CM Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurates Odisha Bhawan in New Delhi Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday laid the foundation stone for the new Rs 93.27-crore Odisha Bhavan in New Delhi, a modern complex featuring three basements, seven floors and 45 suites.Majhi said the new building in Chanakyapuri, replacing the old one, will reflect…
The move will improve the quality of life of tribal families by ensuring uninterrupted power supply for lighting, education, healthcare and livelihood activities Cuttack: In a major push towards sustainable development, all remote tribal villages in Cuttack district will be solar powered by the year-end, said collector (Cuttack) Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde on Friday.The initiative aims…
Commuters shield against the sun Bhubaneswar: The IMD forecast on Thursday said both day and night temperature would witness a gradual rise by two to three degrees Celsius in the state during next three days.Such forecast came amid slight fall in night temperature in some pockets of the state. Hill station G Udayagiri in Kandhamal…
Kendrapada: A 26-year-old mason from Jajpur district was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping and impregnating a 17-year-old girl, who worked as a daily labourer with him.The survivor’s mother lodged an FIR on Wednesday, alleging that the accused had been sexually exploiting her daughter for the past five months, resulting in the pregnancy. “Acting on…
Police authorities say their immediate focus is to identify the kingpins and promoters who lure villagers into cultivating the crop on forest land Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the massive hashish oil haul in Koraput forests, another growing problem has come to fore for drug law enforcement authorities in Odisha — illegal opium poppy cultivation….
Deputy director of mines, Debabrata Mohanty Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha vigilance seized a staggering Rs 4.27 crore in alleged ill-gotten cash from the residence of deputy director of mines, Debabrata Mohanty, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and income tax authorities (I-T) are expected to launch parallel investigations to trace the wider black money network.On Thursday,…
Members of Mahanadi Bachao Andolan protest in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: A delegation from Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal, led by chairperson Justice Bela M Trivedi, began a five-day visit of Odisha on Thursday to conduct on-ground assessments at various locations along the river.Odisha advocate general Pitambar Acharya, who accompanied the team in Jharsuguda, said, “Whatever is being…
SP (Koraput) Rohit Verma (centre) with the seized hashish oil following the operation Koraput: In perhaps one of the biggest hauls of hashish oil, popularly known as liquid ganja, police on Thursday seized more than 1,800 litres of the contraband, valued at around Rs 200 crore, deep inside the forests of Koraput districtAlong with the…
Koraput police with the seized narcotics Bhubaneswar: Long known as a hub for illegal ganja cultivation and trade, Malkangiri and Koraput districts are now grappling with a new and more complex challenge — hashish oil — a concentrated form of cannabis which is far harder to detect and intercept.This emerging trend has caught the attention…
KENDRAPADA: A 53-year-old farmer died at his home in Kendrapada district on Wednesday night after reportedly waiting four days for his paddy to be weighed and sold at a nearby rice mill. The deceased has been identified as Trilochan Nayak of Junagadi village under Rajnagar block. His younger brother Durodhan Nayak, 51, said Trilochan had…
