Bhubaneswar: The special crime unit (SCU) of city police have seized 370 grams of brown sugar and arrested three persons in an operation, police said on Saturday.The accused were identified as Sameer Khan alias Muna, 44, Sk Irsad Mohammad alias Surya, 23, and Munaf Khan alias Mona, 22. Police said all 3 were residents of…
Bhubaneswar: The Jagannath Temple in Puri received donations worth about Rs 304.57 crore over the past 13 years and nearly 58kg of gold in the last 43 years, according to data presented in the Odisha assembly on Saturday.State law minister Prithiviraj Harichandan, replying to a written question by BJD legislator Dhruba Charan Sahoo, said, “Between…
Bhubaneswar: Police seized 10 drones which were illegally being flown over the Jagannath temple in Puri in the past 20 months, state law minister Prithiviraj Harichandan informed the assembly on Saturday.Responding to a written query from BJD MLA Pratap Keshari Deb, Harichandan said that 10 cases were registered at the Singhadwar police station since June…
Bhubaneswar: IMD forecast on Sunday said at least 12 districts in the state might witness light rain or thunderstorm activities next two days, Monday and Tuesday. The precipitation might occur under the influence of a well-marked out low pressure area that persists over the southwest Bay of Bengal. Bhubaneswar: Govt Clears ₹44k-Cr Projects, Police Killed,…
Security forces eliminated two Maoists, including a woman cadre, in Kandhamal’s dense forests (File Photo) BHUBANESWAR/BERHAMPUR: Security forces killed two Maoists, including a woman cadre, during an exchange of fire in the dense forests of Kandhamal district on Sunday, Among the deceased was a platform party committee member – equivalent to a divisional committee member…
Bhubaneswar: Safety concerns have risen on major city roads with unbarricaded utility trenches and exposed cables continue to dot Jaydev Vihar-Nandankanan road and, more recently, Airport Road and Jagamara Road. Commuters complain that digging for utility pipes and electrical or gas pipelines is being carried out right on the carriageway, with the excavated stretches left…
Bhubaneswar: The city police on Sunday launched an investigation a day after a woman accused an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of raping her at his residence in Bhubaneswar last month.“We have registered a rape case and are verifying her allegations,” said commissioner of police S. Dev Datta Singh. The officer’s identity and the circumstances…
Cuttack: The Orissa high court has quashed two orders of a judge that had allowed 50 sub-inspectors (SIs) of police to submit their annual property declarations beyond the govt-extended deadline, holding that courts cannot step into the executive’s domain to grant further relaxation.A division bench of Justices Krishna Shripad Dixit and Chittaranjan Dash, in a…
Rules of engagement DG (prisons) Susanta Nath’s outburst has created quite a buzz. His exchange with the media over controversies plaguing his department has gone viral on social platforms, sparking widespread debate. Talking about a series of jail-related issues, Nath had remarked that the prison department was unique in that “almost everyone was facing one…
Hirod Patel plucks bottleguard three years ago Rourkela: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the 131st episode of his Mann Ki Baat radio programme on Sunday, lauded 35-year-old Hirod Patel, a farmer of Sundargarh, for shifting from conventional paddy cultivation to a smart, integrated vertical farming system.Three years ago, this farmer drew all attention to his…
