Kendrapada: Residents of several villages in Kendrapada’s Rajkanika block on Friday sat on an indefinite dharna demanding drinking water as they placed empty buckets and pots in front of the panchayat office.“We have been facing a severe water crisis for the last three months since four tubewells in our village are defunct. The sole working…
Cuttack: The Orissa high court has recorded significant headway in Rs 496-crore Branch Storm Water Channel project, a key anti-flooding initiative for Cuttack, with final design approvals now secured and tendering set to begin by mid-June.Monitoring the progress of the project on Thursday, a two-judge bench, comprising Justices K R Mohapatra and V Narasingh, took…
Pranati Nayak with coach Ashok Mishra Bhubaneswar is set to host the Junior & Senior Artistic Gymnastics National Championships at Kalinga Stadium from Apr 25 to May 3.The tournament will feature over 600 gymnasts from across the country competing in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics (MAG) and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) events, including team championships, individual all-around,…
Bhubaneswar: The state govt on Friday transferred 17 Indian Forest Service officers and gave additional charges to three, replacing deputy director of Similipal Tiger Reserve (south division) and regional chief conservator of forests (RCCF) of Sambalpur circle.The new deputy director of Similipal south is Sumit Kumar Kar, who was divisional forest officer (DFO), Dhenkanal. He…
Balangir: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday inaugurated and laid foundation stones for several development projects in the district at a public meeting to mark Panchayati Raj Day at Gandhi Stadium here.Addressing the gathering, Majhi underscored the role of the panchayati raj system in strengthening grassroots democracy and highlighted rural welfare schemes rolled out by…
Berhampur: The additional district and sessions judge court, Paralakhemundi, in Gajapati district on Friday sentenced a 45-year-old man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for killing his 35-year-old wife in their house at Adagan under Garabandh police station limits over four years ago.The judge, Bibhu Prasad Panda, has also imposed a fine Rs 10,000 on…
Bhubaneswar: The state crime branch on Friday arrested a 56-year-old man from Delhi for his alleged involvement in a cybercrime syndicate that defrauded a 37-year-old businessman of Bhubaneswar of Rs 2 crore through an online investment scam.Police identified the accused as Vinay Kumar Sharma, an IT consultant of Janakpuri in West Delhi. The crime branch…
Berhampur: Two orphan minor girls, who were rescued by the Gajapati district administration from Mohana area, about four years ago, found new parents and a home in Italy on Friday. A couple from Florence, working as an associate professor and agriculture technical officer, declared to adopt the sisters aged 12 and 14 years at Paralakhemundi….
Cuttack: The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) on Friday launched an eviction drive to clear illegal encroachments along multiple stretches of the city, including from CDA Sector-1 to Krushak Bazar and another key stretch from Chandi Mandir to Stewart School.According to CMC officials, more than 70 illegal structures, comprising temporary sheds, roadside stalls, and unauthorized extensions,…
Bhubaneswar: The state govt on Friday suspended Bhupinder Singh, additional tehsildar of Khariar in Nuapada district, and initiated disciplinary proceedings against him under the Odisha Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1962.Singh, an Odisha Revenue Service officer, will remain under suspension pending further action. During this period, his headquarters was fixed at the office…
