Odisha

Two docs among 8 held for attacking cops in Odisha

4:27 pm August 1, 2020

Kendrapara (Odisha): Two doctors and six other employees of a private hospital in Odisha‘s Kendrapara district were arrested on Saturday on the charge of assaulting police personnel, officials said. Two police personnel on duty were attacked by the accused persons when they visited the hospital on Friday night as part of a probe into a […]

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CCI clears Adani Power’s 49% stake buy in Odisha Power Generation Corp

7:18 pm July 30, 2020

New Delhi: The Competition Commission on Thursday said it has approved Adani Power’s proposed purchase of 49 per cent stake in Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd (OPGC). In June, Adani Power announced acquiring US-based The AES Corporation’s 49 per cent stake in OPGC for USD 135 million (around Rs 1,019 crore). OPGC operates a 1,740 MW thermal power plant […]

Odisha: COVID claims another warrior’s life in Ganjam district

11:00 pm July 25, 2020

Berhampore: An assistant sub- inspector (ASI) of police died of coronavirus infection in Odisha‘s Ganjam, taking the number of frontline COVID warriors who died while battling the pandemic in the district to 20, an official said on Saturday. The ASI, posted at a court in Bhanjangar, was suffering from high fever for the last four days. As […]

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2 Maoists killed in encounter with security personnel in Odisha

11:48 pm July 23, 2020

Bhubaneswar: At least two Maoists, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Odisha‘s Kandhamal district on Thursday, a top police officer said. The encounter took place in a forested area near Tumudibandha, when the Left-Wing Extremists opened fire at the personnel of the elite Special Operation Group (SOG) and the district voluntary force (DVF) of Odisha Police during […]

Gyanpur MLA booked under Goonda Act in UP’s Bhadohi

11:39 pm July 18, 2020

Bhadohi: The Justice M M Das Commission of Enquiry, which was probing into the chit fund scam in Odisha for nearly six years, has now suspended its functioning after closing its office here on Saturday, an official said. “The office of the commission was closed following ‘no response’ from the state government with regard to the extension […]