Berhampur: Ganjam district administration on Friday demolished four brick kiln units in Aska tehsil for allegedly operating illegally in violation of different norms, including environment and pollution.The illegal brick kiln units located in three villages, including Alipur (2 units) and one unit each in Rishipur and Karatali revenue circles, said Sangeeta Sen, Aska tehsildar. The…
Bhubaneswar: The state crime branch on Friday arrested three persons, including a man from Bihar and a couple from Angul district, in connection with two separate cyber fraud cases amounting to Rs 3.5 crore.Prins Raj (31) of Begusarai in Bihar was taken into custody for his alleged role in an online trading scam. According to…
Rajnagar MLA Dhruba Sahoo meets the farmer’s family members Kendrapada: The death of a farmer in Kendrapada district on Wednesday night has sparked a war of words between BJD and BJP over procurement delays. The farmer, Trilochan Nayak, had allegedly been waiting for four days to get his paddy weighed at a nearby rice mill.“Nayak…
Berhampur: Police on Friday arrested a 33-year old man from Digapahandi for allegedly supplying pre-activated SIM cards to cyber criminals about five years ago. The accused was identified as Prasanta Behera of Digapahandi. tnnThe SIM agent had issued the card to the accused by following the mandatory KYC (know your customer) norms. He obtained the…
Parking area of Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: The Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) authorities has flagged serious concerns about the security and safety of flyers, drawing the city police commissioner’s attention towards rampant antisocial activities in parking areas.Airport director Prasanna Pradhan wrote a long letter to police commissioner S Dev Datta Singh in…
Cuttack Dahibara Aludam Day on March 1 Cuttack: The district administration is all set to celebrate ‘Cuttack Dahibara Aludam Day’ on March 1, highlighting the city’s most loved street delicacy.The festival, being celebrated for second year, will be held on lower Baliyatra ground. Over 50 popular ‘dahibara’ vendors from different parts of the city will…
Asian Athletics Association and Athletics Federation of India officials in Bhubaneswar on Friday Asian Athletics Association (AAA) officials inspected the indoor athletics track at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Friday regarding India’s willingness to host the 2028 Asian Indoor Athletics meet.Athletics Federation of India (AFI) had submitted its bid to host the event last year…
Sonepur railway station, one of the stations covered under the project The Khurda Road–Balangir new railway line was first surveyed on Jan 1, 1947, with the original alignment, largely parallel to the Mahanadi, being planned as a 286-km route with an estimated cost of Rs 4.98 crore and a rate of return (ROR) of (-)…
An elephant overpass between Adenigarh and Charichhak stations. Odisha, on an average, reports 85 elephant deaths annually, according to govt data Khurda Road-Balangir new railway line – a 301km-long project conceived even before India became independent, is finally nearing full completion by early next year. One of the country’s oldest pending railway projects, it passes…
Cuttack: Orissa high court on Friday dismissed an election petition filed against BJP MLA and minister Pradeep Bal Samanta, upholding his 2024 victory from Sukinda assembly constituency.Former MLA Pritiranjan Ghadei of BJD, who lost to Samanta by a margin of 9,577 votes, filed the election petition. Ghadei had questioned Samant’s election to the assembly, alleging…
