Two arrested for impersonating Home Dept officers, cheating police job aspirants of Rs 1.47 crore

Bhubaneswar, November 12: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch has arrested two persons for impersonating as State Home Department officers and cheating at least 38 police job aspirants of Rs 1.47 crore, said an EOW statement. The arrested persons identified as Baikunthanath Naik and Bhimsen Moharana were being forwarded to the […]

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‘Subidha Sakhis’ to help urban poor in availing welfare benefits in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, November 8: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken yet another step to ensure benefits of various welfare schemes of the Government reach its eligible beneficiaries in a hassle-free manner. The State’s largest civic body has engaged specially-trained volunteers called ‘Subidha Sakhi’, a one-of-its-kind initiative to help the urban poor in availing benefits of […]

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Odisha CM inaugurates new RTO-1 building equipped with Smart Queue Management

Bhubaneswar, November 1: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated the newly built Annex Building of Odisha State Guest House and the New Building of RTO-1 (Regional Transport Office) equipped with Smart Queue Management inaugurated here. He also inaugurated the WelcomHotel at Dumuduma built by ITC group. The Annex Building of State Guest House is […]

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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announces 34 child-friendly police stations

Bhubaneswar, October 26: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday directed to set up child-friendly police stations in each of the 34 police districts in the State. “The Chief Minister has directed for establishment 34 child-friendly police stations, realising the need for child friendly environment within police station for kids, who would be coming to police […]

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Odisha STF seizes 1.43 kg brown sugar, arrests inter-State drug peddler

Bhubaneswar, October 21: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch has seized 1.43 kg brown sugar and arrested one inter-State drug peddler on Wednesday following a raid in Tangi area in Cuttack district, said a STF release on Thursday. “On the basis of intelligence input, a raid was conducted by a team […]

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Bhubaneswar Smart City organises Special Heritage Walk in Old Town

Bhubaneswar, October 3: Celebrating the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) on Sunday organised a Special Heritage Walk in the Old Town area of the capital city here following all the COVID appropriate behaviour. As part of a three-day long celebration of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, today’s theme was a […]

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Odisha to organise Agri Conclave on October 8

Bhubaneswar, September 29: Odisha is all set to organise an Agri Conclave on October 8 where big players in the agriculture sector will be invited to join the event. It will showcase the availability of surplus agricultural produces and create market linkages for agricultural and allied sector produces in the State, said an official release. […]

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Tusker gets stuck at Cuttack’s Mundali barrage in Mahanadi

Cuttack, September 24: A tusker got stuck near Mundali bridge in Cuttack district due to strong water current in Mahanadi river. According to reports, a herd of 17 elephants crossed the river near Mundali. All other elephants were able to cross the river except this one. The water level is very high near the spot […]

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BMC identifies 75 locations vulnerable to flooding in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, September 22: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified as many as 75 locations vulnerable to flooding during the monsoon and heavy rains in the State capital city. According to BMC Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Singh, the Civic Body, which is fully committed to finding and implementing solutions to the problem, has identified as many […]

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Varsha Priyadarshini’s ‘Ama Pathaagaara’ to build libraries across Odisha

Bhubaneswar, September 22: The fourth edition of Ama Pathaagaara, an initiative by noted actor and social activist Varsha Priyadarshini, was held at Satyabhama Devi College for Hearing Impaired here on Wednesday. As part of the programme, Varsha donated a variety of books for the students of the College and interacted with them. The event began […]

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