BHUBANESWAR: Police on Saturday booked BJP MLA Nabin Kumar Jain for allegedly firing blanks during Ram Navami procession in Titlagarh town of Balangir district.According to the police, the Titlagarh MLA fired three rounds from his licensed pistol in a celebratory mood during the procession in the evening where hundreds of people, including BJP supporters, took…

1,000 litres of waste water is used for the plants every day Bhubaneswar: For better use of waste water generated from sewerage treatment plants (STP) and faecal sludge treatment plants (FSTP), Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to water trees along medians in city’s arterial roads, vacant spaces where plantation has been taken up and…

Cuttack: Stressing that projects serving larger public interest must proceed unhindered, the Orissa high court has directed police authorities in Jagatsinghpur to ensure smooth construction of a rural road after removal of encroachments on govt land.The case pertained to a 256-metre stretch of road at Dharadharpur under Raghunathpur tehsil, sanctioned under the Mukhya Mantri Gramya…