Bhubaneswar: A special Vigilance court in Sundargarh has convicted a retired forester of Rouldega Forest Section in Sundargarh district, for demanding and accepting a bribe from a complainant. Jagadish Pradhan was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for four years and pay a fine of Rs.10,000. The case against Pradhan stemmed from allegations that he demanded…
Bhubaneswar: Newly appointed Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Bhakta Charan Das has started to strengthen the party and as a part of his effort for the same he has decided to conduct Sankalpa Padayatra from Bhubaneswar to Puri. According to the OPCC President, the grand party’s Sankalpa Padayatra will be held between Bhubaneswar and…
Cuttack: In a major breakthrough, the Commissionerate Police cracked the sensational double murder case occurred at Cuttack in 2019 and arrested the house maid and husband. The arrested persons have been identified as Basanti Samad and her husband Santosh aka Eman Samad. According to police, the family members of the elderly deceased couple- Srinath Samal…
Bhubaneswar: AIIMS Bhubaneswar marked a significant milestone in medical education and training by successfully organising India’s first-ever Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Radiology Course. Spearheaded by the Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology and Radio-diagnosis, the course was conducted under the aegis of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA)-Indian Chapter. Designed to enhance the understanding of complex HPB surgical anatomy, the…
Malkangiri: Malkangiri BSF has made a big success as a Maoist dump has been recovered from the forest in Odisha. The Maoist dump was recovered from the Silakota forest of Malkangiri district during a combing operation by the BSF jawans. As per reports, the Maoists had targeted to harm security personnel. They dug holes in…
February 13, 2025, marked a significant milestone in ongoing efforts to effectively suppress the Maoist insurgency in the general area of Silakota Reserve Forest along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border, acting swiftly on specific intelligence, BSF troops from the 02 Bn BSF executed a meticulously planned operation with resounding success, near village Silakota, GP-Bapanpalli under PS…
Burla, 13th February 2025: It has come to our notice by various media reports recently that, doctors treated some patients with torch lights and Mobile lights on 11th instant at the VIMSAR Medical College Hospital. We wish to clarify the situation and address any confusion regarding our role in this matter: TPWODL is not responsible…
Bhubaneswar: Temperature touched the 35°C mark in Bhubaneswar for the first time in 2025 and the mercury is expected to rise further as the regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted dry weather for the next seven days. Taking to his X handle, weather scientist Umasankar Das said that for the first…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police scrutinized 400 CCTV footages, checked 10k mobile phones and interrogated as many as 50 persons that finally led the arrest of the high-profile hi-tech looter that took place in the house of senior Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik in January. This was informed by the Police Commissioner at a presser in the capital…
Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has issued a traffic advisory for the upcoming budget session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly (OLA), which is slated to be held in two phases from February 13. The first phase of the assembly session will be held from February 13 to February 21 while the second phase from March 7…
