Bhubaneswar: Sports and youth services minister Suryavanshi Suraj on Saturday presented the ceremonial World Athletics flag to chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi at Kalinga Stadium, marking Odisha’s readiness to host the indoor championships in Bhubaneswar in 2028.The flag was earlier handed over to Ravinder Choudhry of the Athletics Federation of India and sports secretary Bhupendra…
Berhampur: The Ganjam health administration has suspended seven employees of the community health centre, Kodala, over alleged financial irregularities of around Rs 1.5 crore by making false bills without the medical officer’s knowledge .Those suspended include nursing officer Sarojini Behera, establishment clerk Jatin Kumar Bhuyan, auxiliary nurse midwives Bharati Pradhan and Annapurna Sahu, attendant Ram…
Cuttack: The Orissa high court has upheld a family court order granting custody of a minor boy to his maternal grandparents, holding that the decision was in line with the settled principle that the welfare of the child is paramount.A single-judge bench of Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo dismissed an appeal filed in 2019 under Section…
Bhubaneswar: The Centre has approved Rs 447.11 crore for upgradation of the Kurumpuri–Raj Khariar stretch, covering 103.52 km of NH-353 and NH-59 in Nuapada and Balangir districts, said Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday.In a post on X, Gadkari said NH-353 and NH-59 together form a crucial inter-state corridor linking Chhattisgarh’s…
Cuttack: In a setback to the state govt, Supreme Court has declined to interfere with a series of Orissa high court orders granting eligibility for full grant-in-aid (GIA) under GIA Order, 1994, to the employees of aided educational institutions.A two-judge bench of the apex court, comprising Justice J K Maheswari and Justice Atul S Chandurka,…
Bhubaneswar: Shrinking of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) jurisdiction due to transfer of Ichchapuram-Palasa section from Khurda Road railway division to the proposed Visakhapatnam division of South Coast Railway (SCoR) evoked strong reactions from Congress, BJD and other organisations on Friday.BJD’s Rajya Sabha member Sasmit Patra in a letter to railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on…
The accused persons removed the elephant’s tusks after killing it with a poisonous arrow Bhubaneswar: A court on Thursday sentenced 11 people to four years’ imprisonment for poaching a male Asiatic elephant inside Similipal Tiger Reserve in Nov 2023 and removing its tusks after killing it with a poisonous arrow.While Ghasiram Jerai, Anand Kerai, Shivshankar…
Bhubaneswar: An assembly committee has recommended that the state govt launch a special drive to inspect all industrial units and strictly enforce pollution control norms, while preparing an urgent action plan to address air and water pollution, keeping climate change implications in focus.The committee, headed by BJP MLA Sudhir Ranjan Pattjoshi, in its report tabled…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha topped the medal tally at the IndiaSkills 2025-26 organised from March 29 to April 2. Participants from the state secured 57 medals, the highest number in the country.Out of 90 participants representing Odisha, 57 competitors emerged victorious. They won 15 golds, 12 silvers and 14 bronze medals, while 16 participants got medallions for…
Rourkela: Weeks after a stepfather was nabbed by the crime branch in connection with the rape and illegal abortion of a minor girl in Sundargarh district, another accused, on the run for nearly six years, was arrested on Thursday, inspector in charge R P Nag said on Friday.A three-member crime branch team, with the assistance…
