Tag: State News

Bhubaneswar, Oct 1: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch has arrested one Somanath Adhikari in connection with two bank fraud cases worth Rs 7 crore. He was arrested from Delhi Airport on Thursday by a special EOW team. He was produced in a local court here on Saturday. In both the cases […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 1: Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Narasingha Mishra on Saturday urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh to protect the people of Belbahali locality, where a bridge is proposed to constructed over river Kusei, and to ensure their freedom of movement […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 1: Essar Power Ltd (EPoL) announced that it has completed Phase I (2×30 MW) of the 120 MW Paradip Power Plant following the synchronisation of the 30 MW second unit with Odisha grid on September 28. With this milestone, Essar Power’s installed capacity now stands at 4,705 MW. The 120 MW imported coal […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 30: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday moved court seeking permission to attach the Seashore Group’s properties worth Rs 9.60 crore here, sources said. The ED, , probing the multi-crore chit fund scam, formally approached the Khurda District and Sessions Judge Court to this effect to attach two plots in Bhubaneswar and Angul […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 30: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) had extended financial assistance to the tune of Rs 8,400 crore to Odisha during 2015-16.  The Nabard provided funds for lending to farmers, construction of rural infrastructure like roads and bridges and irrigation structures. During the current year, the Nabard has set a […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 30: S Nayak, Commissioner of Railway Safety, South Eastern Circle, Kolkata under Ministry of Civil Aviation will hold a statutory inquiry into Thursday’s train accident at the Kathajodi station near Cuttack which left two dead and many injured. The inquiry will commence from on Monday at 10 am at Officers Rest House, East […]

Cuttack, Sep 29: Odisha on Thursday sought central force for the smooth celebration of Durga Puja, which coincides with the Muharram. Keeping in view several incidents of communal tension witnessed during the recent Ganesh Puja in Balasore, Rourkela and Kendrapara, DGP KB Singh has sought at least four companies (more than 400 personnel) of Rapid […]

Cuttack, Sep 29: Two people, including a woman have been reportedly killed and several injured in a collision between a Passenger train and a Goods train moving in a single track near Kathjodi Station here on Thursday evening. Railway sources said the Bhubaneswar-Bhadrak passenger train hit the goods train from behind allegedly due to wrong […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 29: The State Government has revised freight rate for transportation of minerals in five districts of Odisha for the second time since August 2015. The notification to this effect was issued by the Government pursuant to the Orissa High Court order, which had earlier this year directed the Government to finalise the freight […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 29: The State Government on Thursday cleared two investment proposals worth Rs 224 crore. The Single Window Clearance Authority Meeting held today under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi approved the proposal of the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperatives (IFFCO) and Well Spun Odisha Steel Pvt Ltd. IPICOL General Manager Kalayan Mohanty […]