Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested a Junior Engineer of Belapada Block in Bolangir district for allegedly taking bribe. The JE has been identified as Harekrushna Sahoo. Sahoo was apprehended by the Vigilance sleuths while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 7,000 as final instalment of overall demand of bribe of Rs 14,000 from a [...]

Bhubaneswar: The All-Odisha Leopard Estimation-2024 has revealed that 696 leopards have been spotted in the forests across the state. This first ever leopard estimation released on Thursday was conducted by the Odisha Forest Department. The estimation exercise spanned across 47 Forest Divisions of the state. The state forest department sources claimed that the survey was [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday said that the discussions with the ambassadors and representatives of various countries at the ‘Ambassadors’ Meet’ in New Delhi were successful. While speaking to media persons after the Ambassadors’ Meet, the Chief Minister said that the discussions were held with the ambassadors, business commissioners, high commissioners [...]

Bhubaneswar: BJD President and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik on Thursday urged everyone to join hands and collaborate in a positive way to save the Mother Earth. “Time is running out. We can no longer afford to wait and watch. It’s high time for us to act. Urge everyone to join hands and collaborate [...]

Bhubaneswar: Ganesh Ram SingKhuntia, Minister of Forests, Environment and Climate Change has expressed his opinion today that for the successful implementation of various schemes adopted for the protection of wild animals and their habitats, public, media, volunteers and social institutions should extend unwavering cooperation. The 70th State Wildlife Week, 2024 has been celebrated today in [...]

Bhubaneswar: The State Transport Authority (STA) has given a strong warning against fraudulent money collection from vehicle drivers under the pretext of road safety checks. The warning has come following the multiple reports from Sundargarh district, where individuals have been posing as officials to extort money from vehicle drivers. Joint Transport Commissioner (Road Safety), Pradeep [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Raj Bhavan has turned into a center of political activities, alleged the opposition Biju Janata Dal here on Thursday. The Governor and Raj Bhavan are above the politics. But the Raj Bhavan has become a war room of Jharkhand elections, said the BJD leaders in a press meet. It is being discussed that [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Commissionerate Police on Wednesday arrested three persons in connection with a case related to the alleged gangrape of a woman by looters in an apartment in the Maitri Vihar area of Bhubaneswar on the intervening night of September 29 and 30. The accused persons will be produced before the court on Thursday. Bikash [...]

Bhubaneswar: At least nine people including a pregnant woman have lost their lives due to food poisoning and outbreak of diarrhea in Odisha’s Kandhamal district, as per reports. The situation in Kanibaru and Sindhibali villages of Durgapanga panchayat under Kotgarh block of the district remains grim. Several people have been taken ill in the last [...]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal President and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday made a blistering attack on the BJP-led Odisha Government, saying that history cannot be changed by changing the name and color. Launching the BJD’s Jana Sampark Yatra on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, Naveen accused the BJP of coming to power [...]