Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Vigilance sleuths today arrested Chief Inspector-Cum-I/c Director, Factories & Boilers, Odisha Satyanarayana Sethi while accepting bribe for issue of factory license. As per sources, Satyanarayana Sethi was caught red-handed by the officers of vigilance, Bhubaneswar Division while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs. 50,000 from complainant Susanta Kumar Bihari for issue of factory [...]

Bhubaneswar: On the wake of economic slowdown the country is battling with, the Odisha Government is closely monitoring various economic parameters in the State, said state Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari here on Monday.

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s iconic Kalinga Stadium in the capital city here has been selected as the first venue to get a provisional clearance for FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020.

Bhanjanagar: Inspired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s 5T principles of governance, the Ganjam district project director walked more than 10 km to reach two remote villages to resolve peoples’ problems. Ganjam PD Siddharth Shankar Swain travelled nearly four hours by walk in difficult terrain to remotest villages Tosinga and Chanchara in Pandiripada gram panchayat on [...]

The apex court’s order comes after Advocate General of Odisha stated before the court that eviction drive was carried out based on recommendations of BP Das Commission.

Sambalpur: With the increase in the water flow after heavy rains in the catchment areas of Mahanadi, the Hirakud Dam authorities here have opened four more sluice gates. At 10 AM Tuesday, the reservoir level of the Dam stood at 623.71ft and the level is falling. With the met department predicting more monsoon rains in [...]

Puri: The efforts of the government to transform the heritage city continued unabated as the district administration is in full gear to remove the structures within the 75 meters earmarked area around Shri Jagannath Temple.

Bhubaneswar: A female elephant named ‘Julie’ died at Odisha’s Nandankanan Zoological Park here on Monday due to acute abdominal colic. She accepted less feed since yesterday and was showing sign of acute colic from 2.00 PM today causing physical discomfort. She died at 7.09 PM today during treatment, sources said. Julie was rescued at the [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to expedite the 5T policy of the Government, the Commissionerate of Police has decided to use drone cameras to keep a strict vigil on violation of traffic rules like overtaking and zigzag driving on this major route in the capital city.

Sambalpur: The Hirakud dam authorities today opened three sluice gates to release excess floodwater from the reservoir.