Citing delay, Orissa high court sets aside vig case against IAS officer | Bhubaneswar News

Cuttack: Orissa high court has quashed a three-year-old vigilance case against senior IAS officer Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya, ruling that the prosecution was undermined by a flawed sanction process under anti-corruption law.Upadhyaya, a 2009 Odisha-cadre IAS officer is presently secretary in the Odia language literature and culture department.Delivering the judgment on April 17, the single-judge bench…

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Male RBT covers 1500km to reach Similipal, a first for the reserve | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: Adding another chapter to India’s tiger dispersal story, a male Royal Bengal Tiger has entered Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve after supposedly covering nearly 1,500km.Though wildlife experts are yet to find out the habitat from where it may have dispersed, initial assessments suggest it may have come from the central India landscape, possibly the Vidarbha…

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Puri cops on lookout for rapist | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: Puri district police have launched a manhunt to arrest a man accused of raping a six-year-old girl on Sunday. The suspect, identified as the minor’s neighbour, is currently absconding. “We registered the case on Monday after receiving information from the hospital. The accused has been identified and will be arrested soon,” a senior police…

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Govt clears Rs 3.8k-cr investment proposals, to generate over 7,000 jobs, projects To Span 11 Districts | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: Odisha govt on Tuesday approved 18 industrial projects involving a total investment of Rs 3,877.14 crore, with the potential to generate 7,565 jobs.The proposals were cleared by the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) chaired by chief secretary Anu Garg. The approved projects span 11 districts — Balasore, Deogarh, Ganjam, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar,…

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Concerned at proposed deletion of 9.8L voters, BJD MP moves CEC | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: BJD MP Sasmit Patra on Tuesday wrote to chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, raising serious concern over the proposed deletion of nearly 9.8 lakh voters in Odisha during the elector mapping exercise ahead of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Patra warned that alleged procedural lapses and inadequate verification could lead to large-scale…

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President Droupadi Murmu inaugurates Rs 158cr worth of projects in Rourkela | Bhubaneswar News

Rourkela: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday inaugurated four major projects in Rourkela, with a combined investment of ₹158 crore, underscoring the Centre and state’s focus on urban infrastructure, tribal heritage and technology-driven governance.The President inaugurated the Planetarium and Science Centre and the Nirmal Munda Parivesh Path at a public function here. She later unveiled the…

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