A BJP MLA collects Rajya Sabha nomination paper set from the assembly Bhubaneswar: BJP, which is comfortably placed to win two of the four Rajya Sabha seats that will fall vacant on April 2, is preparing to field three candidates, it is reliably learnt, preparing the ground for a contest that was last seen in…
BHUBANESWAR: The inventory of Jagannath Temple’s Ratna Bhandar will commence on March 25, temple chief administrator Arabinda Kumar Padhee announced on Monday.The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has not fixed a timeline for completion of the exercise, though the Orissa high court had directed the govt on Jan 27 to finish the process within three…
BHUBANESWAR: In the after-math of the recent death of five people in two separate blasts during illegal prepa-ration of explosives in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, the commissionerate police ha-ve come up with a reward scheme with an intention to curb such unlawful activities.According to the officials, a cash prize of Rs 10,000 will be given to…
Bhubaneswar: Night after night, Odia families in Bahrain are learning a new routine: keep phones charged, track alerts and scan the sky for the next flash.The West Asia turmoil, fuelled by the Israel-Iran war, pushed fear into ordinary apartments where Odia people built lives around steady jobs and remittances. Now, as Iranian missiles fall in…
Balasore: The Balasore police on Monday arrested three persons and seized contraband ganja, firearms, ammunition and vehicles during a midnight operation near Tamulia bridge under Sadar police station limits.The arrested trio was identified as Manoj Das alias Kalia (27) of Bhoisahi in Balasore town; Raju alias Gangadhar Das (38) of Tundra under Khantapada police station…
Plumes of smoke as seen from a street in Bahrain Bhubaneswar: Amid more explosions across Gulf states, members of Odia Samaj in UAE and Bahrain have sought the intervention of the Indian govt for the safety of Odias either staying or working there.Members of Odia Samaj in UAE, led by its president Amiya Mishra, held…
Cuttack: A 32-year-old IT professional from Cuttack has been stranded in Doha after his flight to Romania was forced to return mid-air due to escalating conflict in the region.Prateek Dev Das, a resident of Tinikonia Bazar in Cuttack, had begun his journey from Bengaluru to Romania on Feb 28 on an official Deloitte assignment. After…
Bhubaneswar: Debakant Bhuyan, an Odisha-based businessman, who routinely shuttles between East and West Asian markets for deals, expected another tight, familiar transit through Dubai.Instead, he found himself stranded at Dubai International Airport for nearly 18 hours as the region plunged into turmoil, leaving passengers confused.Bhuyan arrived with plans to fly back to Odisha, but the…
Koraput: Nearly seven months after he went absconding in connection with an NDPS case, Rajesh Baliarsingh, the suspended inspector in-charge (IIC) of Astaranga police station in Puri district, on Monday surrendered before the district judges court in Jeypore.Baliarsingh is accused of having links with an illegal cannabis trafficking network and allegedly providing shelter to ganja…
Flames spotted near Jharsuguda airport Jharsuguda: A fire broke out near the IOCL terminal building close to Veer Surendra Sai Airport on Monday noon but was contained within two hours, with no reported flight disruptions.Officiating airport director Upendra Nath Dhaundia said the AAI fire service received a call from IOCL around 12 noon reporting the…
