BMC draws up fire-fighting blueprint for Unit-1 market | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has drawn up a comprehensive fire-fighting plan for Unit-I, the city’s biggest retail vegetable and grocery market, aiming to curb frequent fire mishaps that cause repeated losses to traders.BMC officials said underground pipelines would be laid across the market to create a network of hydrant points along internal roads, ensuring…

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IPS reshuffle in state | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: Odisha govt on Saturday effected a minor reshuffle in the IPS cadre, transferring and posting several officers and changing SPs in 10 districts. Smit Parmar, who was serving as SP, CID-Crime Branch, has been posted as SP of Nayagarh. SP (Nayagarh) S Susree has been shifted as SP (Vigilance).SP (Bargarh) Prahlad S Meena has…

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NSA invoked against 2 brothers in Cuttack dist | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: Cuttack administration on Saturday invoked the National Security Act (NSA), 1980, against two brothers with a criminal past. They are currently in judicial custody, official sources said.Collector (Cuttack) Dattatreya Shinde said the Act was invoked considering their antecedents and alleged involvement in multiple heinous crimes in the Cuttack rural belt, particularly in Salepur area,…

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Energy boost: OIL strikes gas in Rajasthan’s Dandewala

NEW DELHI: State-owned Oil India Limited (OIL) has successfully unlocked a new gas-bearing pay zone in Rajasthan’s Dandewala field, with a flow of nearly 25,000 standard cubic metres per day, petroleum and natural gas minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday.Congratulating OIL on its technological excellence, Puri said on social media that the discovery by…

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