Tag: State News

Bhubaneswar, October 9: One person was killed and 40 others injured in a bus accident near Dhauli on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Jagdal Haldar of Nadia district of West Bengal. The deceased along around 50 persons all from West Begal, came to Odisha to visit Puri and other places.   Sources said the […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 9: The Gau Gyan Foundation (GGF), a Delhi-based NGO on Thursday alleged due to nexus between police personnel and cattle mafias cattle smuggling has become a headache in the State and demanded strict implementation of various laws like the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, the Motor Vehicle Act to check the […]

Preeti Bhatia (File photo) Bhubaneswar, October 8: After gap of few days the CBI sleuths on Wednesday resumed their interrogation spree in the mega chit fund scam and quizzed Mumbai-based model and television serial co-producer Preeti Bhatia for third time in 16 days for her alleged links with Artha Tatwa (AT) group and its chief […]

Bhubaneswar, October 8: Keeping in view the urgent requirement arising out of a recent amendment to the National Banking (Regulation) Act, 1949, the STCI (State Trading Center of India) organized a training camp for bank officials at Bhubaneswar recently. According to information, senior officials of all 17 Central Cooperative Banks in the state attended the […]

Satrughna Biswal (Victim) Bhubaneswar, Oct 5: A journalist sustained injuries after a group of drunken youths residing at a slum near the Panda Nursing Home in Unit III under the Kharavel Nagar police limits on Saturday night attacked him near the Padhi Tutorial at Satya Nagar while he was returning from Saheed Nagar after witnessing […]

Bhubaneswar, October 2: In a significant move towards fulfilling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment towards providing hygienic sanitation facilities for girl students, the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) will contract 1,021 bio-toilets across the country out of which 375 such toilets will be erected in Odisha under Swachh Bharat- Swachh Vidyalaya Scheme. The first […]

Bhubaneswar, October 1: The Quick Action Team (QAT) along with Special Squad of the Commissionerate Police on Wednesday arrested six goons, including a notorious criminal, while they were planning a dacoity here near Laxmi Narayan Temple in Unit-4 area on Tuesday night. Police have seized a country made revolver, three rounds of live ammunition, 2565 […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 29: The Airport Authority of India (AAI) will construct toilets in government schools in the State under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, said a press release issued by it. The move followed the call given by Prime Minister Marendra Modi, during his maiden Independence Day address to ensure that all government schools […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 27: Law Department Under Secretary Bhagaban Prasad Sahoo and his wife are alleged to have tortured their house maid, a minor girl. The matter came to the fore after the victim lodged a complaint in the Kharvel Nagar police station here on Saturday.    According to reports, the Sahoo couple had been physically […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 26: Shree Naman Foundation in  collaboration with Commissionerate Police launched a five-day traffic awareness campaign on Friday here near AG square. Commerce and Transport Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi and Commissioner of Police Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma inaugurated the campaign. The theme of the campaign “Our city is our responsibility-make it an accident free […]