Bhubaneswar: Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai is scheduled to inaugurate the second National Mediation Conference in Bhubaneswar September 27, Odisha Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan said Thursday. Mediation is an alternative form of dispute resolution where an attempt is made to resolve differences between parties outside of the formal court system. Addressing a press…

Basudevpur: A 3-year-old boy died and his twin brother was hospitalised in critical condition after allegedly consuming fish curry in Natapada village of Barandua panchayat under Basudevpur block of Bhadrak district, a source said Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sujit Bandh. His brother, Ajit, also 3-year-old, is undergoing treatment at Basudevpur Community Health Centre, the…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday called upon people to make the state one of the top three in the country in terms of cleanliness. Majhi said this while taking part in a cleanliness drive under the ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ campaign near Shree Lingaraj Temple here. Mayor, ministers, MLAs and members of the…

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast the formation of a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal within the next 12 hours, which is likely to intensify into a depression by the evening of September 26. According to the IMD, the system may cross the south Odisha–north Andhra Pradesh coast by the morning of…

Special Vigilance Court, Cuttack on Thursday convicted former Consolidation Officer of Kujanga in Jagatsinghpur district, Bishnupada Grahacharya for possessing disproportionate assets (DA). The court sentenced him to two years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine of ₹50,000. Grahacharya, who had retired from service, was charge-sheeted by Odisha Vigilance under Section 13(2) read with…

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, miscreants attacked a youth with sword and other sharp weapons in the Shaheed Nagar area of ​​the capital city on Thursday. They attacked him as he denied to give money for buying intoxicants. The crime was committed in the Tarini slum area under Shaheed Nagar Police Station limits. The critically injured…

Bhubaneswar: A 17-year-old college girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself after a dispute with her younger sister over a mobile phone. The shocking incident took place at Murja Disariguda under Baipariguda block in Koraput district. According to reports, the victim, a Plus II science student at Mathili college returned from college and was in…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced on Thursday that the state government plans to generate energy and produce coal from garbage. The Housing and Urban Development Department is working on this initiative, the CM said during a cleanliness drive organized by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in the old Bhubaneswar area today. The CM…