Bhubaneswar: Diamond deposits have been found in Nuapada district, and the state govt is examining the technical and financial feasibility of mining them, steel and mines minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena informed the assembly on Thursday.In a written reply, the minister said diamond-bearing stones have been found at Kalmidadar in Nuapada block of Nuapada district. “Along…
MDM cooks protest in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: Midday meal (MDM) cooks-cum-helpers from across the state have been on a protest at Lower PMG Square in Bhubaneswar for the past three days, demanding immediate release of their pending wages and a hike in their honorarium.The agitators alleged that their salaries have not been paid for the last…
The affected patients at the hospital Kendrapada: Around 120 people, including 40 children and women, fell ill on Wednesday night after consuming ‘prasad’ allegedly cooked with a dead snake in a religious function at Nuagaon village within Pattamundai police station in Kendrapada district.Some devotees were consuming the ‘prasad’ comprising rice and dalma (vegetable curry) when…
Real estate developers escalate costs and slowing down urban development at a time when other major states are modernising their processes Bhubaneswar: Leading real estate developers in Odisha have urged the state govt to reform its land conversion framework, arguing that the decades-old system is causing project delays, escalating costs and slowing down urban development…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha vigilance on Thursday arrested a retired headmaster, his wife, and a govt clerk for their alleged involvement in the misappropriation of pension funds amounting to Rs 5.56 crore. The couple’s son, a banker, was taken into custody on Wednesday in connection with the same case.“The prime accused, Pradip Kumar Mohanty and his wife…
Cuttack: The Orissa high court has held that the Odisha Public Service Commission’s (OPSC) 2024–25 advertisement for medical officer recruitment breached the 50% ceiling on reservation, while permitting partial appointments to address the state’s acute shortage of doctors.Hearing a writ petition filed by 82 applicant doctors, a single judge bench of Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy…
Kendrapada: The additional district judge-cum-special judge (Pocso), Kendrapada, on Thursday sentenced a 53-year-old man to 20 years of imprisonment on charges of raping a 16-year-old girl multiple times and impregnating her two years back.Judge Pragyan Paramita Roul imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict. The failure to pay which would result in his…
The damaged house of Uddhab Besra Balasore: A two-year-old boy died after an elephant herd demolished a house during a midnight raid in Kendukhunta village under Raibania police limits in Balasore district on Monday night. The victim, Rama Besra, one of the twin sons of the house owner, Uddhab Besra, sustained critical injuries after debris…
Bhubaneswar: In the past four years, 344 elephants have died in Odisha, forest minister Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia informed the assembly on Tuesday.Responding to a question raised by Lanjigarh MLA Pradeep Kumar Dishari, who sought details on the number of elephant deaths since 2022 and their causes, Singhkhuntia replied, “Of the 344 deaths recorded during the…
Koraput: In view of the anticipated ‘kalbaisakhi’ storms and severe heatwave conditions during April and May, the Koraput administration has geared up to face it under the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority guidelines.At a district-level emergency preparedness meeting on Tuesday, collector (Koraput) Manoj Satyawan Mahajan said preventing heat stroke-related deaths remains the administration’s top priority….
