Para archer Payal Nag (centre) being felicitated in Bhubaneswar on Friday Bhubaneswar: The Sports & Youth Services Department (DSYS) of govt of Odisha felicitated Odisha para archer Payal Nag for her outstanding performance at the World Para Archery Series 2026 in Bangkok, where she clinched two gold medals and secured qualification for the upcoming Para…
Pradyumna Moharana carves wood Woodcraft by Pradyumna Moharana Woodcraft by Pradyumna Moharana Pradyumna Moharana teaches carving to students Pradyumna Moharana carves wood Woodcraft by Pradyumna Moharana Woodcraft by Pradyumna Moharana Pradyumna Moharana teaches carving to students Pradyumna Moharana carves wood Ashis Senapati Kendrapada: Life has been a long journey for 65-year-old Pradyumna Moharana of Lalitgiri…
Times News NetworkBhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi has dismissed an OAS officer from service for his alleged involvement in corruption, especially irregularities in land administration when he was additional tehsildar of Bhubaneswar, a govt statement said.Chittaranjan Pilla had served as additional tehsildar in Bhubaneswar from 2019-2022 and later joined as deputy collector in Jagatsinghpur. Evidence…
Bhubaneswar: Grappling with a surge in crimes, Odisha police face an equally troubling challenge stemming from recurring allegations of misconduct and highhandedness within the force.Over the past eight months, multiple officers have been suspended on charges ranging from corruption and abuse of power to custodial torture. Experts believe these disciplinary actions have left the department…
BHUBANESHWAR: A truck crashed into a car and dragged it for several kilometres in Bhubaneswar on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.The truck driver was identified as Jagamohan Bhukta (40) from Kantiapada in Boudh district.The people inside the car were safe and no major injuries were reported. According to police, the PCR-6 team, comprising…
Bhubaneswar: Grappling with a surge in crimes, Odisha police face an equally troubling challenge stemming from recurring allegations of misconduct and highhandedness within the force.Over the past eight months, multiple officers have been suspended on charges ranging from corruption and abuse of power to custodial torture. Experts believe these disciplinary actions have left the department…
A worker being rescued from the septic tank on May 26 Bhubaneswar: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the death of six people by alleged suffocation after inhaling toxic gas inside a septic tank under construction in Kalahandi district on May 26.Issuing notices to the Odisha chief secretary (CS) and…
Bhubaneswar: DGP Y B Khurania on Friday warned that hit lists of wanted criminals are being systematically prepared across the state to ensure strict action against them. He emphasized that these hit lists are being compiled at the police station level, ensuring a more targeted and coordinated crackdown.“We continue to maintain a zero-tolerance stance against…
Sambalpur: A Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court in Sambalpur on Friday convicted a man and his family members of subjecting his wife to prolonged physical and mental cruelty.Based on the testimony of six witnesses and documentary evidence, the court sentenced each of the convicts to one year’s rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs…
Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi at Mundamba Industrial Park in Khurda Additional chief secretary (industries) Hemant Sharma speaks to Ashok Pradhan on the state’s approach to industrialisation. ■ Odisha has seen major investment announcements in the past (POSCO, Vedanta, Mittal) that largely did not materialise. What has been done to ensure current projects are actually…
