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Bhubaneswar authorities are planning stricter regulations for marriage processions following citizen complaints about traffic jams and noise pollution. Concerns raised include blocked roads, loud music, and inadequate parking near venues. Mayor Sulochana Das confirmed existing rules on routes, timings, and sound systems will be enforced with police collaboration, aiming to curb public nuisance and ensure…

Industries minister Sampad Chandra Swain Bhubaneswar: Industries minister Sampad Chandra Swain on Wednesday directed officials to ensure grounding of projects worth Rs 3 lakh crore worth by the time the Mohan Majhi-led govt completes two years in June. So far, projects worth Rs 2.4 lakh crore have been either inaugurated or had their foundation stones…

Kendrapada: Police on Wednesday detained a 31-year-old man for allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman and throwing her from the fourth floor of his house in Jagatsinghpur district early on Monday, leading to her death.The woman’s naked body, bearing multiple injury marks, was found on Monday morning. India: PM Modi’s Israel Visit, Chennai Indigo Chaos, Yogi…

Jharsuguda: Jharsuguda police ensured immediate financial assistance to the families of the five personnel, who died in the road accident on Feb 22. Nominees of four deceased police personnel received Rs 1.1 crore each, while the nominee of the home guard received Rs 30 lakh. IG (Northern range) Himanshu Lal said police completed all required…

Sambalpur: Workers under the banner of Odisha Kendu Patra Karmachari Sangha on Wednesday announced a statewide agitation from March 17, alleging prolonged govt inaction on key demands like wages, job security and welfare benefits.At a press conference, sangha adviser Sanjit Mohanty said that despite repeated appeals, long-pending grievances of pluckers, binders and seasonal staff remain…

Jharsuguda: Members of Team Save Social Organisation on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to the station manager of Jharsuguda railway station seeking immediate replacement of the National Flag with the Ashok Chakra missing, hoisted on the premises.The issue came to light after a member of the organisation noticed that the Ashoka Chakra was missing from the…

Berhampur: The Kandhamal administration has issued a showcause notice to the headmaster of a high school in Nuagaon, run by the SC & ST development department, after a group of Class X students went to their examination centre on a tractor on the first day of HSC exam on Feb 19.Kandhamal collector Ved Bhushan said…

Sambalpur: A woman sanitation worker was critically injured after a speeding car hit her at Sindurpank on the outskirts of Sambalpur city on Wednesday morning.The accident took place around 7.30 am while Pinki Nayak (37) of Nuapada was sweeping the main road as part of her daily duty. According to sources, a car allegedly rammed…

The protesters demanded the govt to announce a definitive time period for declaration Bhubaneswar: Alumni of Sailabala (SB) Women’s College and members of the intelligentsia joined college students, who have been agitating on the campus in Cuttack for over 1 month, demanding university status for the institution.They staged a dharna outside the college and demanded…

Panic gripped NIT Rourkela Tuesday as a female elephant and calf entered the campus, halting classes. Forest officials launched an extensive operation, successfully guiding the animals out by evening. Meanwhile, efforts continued to deter another group of three elephants from approaching residential areas, ensuring campus safety. Rourkela: Panic swept through the NIT Rourkela campus on…