Around Odisha Bureau

Can’t accept export of raw materials, value addition must happen in India: PM Modi

Bhubaneswar, 28/1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he cannot accept raw materials getting exported and finished products being shipped into the country, asserting that value additions must happen here. Inaugurating the ‘Utkarsh Odisha, Make in Odisha Conclave’ in Bhubaneswar, Modi said he considers eastern India as the growth engine of the country, and…

Read More

Trump fires Justice Department prosecutors who worked on cases against him

Washington, 28/1: Acting Attorney General James McHenry on Monday fired more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on the two criminal investigations into Donald Trump for special counsel Jack Smith, saying they could not be trusted to “faithfully implement”the president’s agenda, a Justice Department spokesperson said. Justice Department veterans called the firings an egregious violation…

Read More

Chhattisgarh: Chilkapalli village in Bijapur gets electricity for the first time after Independence

Bijapur: In a major achievement post independence, a village in Chhattisgarh has received electricity for the first time ever, said reports on Monday. The Chilkapalli village in Bijapur is a former Naxal-prone area.According to reports, the village got electricity for the first time after Independence, under Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai’s ‘Niyad Nellanar’ scheme. Bijapur…

Read More

Maoists kill villager suspecting him to be police informer in Odisha-Chhattisgarh border

Malkangiri: Maoists have killed a villager suspecting him to be a Police informer in Odisha-Chhattisgarh border area in the Bijapur district of Chhattishgarh. The incident took place in the Kesamundi village of Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, bordering Odisha’s Malkangiri district. The deceased has been identified as Hidma Sodhi. As per reports, the Maoists brutally murdered…

Read More