Bhubaneswar: Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly Surama Padhy has constituted several important committees of the House for the financial year 2026-27.The Speaker has set up more than 35 committees, including key ones such as the Public Accounts Committee, Rules Committee, Committee of Privileges, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Committee on Petitions, and the Library Committee.The…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Thursday arrested three contractors for their alleged involvement in misappropriation of government funds amounting to nearly ₹3 crore in LED street lighting projects executed across three districts between 2021 and 2023.The arrested persons have been identified as Girija Sankar Dash, proprietor of M/s Transpower, Baripada in Mayurbhanj district; Dharanidhar Sahoo, proprietor…
Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has arrested a man for defrauding a Arun Patra, a magician of Rs 2.5 lakh on pretext of providing a vehicle for a stage show on Thursday. The fraudster was arrested from Chhattisgarh’s Raipur area after an intensive investigation.According to reports, the accused, identified as Binaya Kumar Gauda, had taken Rs…
Bhubaneswar: In a heartbreaking development, another Odia woman has died in the major ammonia gas leak incident at a seafood processing unit in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district, taking the death toll of Odia migrant workers to nine.The latest victim has been identified as Rita Juang from Tangiri Dubanali Sahi under Telkoi block in Keonjhar district….
Athagarh, June 25: Acting on a tip-off about illegal narcotics trafficking, the Special Task Force (STF) conducted a raid in Athagarh and seized a huge quantity of ganja that was allegedly being stored for transportation outside the district.The raid was carried out in a forest area near Kandarpur Kundamundia under Athagarh police limits in Cuttack…
Authorities rescued fourteen child labourers in Baipariguda during a coordinated raid across garages, hotels, cement brick factories, rice mills, and other establishments.The joint operation involved the Child Welfare Committee, District Labour Office, District Child Protection Unit, and local police.Officials identified minors under eighteen engaged in hazardous work. Thirteen girls and one boy were rescued. The…
Cuttack, June 25: The Orissa High Court has come down heavily on the misuse of judicial processes for personal motives, observing that courts cannot be used as tools to exert pressure in private disputes. The court dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by a husband seeking the return of his wife and imposed a penalty…
Bhubaneswar: A Fast Track Special Court in Odisha has sentenced a 24-year-old man to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment for the rape and aggravated penetrative sexual assault of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl. Delivering the verdict, Ad-hoc Additional Sessions Judge Saroj Kumar Sahoo found the accused, Kanha alias Santosh Khuntia, guilty under the Protection of Children from…
Bhubaneswar: In a significant political development, former IAS officer Sujata Rout Karthikeyan, wife of former bureaucrat VK Pandian and trusted aide of former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is likely to join the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today.Highly placed sources indicate that the formal joining ceremony will take place at Sankha Bhawan, the BJD headquarters. BJD…
Puri: Jagannath Temple in Puri will remain out of bounds for devotees for five hours hours today for the elopement ritual of Lord Krishna with Devi Rukmini, popularly known as ‘Rukmini Haran’ ritual.The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration has announced a temporary suspension of public darshan on for the sacred Rukmini Harana and Bibaha Utsav ritual.Taking…
