Rourkela: A day after state director general of police Y B Khurania appealed to the Maoists to surrender before the centre’s deadline of March 31, a 19-year-old woman rebel surrendered before Rourkela police on Monday.Mongri Hunanga, a member of the local guerrilla squad of the CPI(Maoist)’s South Chotanagra division, hails from Holomuli village under Chotanagra…
Children make cow dung cake in Kendrapada district Kendrapada: A severe shortage of LPG has forced many people in rural areas of Kendrapada district to switch back to cow-dung cakes for cooking causing a massive surge in demand.“Cow-dung cake has become a valuable commodity, with increased sales in local markets and a significant increase in…
Bhubaneswar: Professor of anatomy, Dr Prabhas Ranjan Tripathy was appointed the new medical superintendent of AIIMS Bhubaneswar on Monday, while his predecessor, radiation oncologist Dr Dillip Kumar Parida, became the dean (academic). After joining AIIMS Bhubaneswar as a founding faculty member and head of the department of radiation oncology in 2013, Dr Parida remained the…
CUTTACK: In a significant judgment, the Orissa high court has quashed an order of the Jagatsinghpur regional transport officer (RTO) suspending registration certificates of multiple trucks which were allegedly involved in illegal transportation of sand.While hearing a number of petitions filed by the truck owners, Justice B P Routray ruled that the authorities had wrongly…
Jharsuguda: In a boost to regional connectivity and trade, cargo operations at Veer Surendra Sai (VSS) Airport, Jharsuguda, are set to commence soon, airport director Upendra Nath Dhaundia said on Monday.The development follows a high-level security vetting conducted by a committee led by J P Baxla, regional director of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security…
BJD president Naveen Patnaik speaks on the row in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: Leader of opposition and former CM Naveen Patnaik on Monday said BJP MP Nishikant Dubey “needs mental doctor’s attention” for his alleged comments about Biju Patnaik, calling them “outrageous”, even as BJD Rajya Sabha MPs staged a walkout on the issue.Dubey, who had claimed…
Bhubaneswar: Safety of govt employees in Odisha has come under sharp focus after official data revealed a surge in workplace assaults. As per chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi’s written reply in the assembly on Monday, 632 on-duty govt employees were attacked in 2024-25, and the number surged by 21% to 767 in 2025-26.The figures, presented…
People block the road in Keonjhar district on Monday Keonjhar: Consumers in Keonjhar town on Monday blocked the Keonjhar–Jharbelda road near Sankarpur village by placing LPG cylinders on the road, protesting disruption in cooking gas distribution. Traffic remained affected for over three hours.Protesters alleged that the local LPG warehouse was locked and no staff had…
Bhubaneswar: Two ambulance drivers were arrested on Monday for the alleged gang rape of a 25-year-old woman from West Bengal on Friday night. Police sources said the crime took place after one of the accused, who is known to the survivor, reportedly offered to drop her at the railway station in his vehicle.The woman had…
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sought the help of Infocity police to stop construction work at a private apartment project in Nandan Vihar area, terming the ongoing activity “unauthorised” and flagging the possibility of a law-and-order situation.In a letter to the inspector in-charge of Infocity police station on Saturday, BMC’s north zone office…
