Berhampur: Residents of silk city and adjoining areas in Ganjam will soon get piped natural gas (PNG) directly in their kitchens, as around 90% of pipeline network work has already been completed, according to the company responsible for city gas distribution.“We are expecting that the steel network will be completed over the next four months….
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has quashed a three-year old vigilance case against senior IAS officer Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya, ruling that the prosecution was undermined by a flawed sanction process under anti-corruption law.Upadhyaya, a 2009 Odisha cadre IAS officer is presently Secretary Odia, Language and Culture department.Delivering the judgment on April 17, a single-judge bench…
Keonjhar: Keonjhar fast track court judge Bijay Kumar Mishra on Monday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 20 years in prison and fined him Rs 10,000 for the gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl. In case of non-payment of the fine, the court ordered an additional 6 months in prison. Three others involved in the crime are…
Rourkela: Burglars broke into a locked house on Sunday evening under Kutra police limit in Sundargarh district and decamped with gold ornaments and cash worth about 25 lakh. A scientific team and dog squad went to the house on Monday and examined and tried to get clues about the burglars.According to sources, the house belonged…
Bhubaneswar: National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has instituted a case over alleged police excesses against tribals in Sijimali after accepting a petition filed by BJD MP Sasmit Patra, the Rajya Sabha member claimed on Monday.Patra met NCST chairperson Antar Singh Arya and submitted the petition. Arya assured action, including issuing notices and seeking replies…
Cuttack: After a three-decade delay in the disposal of a criminal appeal, Orissa high court recently modified the sentence of a man convicted in a 1992 attempt-to-murder case, reducing it to the period he had already spent in jail, while increasing the fine amount.The appeal, filed in 1995 against a conviction by the assistant sessions…
Bhubaneswar: Driving licence is a mandatory requirement for operating a vehicle. A recent statewide enforcement drive has revealed a worrying trend in Odisha. Nearly one in three traffic violators were found driving without a valid licence, according to the state transport authority.Between March 21 and April 10, the transport department detected 96,268 traffic violations, of…
Cuttack: Major arterial roads from Dolamundai to Bajrakabati in Cuttack are being increasingly choked by encroachments, with rows of makeshift shops and extended structures narrowing carriageways and causing severe traffic congestion. Despite repeated complaints from commuters and local residents, authorities appear to have taken little visible action.Daily commuters allege that footpaths have virtually disappeared in…
Bhubaneswar: Bhavesh Patra continued to make Odisha proud by securing 100 percentile in JEE (Main)-2026 Session-2 (BE/BTech), the results of which were announced by the National Testing Agency on Monday.He had previously scored 100 percentile in JEE (Main) Session-1, becoming the first student from the state to score a double in India’s largest engineering entrance…
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to improve faculty strength and enhance the quality of higher education, the higher education department decided to create 36 new assistant professor posts in govt degree colleges, with a focus on institutions located in rural and underserved regions.Official sources said the move aims to address long-standing vacancies and ensure better teacher-student…
