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Today, i.e on 22.08.2025, simultaneous searches are being conducted by Odisha Vigilance at loactions of Sri Kishore Kumar Sahani, Sr.Assistant, City Hospital, Cuttack. Sri Sahani is alleged to have misappropriated Govt funds over Rs.1.24 Crores and amassed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. To collect evidence in this regard, searches are on by…

Bhubaneswar : In view of safety related modernization works over Jaraikela – Manoharpur Downline section of Chakradharpur Division of South Eastern Railway, repercussions on some train services passing through East Coast Railway are as below: SHORT-TERMINATION OF TRAINS: 1.    The train Nos. 12871 Howrah-Titlagarh Express and Train no.22861, Howrah-Kantabaji Ispat exp, leaving from Howrah…

Rourkela: The Rourkela Police have busted a cybercrime and money laundering syndicate that operated by procuring mule bank accounts with the suspected involvement of bank officials. Fourteen persons have been arrested so far, including two employees of private banks. According to police, the gang was running its operations from Rourkela, targeting locals to open accounts,…

Bhubaneswar 21.8.2025 Odisha Chief Minister Shri Mohan Charan Majhi today inaugurated an International Workshop on Best Practices in Human-Elephant Coexistence in Bhubaneswar, calling for global collaboration to ensure peaceful living between humans and elephants. On this occasion, CM Shri Majhi also declared that the state government is going to establish the world’s first “Center for…

Koraput: In a tragic incident, a woman and her minor daughter drowned in a pond while bathing at Araganda village under Kumaragandhana panchayat in Lamatapur in Koraput district. The deceased woman, Nabina Majhi, and her daughter, Ambika Majhi, residents of Araganda village, went to the Balia pond for a bath. Ambika slipped into the deep water,…

  Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued heavy to very heavy rainfall alert for several places in Odisha for six days starting today. According to IMD, the upper air cyclonic circulation now lies over north Odisha and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal at 5.8 km above mean sea level.As per the prediction, heavy rainfall and thunderstorm with…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s only direct air link to Dubai may soon be discontinued, with IndiGo reportedly planning to withdraw the service from October 24.Currently, the airline operates the Bhubaneswar–Dubai flight three times a week from Biju Patnaik International Airport. However, the latest schedule released by aviation analytics platform AeroRoutes does not list the route beyond October.If withdrawn,…

Bhubaneswar: Sambalpuri playwright, poet, and lyricist Binod Kumar Pasayat passed away today at the age of 89.Pasayat, a recipient of Padma Shri Award, was suffering from age-related ailments. He breathed his last at his residence near Sen Park in Sambalpur on Wednesday morning.Born on December 3, 1935 at Kusmel village in Balangir district, Pasayat was…

Bhubaneswar: Depression over south coastal Odisha is expected to intensify into a well-marked low-pressure area within the next 12 hours, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).The system is likely to move west-northwestwards across south Odisha and south Chhattisgarh. The IMD has issued alerts for 11 districts in Odisha, predicting heavy to extremely heavy rainfall…

Today i.e on 20.08.2025, a short while ago, Sri Dhirendra Mohanty, Secretary, Mahu Co-operative Society, Aul, Dist- Kendrapara has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and taking bribe of Rs.10,000/- from a loanee farmer (complainant) at his office to hand over loan passbook and cheque book for drawl of loan amount already granted in…