Bhubaneswar: A house committee constituted by the Odisha Assembly on Friday decided to issue notice to journalist Abhijit Iyer Mitra for his alleged derogatory remarks against the state, its culture and the lawmakers. The committee headed by Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra decided to issue a notice to Iyer Mitra[Read More…]
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Drone cameras to keep an eye on Naxal-affected areas in Odisha
There is no denial that technological advancement has helped us in a lot of ways. It has changed the way we communicate, travel, learn and live. Life has been simplified in terms of productivity and education. Drone is again a production of such a technology that is redefining a lot[Read More…]
PM Modi inaugurates second Airport of Odisha in Jharsuguda
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated an Airport Authority of India’s (AAI) airport in Jharsuguda. With this, Odisha got its second airport on Saturday. This airport is developed under UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) and will put Odisha on the aviation map. Prime Minister Modi addressed a public rally after[Read More…]
Defence expert Abhijit Iyer Mitra arrested for hurting Odiya sentiments in Delhi
Abhijit Iyer Mitra has been arrested and taken to Nizamuddin police station today on September 20th for making derogatory remarks against Odisha. Iyer is taken to hospital for a medical examination after which he will be produced before Saket court before taken on remand by Odisha police. However, he was[Read More…]
An outcry for support: Idol maker bewails lack of Odisha govt’s attention
Profit is all about supply and demand. India, being a country of festivals still celebrates numbers of festivals every year in all parts of the country. Every time there is a pooja, there will be a pandal and an idol would be established. Neither the demand has not gone down[Read More…]
Odisha Assembly passes resolution for setting up a Legislative Council
The Odisha Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution for setting up a legislative council in the state. Members of Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party staged a walkout opposing the resolution introduced by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh. All ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) members present in the House voted in favour of the[Read More…]
Odisha: Expectant mother carried on cot for 6 km, newborn died soon after
Lack of basic facilities including education and healthcare still remains a distant dream for the villagers of Bidarpakhana in Malkangiri district of Odisha. Unavailability of ambulance kills a newborn on Sunday. To utmost disappointment, family members of an expectant mother were forced to carry her on a cot to take[Read More…]
Odisha: Hindutva’s gateway to the East
In the Panchayat elections held in 2017 in Odisha, the BJP has improved it’s tally by a whopping 850 per cent as compared with the 2012 elections. With a failing Congress, the Hindutva party hopes to unseat the four term chief minister Naveen Patnaik and do a Tripura in the assembly elections to[Read More…]
Odisha: Five rescuers die due to asphyxiation amid rescue operation
Five people died of asphyxiation inside a septic tank in Odisha’s Rayagada district on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred at Paika Sahi of Durgi village. The victims got into the septic tank to rescue a woman worker who had fallen inside it. However, they fell unconscious inside the tank[Read More…]
Odisha: Schizophrenia patient chained by family for 6 years, rescued
Basanti Ho, a 26-year-old woman from Odisha, suffering from Schizophrenia was under captivity of her family from past six years. The patient was rescued on Wednesday by Karanjia Sub-Collector Ashok Purohit and later admitted to Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district headquarter hospital. According to her father, Mangulu Ho, Basanti “starts tearing her clothes,[Read More…]
Odisha: Patient carried on cot to hospital again in Malkangiri
Malkangiri: In yet another incident of ambulance failure, a patient was once again carried on cot for about four kilometres as the 108 ambulance service failed to reach a village in the tribal-dominated Malkangiri district. The incident was reported from Gajiaguda village under Khairaput block of Malkangiri where Laxman Pangi[Read More…]
Odisha Human Rights Commission facing human crisis, no chairman to represent
As the acting chairperson and lone member Justice B K Mishra retired on Thursday, the Odisha Human Rights Commission has no human face to represent it now. Functioning without a chairperson for the past six years, the rights watchdog till recently had only single member, B.K. Mishra. Justice Mishra has[Read More…]
Odisha: Four kanwariyas dead as train hits them on bridge in Rourkela
As many as four kanwariyas were killed after being hit by a train while they were walking on a railway bridge near Panposh in Odisha’s Rourkela city last night. According to reports, seven Bol Bam devotees had come to Rourkela from Chhattisgarh to pour holy water at Vedvyas temple. They were[Read More…]
From Delhi’s cocktail circuit to Odisha’s longest serving CM, a tale of Naveen Patnaik’s journey
How did a man, spending his early days on Delhi’s cocktail circuit, defy stereotypes to script an enviable success story that has few parallels in the history of modern Indian politics? What led Naveen Patnaik, who had nothing to do with politics for the first fifty years of his life, become[Read More…]
BJD regime in Odisha a ‘lollipop’ government: BJP
Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Sunday termed the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government a lollipop government. The state government is a lollipop government. It has failed to create job opportunities during its 19-year rule and youths are roaming unemployed. The state government is giving lollipops to the youths through Biju Yuva[Read More…]
Don’t be guided by majoritarian views: CJI Dipak Misra
Cuttack: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Sunday advised the law students not to be guided by the majoritarian views and remain true to their conviction. You should never be guided by the majoritarian views. Be true to your own conviction and conscience and always endeavour to be responsibly[Read More…]
Odishara Rasagola: State govt to submit data by August 1st week for GI tag
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday said it would furnish detailed information seeking Geographical Indication (GI) tag for ‘Odishara Rasagola’ by the first week of August. We had received a letter from the office of the Geographical Indications Registry, Chennai in last week of June this year seeking detailed information[Read More…]
BJD revealed its stand by walking out before no-trust vote
The ruling BJD in Odisha revealed its stand on the no-confidence motion against the NDA-led Centre on the floor of the Parliament. In the last 14 years, Odisha has witnessed both a NDA and a UPA regimes have done injustice to the people of Odisha, said The Biju Janata Dal[Read More…]
Raped minor dies after struggling for life in Odisha hospital
Bhubaneswar: A six-year-old rape survivor from Odisha’s Salipur died on Sunday after struggling for life for more than a week at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, an official said. The minor was on ventilator support ever since she was admitted to the hospital in a critical condition, The[Read More…]
Odisha will ensure rape accused tried expeditiously: Patnaik
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the state government will spare no efforts in ensuring that the rape accused are tried expeditiously. “I want to assure this august house that my government will spare no efforts in ensuring that they are tried expeditiously. Safety and security of women,[Read More…]
Ahmedabad-Puri express travels without engine, no casualty
Bhubaneswar: Passengers of the Ahmedabad-Puri express had a narrow escape when its coaches rolled down without any engine for a few kilometres due to non-application of skid brakes in Odisha’s Titlagarh. The railway staff managed to halt the detached portion of the train by putting stones on the track late on[Read More…]
Shah’s claim of 120+ in Odisha polls is ‘exaggeration’: Patnaik
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said BJP President Amit Shah is exaggerating that his party would win more than 120 seats in the 2019 assembly elections. “I think that is very exaggerating,” Patnaik told reporters here. Odisha, which will face general and assembly elections in 2019, has[Read More…]
BJP is sinking fast, says Naveen Patnaik
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is sinking fast in the country. “The BJP is sinking quite fast,” Patnaik told reporters here, citing the defeat of the BJP in the by-poll to two parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh. The Biju Janata Dal (BJD)[Read More…]
Odisha applies for GI tag for ‘Odishara Rasagola’
Bhubaneswar: Finally, the Odisha government on Friday filed an application for Geographical Indication (GI) tag to stake claim for “Odishara Rasagola”. The state government move comes three months after West Bengal was awarded GI tag for “Banglar Rasogolla”. Officials of the Odisha Small Industries Corporation Ltd (OSIC) filed the application with[Read More…]
Odisha police station set ablaze over custodial death
Bhubaneswar: A mob of hundreds of men and women ransacked and set ablaze a police station in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on Friday to protest the custodial death of a theft accused. The irate mob damaged property at the Ainthapali police station vandalised several vehicles and attacked the personnel by pelting stones[Read More…]