Bhubaneswar: Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA), which came into force in 2016 to regulate the property market and more importantly, safeguard the interest of homebuyers, has shown mixed results in Odisha a decade later, with greater transparency and stronger buyer rights on one hand and enforcement gaps and institutional fragility on the other.In…
Jharsuguda: A 22-year-old youth was murdered, and another critically injured, after criminals allegedly attacked them with machetes near Belpahar level crossing in Jharsuguda district on Monday afternoon following road rage.Police identified the deceased as Rahul, alias Bahadur Mahato (22), while the injured youth, Akash Sahu (23), was shifted to the district headquarters hospital in Jharsuguda…
Farmer sprinkles fertiliser on his land Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to farmers to reduce chemical fertiliser usage by 50% evoked mixed reactions from Odisha. While deputy chief minister and agriculture minister KV Singh Deo welcomed this suggestion of PM, farmer leaders said govt should bring a policy to strategically reduce the chemical fertiliser…
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal urging people to avoid non-essential gold purchases for a year to ease pressure on foreign exchange reserves has sparked concern among stakeholders in the jewellery industry.For many in the trade, the worry goes beyond falling sales figures. Jewellers argue that gold buying, especially in Odisha, is closely woven into…
Berhampur: The sleuths of the excise department, Berhampur division, on Monday arrested four natives of West Bengal with around 135kg ganja, being allegedly transported in two cars, near Hinjili in Ganjam district. They have seized the ganja, along with the cars and seven mobile phones from the possession of the accused — drivers Rajesh Sarkar…
Mohan Majhi and his party colleagues at Odisha BJP headquarters shared jhalmuri Neighbourhood effectOdisha BJP had several reasons to cheer the poll victories in Bengal and Assam. Dharmendra Pradhan campaigned in Bengal, while Baijayant Panda quietly marshalled Assam from the war room. Back home, CM Mohan Charan Majhi found himself in the Bengal mix as…
The SCB Medical College and Hospital Cuttack: Orissa high court has directed the state govt to file a comprehensive affidavit on the proposed installation of digital display boards at the six Niramaya Centres (free medicine counters) of SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack, aimed at streamlining distribution and reducing waiting time for patients.Hearing…
Forest officials spread awareness among the local residents taking bath in river Kendrapada: Instances of saltwater crocodiles (crocodylus porosus) entering mangrove forests and nearby villages to lay eggs during breeding season have prompted the forest department to intensify measures to tackle human-crocodile conflict in and around Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapada district.Forest officials maintain that…
Keonjhar: Two workers were electrocuted to death at Kanupur irrigation dam construction site near Basudevpur under Joda police station limits on Sunday.The incident occurred around 11:30 am, when the duo, identified as Bekkar Roy (34) and Apu Roy (33) of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, along with others were welding at the spillway site. They received an…
Deer graze at the new pastures at Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary Bhubaneswar: A stretch of almost 300 sq km along Hirakud reservoir shoreline, running adjacent the boundary of Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary, has been transformed into a vast natural meadow that now attracts large numbers of prey animals and improving wildlife sightings for tourists.Spread across a 100-km…
