LoP Naveen Writes To CM Majhi Seeking Adequate Compensation To Farmers

Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik on Thursday wrote to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, seeking adequate compensation to the farmers after a proper inquiry for crop damage due to unseasonal rain.Patnaik also empahsized on providing weather updates to the farmers in a timely manner.“…..the government of Odisha must take the plight of our farmers…

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CM inaugurates 14 Cybercrime Police Stations and 3 upgraded police stations

Bhubaneswar, 29/12: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated 14 Police Stations that will investigate cybercrime and economic offences in the State.    Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that his government is committed to providing the people of Odisha with modern policing system with a well-trained police force to counter technology based…

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Inter-State NEET-UG Admission Fraud Racket Busted In Bhubaneswar Ahead Of Exam

Bhubaneswar: Just a day before the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2025, scheduled for May 4, Commissionerate Police in Bhubaneswar arrested four members of an inter-state fraud syndicate involved in deceiving medical aspirants. The arrests, made by the Special Crime Unit, targeted a group promising fake admissions to private medical colleges in Odisha. Commissioner…

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UPSC contemplates criminal action against two candidates for claiming selection in civil services

New Delhi, 26/5: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is considering criminal and disciplinary penal action against two candidates for allegedly claiming selection in the civil services examination, the results of which were declared on Tuesday, according to an official statement.     The case relates to Aysha Makrani (from Madhya Pradesh) and Tushar (from…

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3 awarded death Penalty for gang rape of Israeli woman, murder of Odia tourist in Karnataka

Bhubaneswar: A local court in Karnataka on Monday awarded the death penalty  to three men convicted in the gang rape oftwo women.including an israeli national . and the murder of an odia  tourist .The First Additional District and Sessions Court sentenced Mallesh alias Handimalla, Saikumar, and Sharanabasavaraj to death after convicting them for the brutal…

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Caste committee certifies Sameer Wankhede belongs to a Scheduled Caste

Mumbai, 13/8: The Maharashtra government’s District Caste Certificate Verification Committee (DCCVC) has given clean chit to high-profile IRS officer Sameer Wankhede, declaring that he belongs to the Mahar community, which comes under Scheduled Caste.   Wankhede, an officer of 2008-batch of Indian Revenue Service (IRS), who was the zonal director with Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)…

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Government of India Confers 5-STAR Rating for NALCO’s Bauxite Mines for Sustainable Mining

Bhubaneswar, 13/7: The Panchpatmali Central and North Block Bauxite Mines of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) have been conferred with the 5-Star Rating by the Ministry of Mines, GOI, in a stringent evaluation process taken up by the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM). The 5-star rating award, along with certificate of excellence was presented by…

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