Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing, Odisha, arrested a person in the Haj Pilgrimage Fraud of Rs 1.2 Crore. The accused has been identified as Nabeel Abdul Mubin Shaikh. He was arrested from Mumbai. Nabeel was produced before the Court of JMFC, 63rd Court, Andheri, Mumbai and brought on transit remand to Bhubaneswar. The arrested accused [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Commerce & Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena has visited Chennai to learn about the operational modules and best practices of Tamil Nadu State Transport Department. During his visit, Jena had a productive discussion with Tamil Nadu State Transport Department officials on their operational modules and best practices. The Odisha Minister also toured a [...]

Bhubaneswar : Mayor, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Sulochana Das has inaugurated the wall painting competition here at the food street near St. Joseph School, Bhubaneswar. About 60 artists of the city registered themselves to reflect their art talent in the competition. On the occasion of Swachhata Hi Seva initiative and Swachha ta Pakhwada the programme [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Sunday transferred several senior IPS officers assigning them new roles. As per an official notification issued by the Home Department, Pinak Mishra, at present S.P., Puri, is transferred and posted as DCP, Bhubaneswar. Madkar Sandeep Sampat, at present S.P., Dhenkanal, is transferred and posted as SP, Bhadrak. Anupama James, at [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Sunday effected a major reshuffle in the IPS cadre transferring several officers. An official notification has been issued by the Home Department in this regard. A.K. Ray, at present Director, Printing, Stationary and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack is transferred and posted as D.G. of Prisons and Correctional Services. S.M. Narvane, at [...]

Bhubaneswar: Former bureaucrat and Prof. Satish Agnihotri of IIT Mumbai on Sunday presented a painting of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra printed on Jeevodaya silk to BJD President and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik. Prof. Agnihotri met the BJD President at Naveen Niwas and presented the painting of the holy Trinity. Jeevodaya silk [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has once again shined in the 2024 Urban Governance Index (UGI) due to its progressive policies that grant autonomy to urban local bodies (ULBs) and elected representatives. Odisha has occupied the top most position in Empowered Citizens Category and second position in Urban Governance in Urban Governance Index 2024, according to an independent [...]

Bhubaneswar: The BJD leaders from Nayagarh district met party President Naveen Patnaik here on Saturday. Naveen reviewed the organizational situation of the BJD in the district with the party leaders during the meeting, which took place at Sankha Bhawan. The BJD supremo gave guru mantra to the leaders and urged them to stay connect with [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has imposed a 48-hour Internet shutdown in the Bhadrak district following violent communal clashes over social media posts. A notification from the Home Department of the Odisha government issued on Saturday morning said, “In order to prevent the spread of inflammatory and motivated messages in the media to disturb the public [...]

Bhubaneswar: The healthcare services have been severely disrupted across Odisha due to the cease-work protests by the nurses of state-run hospitals and healthcare centres in the state. The nursing officers are on the strike since Friday to demand implementation of their 10-point list of demands including regularisation of contractual workers and scrapping of outsourcing. The [...]