Odisha police recently received a lot of applause for their swift response in dealing with the assault of census officials in Dhenkanal. The police wasted no time in arresting the father-son attacker duo, and, in what many are calling a practical demonstration of cause and effect, allegedly gave them a taste of their own medicine…
A mobile tower at Baramunda area falling in flight path Bhubaneswar: Eventwo months after the Biju Patnaik International Airport authorities pointed out that mobile towers in Baramunda area, built within its Obstacle Limitation Surface (OLS) — imaginary surfaces in the airspace around airports — posed danger to the approach path of flights and flouted civil…
Sea of devotees during the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath in Puri Bhubaneswar: The govt has directed the Puri district administration to drastically curtail the number of cordon passes during the upcoming Rath Yatra to ensure smoother crowd management around the chariots.Cordon passes, which grant proximity access to the inner and outer cordons of…
East Coast Railway headquarters Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) will rationalise more than 1,200 posts in 2026-27 as part of a nationwide manpower optimisation drive initiated by Railway Board, according to an official document issued on April 24.Under the zonal targets finalised by the railway ministry, ECoR has been asked to rationalise 1,239 posts, which…
BHUBANESWAR: A 14-year-old girl, who had eloped with her lover, allegedly died by suicide by hanging in Odisha’s Angul on Saturday morning, a day after the man also took his own life following a police case filed by the teenager’s family, officials said.“The girl’s body was found hanging inside the bathroom of a women’s counselling…
Rourkela: A 32-year-old jawan of Odisha Industrial Security Force was arrested on Friday in Sundargarh district for raping a woman on the pretext of marriage. The accused was identified as Ishak Kido. He was working at Mahanadi Coalfields Limited in Hemgir.Police said the accused was in a relationship with the woman, now aged 25, for…
Cuttack: Orissa high court has quashed a Rs 50 lakh compensation recommended by Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) to the family of a Bhubaneswar civic worker, ruling that his duties lacked a direct nexus with Covid-19 management and therefore, did not qualify under the state’s Covid Warrior Scheme.A single-judge bench of Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi…
Around 45 carpenters will soon begin construction using the high-quality sal wood Kendrapada: The endowment trust board of Baladevjew Temple procured 1,200 cubic feet of sal wood from Tomka and Sukinda forest divisions in Jajpur district for the construction of the state’s second-tallest wooden chariot for the annual Rath Yatra.The 64-ft chariot is taller than…
Bhubaneswar: Nearly 8 lakh private vehicles in Odisha, mostly two-wheelers, face the risk of being permanently taken off the road for failing to comply with mandatory pollution under control (PUC) certification, fitness and insurance.Out of the state’s around 90 lakh registered vehicles, these prolonged defaulters fall under the Centre’s newly introduced “permanent archive” category, which…
Bhubaneswar: The govt and aided colleges having a valid grade from National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) will now be given priority for opening self-financing courses in public-private partnership (PPP) mode, according to a standard operating procedure (SOP) released in this regard by higher education department on Saturday, aiming at improving the academic ecosystem and…
