Kendrapada: A major disaster appears to have been averted in the port town of Paradip on Friday after senior officials of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and others plugged the damaged petrol oil pipeline near gate no. 1 of the port.“The petrol was being transported through a pipeline from the oil jetty near Nehru bungalow…
Jharsuguda: Odisha’s second and India’s third “Annapurti Grain ATM” was inaugurated in Jharsuguda on Thursday. The technology-based system has been launched through a joint initiative of the Odisha govt and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).The advanced grain distribution system was inaugurated by Odisha food supplies and consumer welfare minister Krushna Chandra Patra, revenue…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha governor Hari Babu Kambhampati on Friday said that the future belongs to nations that can combine infrastructure with efficiency, technology with trust and growth with sustainability, while emphasising the critical role of the logistics sector in India’s economic transformation. He said this while addressing the sixth executive committee meeting of the Federation of…
Balangir: A district-level review meeting was convened on Friday at the DM’s conference hall in Balangir to oversee the successful and transparent execution of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Odisha-2026, following directives from the Election Commission of India.The meeting was chaired by the DM and district election officer Gaurav Shivaji Isalwar. Representatives from various political…
Bhubaneswar: Over 1.18 lakh students from various institutions under the higher education department were provided a six-week internship and community service opportunities in the academic year 2025-26, minister Suryabanshi Suraj said on Friday.According to the official statement from the higher education department, internships were arranged across govt offices, educational institutions, anganwadi centres, block offices, health…
Bhubaneswar: The special crime unit (SCU) of the commissionerate police on Friday arrested two men for smuggling brown sugar and seized 290g of the narcotic substance worth about Rs 29 lakh. The accused was identified as Fakruddin Khan (44) of Bhadrak district and Mohammed Badsha (32) of West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.“Khan is a habitual…
Bhubaneswar: The economic offences wing (EOW) of the state crime branch on Friday arrested two Chhattisgarh-based businessmen for their alleged role in a Rs 9.56-crore bank fraud involving cloned cheques.According to the EOW, accused Surjit Roy (53) and Sameer Srivastav (54), both residents of Raipur, run two companies in Chhattisgarh. Investigators said the duo is…
Koraput: In a first, neighbouring Andhra Pradesh govt on Friday organised a health camp at the disputed Kotia gram panchayat headquarters under Pottangi block in Koraput district, triggering fresh tensions over the long-pending border dispute.District officials said that after receiving information about the camp, they rushed to the spot and asked the Andhra Pradesh team…
Cuttack: Admitting an appeal challenging the environmental clearance granted to Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL) for expansion of its steel plant at Kalinganagar in Odisha’s Jajpur district, National Green Tribunal’s East Zone Bench issued notices to multiple authorities on May 19.The bench, comprising judicial member Justice Sheo Kumar Singh and expert member Ishwar Singh, fixed…
Bhubaneswar: City police on Thursday arrested six college students for allegedly kidnapping a Plus II student on Wednesday night to settle an old financial dispute. The victim was rescued unharmed the same night.According to police, the 17-year-old was riding with a friend on a scooter to his father’s shop in Ghatikia area under Bharatpur police…
