Odisha

Berhampur: An important meeting was held at the office Superintendent of Police, Berhampur to discuss innovation solutions for road safety in the silk city. Berhampur SP Dr. Saravana Vivek M presided over the meeting where experts shared their knowledge on leveraging data-driven approaches to enhance road safety. The expert team identified areas for improvement in [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police on Wednesday arrested a couple in a Rs 1.3 crore bank fraud case, said a senior EOW official. The accused couple identified as Ashirbad Pattnaik and his wife Manogyan Pattnaik were nabbed from the Patia area in Bhubaneswar. The EOW sleuths apprehended the couple on the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday launched the flagship ‘Bikashita Gaon Bikashita Odisha’ (BGBO) scheme during a programme at Jankia in Khordha district. In his address during the event, CM Majhi said that the state government is launching the flagship programme with the commitment to develop every village across Odisha. “I am [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday seized assets worth more than crores during the simultaneous house searches of Santanu Mohapatra, Deputy Director and PD (Project Director), Watershed, Malkangiri in Malkangiri district. Due to the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets (DA) by Santanu Mohapatra to his known sources of income, simultaneous house searches are [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Tourism department on Tuesday organised a roadshow in Hyderabad aiming to boost the inbound and domestic tourism in the state by highlighting its rich cultural heritage, beautiful landscapes, diverse wildlife, and tourist sites. The event, organised in association with FICCI, witnessed more than 40 travel operators and over 20 tourism investors from [...]

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu’s address to the Parliament is full of empty rhetoric, with hopeful promises and a vision clouded in ambiguity, said the Odisha’s Biju Janata Dal. Expressing deep disappointment with the President’s Address to the joint sitting of both the houses of the Parliament, BJD MP Dr. Sasmit Patra said that the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday met senior party leader and former minister Susanta Singh, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bhubaneswar. The BJD supremo inquired the heath condition of Singh and wished him a speedy recovery from the illness. As per reports, Singh was initially admitted to a [...]

Bhubaneswar: Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday made a scathing attack on the BJP-led Central government for neglecting Odisha in the Railway Budget. Senior BJD leader and former MP Amar Patnaik said that the people of Odisha have been betrayed by Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The Union Minister said that Odisha has been [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance on Tuesday nabbed the ASI of Birmaharajpur Police Station in Subarnapur district for allegedly taking bribe. The Asst. Sub Inspector has been identified as Budu Bhoi. The police officer has been apprehended by the Vigilance sleuths while demanding and taking bribe of Rs.6,000 from a complainant to release his motorcycle seized [...]

Bhubaneswar: The organisational elections of the Biju Janata Dal will be completed before the Odia New Year. BJD leader Pradip Kumar Amat on Monday revealed this following the meeting of the party’s coordination committee at Sankha Bhawan here. The meeting was attended by senior leaders of the party to discuss various issues related to the [...]