Bhubaneswar, March 17 Odisha Minister of Forests, Environment and Climate Change, Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia, on Tuesday informed the assembly that 344 wild elephants have died in the state due to various reasons, including poaching and accidents, from April 2022 to March 10, 2026.In a written...
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Bhubaneswar, March 12 The Odisha Vigilance Department arrested a tahsildar on Thursday for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, an official said.The tahsildar from Kantapara in Cuttack district will be produced before the court of the Special Judge...
Today, i.e. on 11-03-2026, a search is being conducted at the following locations in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar (Khordha), Puri, and Kendrapara districts, based on the allegation that Sri Prasanna Samantaray, Tahsildar, Kantapara, Cuttack, possessed disproportionate assets from known sources of...
New Delhi, March 10 Indian Potash Ltd (IPL) announced on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with the Odisha government for the modernization and expansion of the Badamba Sugar Mill, with an estimated investment of ₹360 crore.The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by IPL managing...
Bhubaneswar, March 7 – The Odisha Vigilance Department conducted coordinated searches at multiple locations linked to Pramod Ray, an assistant executive engineer of the Derabish Irrigation Sub-Division, on Saturday, following allegations that he possessed assets far beyond his known sources of...
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Bhubaneswar, March 7 – The Odisha Vigilance conducted simultaneous searches at seven locations linked to Pramod Ray, Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) of the Derabish Irrigation Sub-Division under the Kendrapara Irrigation Division, on Saturday, officials said.The raids followed allegations...
Mundali (Odisha), March 6 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asserted that India will be Maoist-free by March 31 and said security forces will defeat those who dream of building a "red corridor" from Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati to Pashupati in Nepal.Addressing a function marking the 57th...
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Bhubaneswar, March 5 Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to undertake a one-day visit to Odisha on Friday, during which he would attend at least five official programmes and address a gathering in Paradip.Shah, who was initially scheduled to arrive here on Thursday evening, later...
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Bhubaneswar, March 5 Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to arrive in Bhubaneswar on Thursday evening for a two-day visit to Odisha, during which he will attend several official events.Shah is expected to arrive in the city around 8 pm and spend the night at a private hotel here...
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Bhubaneswar/Rourkela, March 4 At least six people, including four minors, drowned while taking a bath after celebrating Holi at separate locations in Odisha on Wednesday, police said.Two such incidents occurred in the Jajpur and Sundergarh districts, while one each occurred in the Cuttack and...
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Bhubaneswar, March 4 At least three people, including a boy, drowned while taking a bath after celebrating Holi at separate locations in Odisha on Wednesday, police said.Two incidents occurred in the Jajpur district, while the third took place in the Cuttack district.A report from Jajpur...
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Bhubaneswar, February 26 A physiotherapist from Assam was found dead near his rented house in Cuttack district of Odisha on Thursday, police said.The deceased was identified as Ruhan Kakati.After completing his physiotherapy studies in the northeastern state, he moved to Olatpur village in...
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Bhubaneswar, February 18 The superintendent of a prison in Odisha's Cuttack district paid Rs 1.9 lakh to a female inmate after gold jewelry, deposited during admission, was found missing, an official said on Wednesday.The woman from the Mahanga area in Cuttack district had deposited the...
Bhubaneswar, February 17 The Odisha Police has launched a search operation to locate two juvenile offenders who escaped from the observation home in Angul, officials said on Tuesday.Although the incident occurred on February 14, it came to light only after the police initiated the search.The...
Bhubaneswar, February 13 Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Kanh Charan Lenka died here on Friday, his family said.He was 86 years old and is survived by a son and a daughter.Lenka, who was suffering from age-related ailments, died of a cardiac arrest at a private hospital...
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Bhubaneswar, February 11 The opposition BJD on Wednesday demanded that the Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) issue an apology after the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) said that a case under the Arms Act against its party leaders was false.The police registered the "false case"...
Bhubaneswar, February 9 At least 18 children were admitted to the hospital after consuming ice cream in Cuttack district, Odisha, on Monday, police said.The incident occurred in the Kumusar village, within the Banki police station limits of the district.The children had eaten the ice cream...