Rayagada: Nine donation boxes (hundis) of Rayagada’s presiding deity Maa Majhighariani Temple were opened today after a gap of two months.As per report, the hundis were opened at 10 AM today amid tight police security in the presence of officials of the Endowment Department, local Tahasildar, RI, and members of the temple management committee. Counting…
Jajpur: In a tragic incident, a woman reportedly died after a motorcycle carrying her family plunged into the Dudhdei Nala near Shiva Chhak under Jajpur Sadar police limits in Jajpur district of Odisha late Sunday night.The deceased has been identified as Sandhyarani Ojha, a resident of Rudrapur village. She was travelling on the motorcycle with…
A Rice ATM has been inaugurated in Dhenkanal district, becoming the latest addition to Odisha’s innovative food security initiative.The facility was formally opened by the Supply Minister, Krushna Chandra Patra, marking the state’s second such installation after Bhubaneswar and Jharsuguda.The Rice ATM will provide 24‑hour service to beneficiaries, who can withdraw their entitled rice using…
Bhubaneswar/Kendujhar: Odisha Vigilance seized 300 grams of gold and Rs 7.29 lakh cash from the possession of a labour officer, who was nabbed while taking a bribe of Rs 20,000, officials said Monday.Acting on an allegation, vigilance sleuths nabbed Akash Bisoi, District Labour Officer (DLO), Kendujhar, while he was demanding and taking a bribe of…
Bhubaneswar: Festive season crime alert. Ahead of the festive season, looters have become active in Odisha. Incidents of burglary and broad daylight robbery are being reported from different places. As per reports, small gangs and thieves have created panic in the capital city Bhubaneswar. Loot incidents have come to light from various police station limits.The…
Bhubaneswar: Shefeen Ahamed K, IPS, a 2003-batch Odisha-cadre officer serving as Inspector General of Police, CID-CB, Odisha, passed away on Monday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram.As per reports, a native of Kerala, the 2003-batch IPS officer had been suffering from cancer. He was posted as Inspector General in the Crime Branch…
Kendujhar:Odisha Vigilance officials on Sunday arrested Kendujhar District Labour Officer (DLO) Akash Bisoi for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe from an electrical contractor for issuing a labour licence.Odisha Cultural Products.According to Vigilance sources, the contractor had been assigned electrical installation work by TPNODL and was required to obtain a labour licence to engage workers for…
Lok Sabha MP Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to establish a regional centre of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C‑DAC) at Gangadhar Meher University (GMU) in Sambalpur and expand the existing Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) facility in the city.In his letter, Pradhan said a C‑DAC centre at…
Bhadrak: The police has arrested the Sub-Inspector of the Bhadrak Town Police on charges of domestic harassment allegations brought by his wife on Sunday.According to sources, the SI Gananath Sethi, who is working at Bhadrak Town Police Station, allegedly been physically and mentally abusing his wife for a long time.The authorities of the police station…
Nabarangpur : Senior Nabarangpur leader and former Odisha minister Dambaru Majhi died at the age of 86 on Sunday morning at around 5 AM while undergoing treatment in the ICU of Nabarangpur District Headquarters Hospital.Majhi remained a politician in Nabarangpur for over many decades and had been elected to the Odisha Assembly from Dabugaon constituency…
