Cuttack: Ruling that rising road accidents demand proactive safety measures and that courts should not ordinarily interfere with empirical data-based govt policy decisions aimed at protecting public, Orissa high court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL), seeking removal of overhead and mobile barricades at Sector 10 in Cuttack Development Authority (CDA) area.“Safety and security…
Berhampur: A six-year old boy was severely injured after being mauled by stray dogs at Mahanal in Ganjam district’s Patapur block on Friday, triggering panic among locals. The child is undergoing treatment at a private hospital here and his condition is stable.Sources said two children were playing on the road when five dogs suddenly surrounded…
Kendrapada: Ending a 32-year manhunt, police on Friday night arrested a fugitive accused in a 1994 murder case, tracing him to a secret underground chamber inside his house in Jajpur district.The accused, Rabindra Mallick, 58, of Nuahat village under Kuakhia police limits, allegedly killed his 27-year-old cousin Paramananda Mallick with an axe on Oct 21,…
Bhubaneswar: The directorate of elementary education under the school and mass education department has issued showcause notices to 79 block education officers (BEOs) in various districts for alleged delay in forwarding transfer applications of elementary teachers to district education authorities for approval.According to the elementary teachers’ transfer policy of the state govt, the elementary teachers…
Koraput: A major fire broke out at Machkund Hydroelectric Project in Koraput district on Saturday, triggering panic inside the power generation unit and leaving four employees critically affected due to suffocation, officials said. Preliminary reports said the blaze erupted inside the turbine section of the project. “Four workers reportedly got trapped and suffered breathing difficulties…
Rourkela: Rourkela police on Saturday busted a drug trafficking racket operating in Plantsite area and arrested eight persons, including six women. Police seized 220g of heroin worth around Rs 1 crore along with over Rs 2.5 lakh in cash.Addressing a press conference, SP (Rourkela) Nitesh Wadhwani said the raid was conducted under the “Nasha Mukta…
Berhampur: Six people, including two children, of a family were killed, and four others critically injured in a head-on collision between an overloaded autorickshaw and a private passenger bus under Purushottampur police limits in Ganjam district on Friday.Police said the Berhampur-bound bus rammed into the eight-seater autorickshaw, which was carrying around 12 people, including four…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Archaeology signed non-financial memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with IIT-Kharagpur and School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Bhopal, on Friday for conservation of the state’s rich heritage and architectural legacy.The collaboration aims to strengthen the conservation, documentation and development of Odisha’s historical monuments, temples, heritage structures and archaeological sites through the integration of…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha govt has prohibited strikes in power sector establishments across the state under the Odisha Essential Services (Maintenance) Act, 1988, to ensure uninterrupted generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, said an official statement from the energy department on Friday.This step was taken by govt in view of the summer and severe heatwave in different…
Bhubaneswar: Cuttack, Bargarh and Jajpur districts are likely to get new handloom hubs soon.A high-level meeting, chaired by works secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh here on Friday, discussed the establishment of AI- and blockchain-supported handloom hubs at Abhimanpur in Cuttack district and Gopalpur in Jajpur. Similarly, discussions were held on a proposal to establish a handloom…
