Smart city project execution in Bhubaneswar
The State Capital Bhubaneswar is celebrating its 76th Foundation Day today. It was on April 13, 1948 that the then Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, had laid the foundation stone for the city. Since then, Bhubaneswar remains a celebrated model of modern architecture and city planning with the...
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Warning issued for heat wave in State
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Cashless treatment for poll officials
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MBBS student duped of Rs 6L in cyber fraud
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Ex-Laxmipur MLA Kulesika joins BJP
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Ex-Min Kamala Das passes away
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‘Include dist tag demand for BBSR in poll manifestoes’
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2 flats burgled in separate incidents
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Trader held with expired beer stocks attempts suicide
A liquor trader, who was arrested on the charge of holding large quantities of expired beer in Baleswar district, reportedly made an attempt to end his life in the custody of the Excise Department on Friday. Naba Kishore Ray, the owner of a licenced liquor shop at Patrapada in Baleswar, had...
Tattoo not allowed for security personnel
Commissioner of Police Sanjeeb Panda has asked Special Security Battalion (SSB) personnel engaged to provide security coverage to Naveen Niwas, Raj Bhawan, Secretariat and Assembly not to make tattoos on their body parts, which are easily noticeable with uniform. Those who have already drawn tattoos in their bodies were asked to...
Police launch drive against tinted glasses
In a joint drive, the Commissionerare police and RTO officials cracked down on cars and four-wheelers using tinted glass windows in the capital city on Wednesday. Tinted glasses in four-wheelers are prohibited under the legal framework. As per the provision, anyone violating this order would invite penalty. The violators can be fined...
Jolt to Moquim: HC upholds lower court conviction
Trouble mounted for Congress leader Mohammed Moquim ahead of the Assembly elections-2024 as the Orissa High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s verdict, which had sentenced him to three years of imprisonment in the Odisha Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC) loan scam case. A Special Vigilance Court in Bhubaneswar had...
Disorganised BJP to give BJD grand victory
HITTING THE BULL’S EY E Between January and March of the current year, there was quite some murmur about the BJD losing many of the Assembly seats and most of the Parliament ones as suddenly kind of a pre-Modi narrative had caught the fancy of the people of Odisha when it...
Major battle for BJD, BJP in Brahmapur LS seat
The Brahmapur Lok Sabha seat in Ganjam district is among the key constituencies in Odisha. In the upcoming elections, the BJD will strive to retain the seat while a resurgent BJP aims to wrest it for itself. Stakes are high in this constituency for the State’s both major political parties. It’s...
BJD forms Manifesto Committee
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday formed a 38-member Manifesto Committee under the chairmanship of Brahmapur MP Chandra Sekhar Sahu. MLAs Debi Prasad Mishra, Pratap Deb, Sudam Marndi and Padmanav Behera, former Rajya Sabha member Magala Kissan and Kasturi Mohapatra, Editor of Utkal Prasanga and Odisha Review, are co-chairpersons of the...
