Mo bus’ service for the next two months till March 31. “AC bus fare which was slashed up to 38 per cent in December last year will continue till March 31. As a customer caring company […]

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Pramod Jena assumes charge as ECoR Principal Chief Operations Manager

Bhubaneswar: Pramod Kumar Jena, an officer of the 1987-batch of the Indian Railways Traffic Service (IRTS), has taken over as the new Principal Chief Operations Manager (PCOM) of East Coast Railway (ECoR). He has taken over as the head of the Operations wing of the highest-loading Railway zone in the country at a time when […]

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Odisha gets first Virtual Police Station to deal with motor vehicle theft cases

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday inaugurated a Virtual Police Station, or e-police station, a first of its kind in the State. It is an online mechanism established at the State Crime Records Bureau in Bhubaneswar. Having jurisdiction all over the State for the purpose of facilitating lodging of e-FIR in cases of theft […]

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Culling of chickens ordered in Bhubaneswar after bird flu hits OUAT farm

Bhubaneswar: Culling of birds has been ordered in the Poultry Breeding and Research Farm, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) here and also its periphery after samples were found positive for bird flu, a State Government notification said on Monday. After unusual death of nearly […]

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