Tag: State News

Bhubaneswar, Sep 18: Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh has suggested to the State Government merger of Odisha Police Signal Establishment at Cuttack with State Crime Record Bureau (SCRB) functioning at Bhubaneswar. The DGP suggested this in order to make Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and  Systems (CCTNS) programme more effective in the police […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 18: Odisha police is yet to find any concrete evidences against any Government officials in the sensitive Kalahandi incident. The incident involved a person, Dana Majhi (42), who carried the body of his wife for around 10 km as no vehicle or ambulance was provided by the district administration. “During inquiry no such […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 17: The Chhattisgarh Janata Congress led by Ajit Jogi who was critical of Odisha Government for opposing projects being constructed upstream Mahanadi by his State has come out in support of the ruling BJD who has been opposing controversial Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh. In support of BJD’s protest against Polavaram project, Jogi […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 17: Dissatisfied over the report of the Kandhamal police into the allegation of rape and subsequent pregnancy of a tribal girl student and illegal abortion of the fetus, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Director General of Police (DGP) for a fresh probe and submission of a report.  Rights campaigner […]

Cuttack, Sep 16: At a time when Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was leaving for New Delhi to attend a tripartite meeting on Mahanadi river water dispute, petitioner Barada Prasanna Patnaik on Friday filed a miscellaneous case in the Orissa High Court on Friday seeking to arraign Patnaik and Central Water Commission (CWC) as additional opposite […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 16: All eyes will be on Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s argument at the proposed tripartite meeting between him, his Chhattisgarh counterpart Raman Singh and Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Mahanadi river water dispute on Saturday in New Delhi. Though the Chief Minister claimed that the State Government was fully prepared […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 16: East Coast Railway (ECoR) is all set to launch a special cleanliness campaign to mark Swachh Rail-Swachh Bharat- Swachh Saptah on Saturday. The campaign would culminate on September 25. The campaign would be conducted in the ECoR jurisdiction involving “Swachh Paryavaran-Clean Environment”, “Swachh Station-Clean Station”, “Swachh Railgadi-Clean Train”, “Swachh Neer-Clean Water”, “Swachh […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 16: With healthcare technology undergoing a revolution in the past decade, the SOA University here is focusing on the establishment of a superlative Centre for Bio-mechanical Engineering soon, university vice-chancellor Prof Amit Banerjee said on Friday. “We are planning to set up this facility for intense research. The university already has an inter-disciplinary […]

Cuttack, Sep 16: Almost a month after a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case was registered against them, Vigilance sleuth on Friday arrested a doctor couple working at Government-run Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre (AHRCC) on charges of corruption. Vigilance sleuths said that the doctor couple Dr Surendranath Senapati and his wife Dr Diptirani Samanta had allegedly […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 16: Expressing gratitude to various people’s organisations for their suggestions on Mahanadi river water dispute, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday said he was going to Delhi with a lot of hope that the Central Government will listen to the voice of Odisha and do justice to its people. “I am thankful to […]