Bhubaneswar: The crime branch’s special task force (STF), which is digging the background of suspected terror operative Sheikh Imran (22), has identified two close associates of the Bhubaneswar native. Imran was arrested by Delhi police on Saturday for alleged links with a radical organisation.On Monday, separate STF teams carried out searches at the residences of…
Bhubaneswar: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday raided a private college in Bhubaneswar over its suspected links with the paper leak ahead of the sub-inspector (SI) recruitment exam.A CBI source said they received information that some functionaries of the institute were connected to a racket involved in leaking the question papers ahead of the…
Bhubaneswar: In a move aimed at augmenting its revenue and ensuring better upkeep of sanitation facilities, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to grant advertisement rights on public toilets and loos managed by it across the city.The civic body currently does not levy any user charges for its public toilet facilities and manages their…
An Olive Ridley geo-tagged Bhubaneswar: Olive ridley sea turtles look for a safer haven if not comfortable nesting and laying eggs at a particular rookery. Offering fresh insight into their breeding behaviour and habitat, the satellite tagging of olive ridley sea turtles, started along Odisha coast last Dec, confirmed inter-rookery movement between two of the…
Soumya Ranjan Samal (23) of Kuansarpur under Jajpur Town police station was allegedly gunned down by his wife’s lover Tapan Khillar (26), who was on a motorcycle, at Kalimegha Chowk near the residence of former BJD MLA Pranab Prakash Das KENDRAPADA: Five people, including a woman and her lover, were arrested in Jajpur district on…
Parade in progress in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: The state capital celebrated its 78th Foundation Day with a series of events lined up throughout Monday, as well as with a pledge for making the city cleaner, greener and safer. The day started with the state function — inaugurated by assembly speaker Surama Padhy in the morning —…
Bhubaneswar: As mercury rises, deputy chief minister and energy minister K V Singh Deo on Monday directed power distribution companies not to disconnect electricity supply of domestic consumers over pending bills.Singh Deo said the order will remain in force until the onset of monsoon, while also instructing discoms not to carry out power cuts without…
Cuttack: The Orissa high court has set April 23 as the deadline for Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to comply with its earlier order directing restoration of the walking track at Satyabrata Stadium inside Barabati Fort.Hearing a PIL on civic issues in Cuttack on April 9, the HC noted that its March 26 directive ordering…
Keonjhar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi laid the foundation stone for the 18.326 km long Barbil bypass ring road in Barbil, on the third day of his visit to the district on Monday. It will be built at an estimated cost of Rs 1581.21 crore.Besides, he inaugurated 24 projects worth Rs 29.41 crore and laid foundation…
Bhubaneswar: Barely weeks after backing a joint Rajya Sabha nominee, opposition BJD and Congress on Monday signalled they may be ready to bury their long history of hostilities and explore the possibility of a broader political understanding in Odisha, ahead of next year’s local body polls.Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das said…
