Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Kushal Chandra Chatterjee, a former outsourced Junior Town Planner at the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), was convicted today by the Vigilance Special Judge, Bhubaneswar, in a bribery case. The court sentenced Chatterjee to three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine for his role in demanding and accepting a bribe to approve a [...]

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai on Friday administered the oath of office to two newly appointed judges of the Supreme Court. Justices Alok Aradhe and Vipul Manubhai Pancholi took oath as apex court judges, two days after the Centre cleared their appointments. With the swearing-in of the two new judges, the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Serious allegations have surfaced against Kabisuryanagar MLA Pratap Chandra Nayak from Odisha’s Ganjam district. The MLA is accused of illegally constructing a five-story building under the name “Lucky Enterprises” in Verna village under Salcete taluka near Margao, Goa. As per reports, Nayak has allegedly housed 400 workers in this building and facilitated their employment with [...]

New Delhi: The world is projected to face a shortage of one million semiconductor professionals by 2030 and India has the opportunity to bridge a significant part of this gap, according to Minister of Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw. Highlighting the importance of developing a strong talent base, the minister said that one of the

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is scheduled to host a two-day National Conference of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Parliamentary Committee on August 29 and 30. Speaking to media persons, Speaker of Odisha Assembly, Surama Padhy, on Thursday said that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate the conference on August 29. Birla will also inaugurate an [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police in Odisha on Thursday arrested a 42-year-old YouTuber and motivational speaker in connection with a burglary case, informed Police Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh. The accused was identified as Manoj Kumar Singh of Khajuripada, in the Baideswar area of Cuttack district. Singh revealed that the accused Manoj used to give motivational [...]

Berhampur: A fisherman went missing after a fishing boat carrying seven people capsized off the Podampeta coast in Ganjam district early Thursday morning. The fisher has been identified as A Kaleya from San Nolia Nuagaon under Chhatrapur block. The incident occurred around 4 am when Kaleya and six other fishermen ventured into the sea for [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Berhampur police on Wednesday arrested two fraudsters on charges of cheating a person and some banks of Rs 24 lakhs by fraudulently availing a loan by mortgaging fake gold ornaments as collateral. The accused were identified as Biswajit Kar, 42, of Sahadebkhunta in Balasore district and Abhinab Srivastab, 26, of Ghazipur district of [...]

Cuttack: In a shocking incident, a section of the roof at Cuttack Railway Station collapsed during ongoing redevelopment work, causing temporary disruption to train services. The incident involved the collapse of an old wall and a platform shed, with debris falling onto the tracks at Platform 1. No casualties have been reported, though the incident [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday arrested a government official for allegedly receiving bribe money from a businessman for reversal of ITC (Input Tax credit) for the tax period of Financial Year of 2020-21 as well as the exemption of fine and penalty. The accused was identified as Sarita Barik, currently posted as the Assistant [...]