Cuttack: Orissa high court has directed the state to place on record by May 21 the progress made by a high-power committee, constituted to examine pension benefits for employees of aided educational institutions, and warned that punitive action could follow if lapses were found on the part of its members.A division bench of Justices Krishna…
Kendrapada: The body of a 21-year-old newly-married woman was exhumed in Jajpur district on Monday after her father alleged that she was killed for dowry, even as her husband claimed she died due to illness. Police arrested the husband, Ranjan Das, on charges of murder and produced him in court on Monday. His bail plea…
Kendrapada: Vigilance sleuths on Monday arrested Raghunath Das, headmaster of Chadeiguan high school at Chadeiguan village in Kendrapada district’s Mahakalapada block for accepting Rs 5,000 as bribe from a night watchman of the same school to help him get his arrear salary.The newly-appointed night watchman, Khirod Das, had not received salary since his joining in…
Cuttack: Setting an example in fuel conservation and awareness about the environment, three judges of Orissa high court arrived at the court on bicycles on Monday.Justice Savitri Ratho, Justice V Narasingh and Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra cycled from their residences to near the Odisha Judicial Academy and then proceeded together to the high court premises,…
Kendrapada: A 64-year-old farmer was killed after getting entangled in the rotor and blades of a tractor at Krushnanagar village under Bari–Ramachandrapur police station limits in Jajpur district on Monday.The victim was identified as Kartik Chandra Tripathy. The accident took place when a tractor was ploughing his field and Tripathy, who was walking behind the…
A petrol pump in Bhubaneswar on Sunday Bhubaneswar: After four days of chaotic rush at petrol pumps, normalcy returned on Sunday as outlets in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack witnessed routine crowd.Sanjay Lath, general secretary of Utkal Petroleum Dealers’ Association said in the twin cities, the situation at petrol pumps is more than normal as crowd was…
Bhubaneswar: DGP Y B Khurania on Sunday issued a stern warning to goons, cautioning that they could face encounters if they disrupt law and order. “In the last five days, four notorious criminals have been arrested following encounters in Jharsuguda, Berhampur and Sambalpur. Other criminals should take a lesson from these crackdowns. If they do…
A cop injured in criminal attacks in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: For the fourth consecutive year, Odisha has recorded the highest number of police personnel injured in attacks by criminals in India, according to the latest figures from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).The NCRB’s category of “all uniform police personnel injured” has listed the causes ranging…
Inauguration of the online spoken Sanskrit course in Japan Bhubaneswar: To remain connected to their roots, members of Shree Jagannath Society Japan (SJSJ) recently inaugurated Online Sanskrit Learning Centre in Japan to promote spoken Sanskrit learning in collaboration with Hindu Swayam Sevak Sangha Japan and World Sanskrit Study and Research Centre (WSSRC).It will offer a…
Dignitaries at the launch of AI4Odisha initiative Sambalpur: IIM Sambalpur, in collaboration with IIM Ahmedabad, launched the AI4Odisha initiative recently to promote artificial intelligence-led growth among MSMEs, traders and local entrepreneurs.More than 350 industry delegates from western Odisha took part in the programme, where the initiative was launched through a workshop titled ‘AI for Business…
