Koraput: Farmers of Chandili panchayat bordering Chhattisgarh in Koraput district’s Kotpad block have opposed construction of a mandi (paddy procurement centre) at nearby Pipalahandi village, alleging that the site is unsuitable and would create hardships for cultivators during procurement season.The farmers submitted a memorandum to the district administration on Wednesday demanding that the mandi be…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha vigilance on Sunday arrested a revenue inspector posted in Cuttack district while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 for submitting a favourable report in a land mutation case.The revenue inspector under Tangi-Choudwar tehsil was caught red-handed in his office while taking the bribe from a land owner.According to vigilance officials, the complainant…

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…

Cuttack: Expressing concern over large-scale vacancies in teaching posts at Odia University, where all 21 sanctioned posts of professors, associate professors and assistant professors have “remained vacant” for long, Orissa high court has directed the govt to file an affidavit in this regard within two weeks.Hearing a Public Interest Litigation filed by advocate Prabir Kumar…