Odisha

Sham marriage gang busted in Odisha, 4 arrested

7:57 pm February 23, 2021

Bhawanipatna: The Odisha Police busted a gang with the arrest of four persons, including two women, who allegedly duped several men of lakhs of rupees in the name of marriage, an official said on Tuesday. Kalahandi Superintendent of Police Saravana Vivek said that the gang, which included two persons from Chhattisgarh, used to target divorced men who are rich and […]

IIT-Kharagpur researchers turn Odisha steel plant dumpsites into greenbelt

7:53 pm February 22, 2021

New Delhi: Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have transformed Odisha’s steel plants’ dumpsites into greenbelts using traditional Indian organic components and Japanese afforestation techniques. According to the team, a drive through the Dhenkanal region of Odisha will give one the chance to witness the vast stretches of green canopy and vegetation developed by them on what was once industrial dumpsites. The transformation to a […]

Prime accused in sensational Odisha gang-rape case nabbed after over two decades

6:40 pm February 22, 2021

Bhubaneswar: The prime accused in the sensational gang-rape case involving the estranged wife of an IFS officer that led to the resignation of then Odisha chief minister JB Patnaik in 1999 was nabbed from Maharashtra, police said on Monday. Bibekananda Biswal alias Biban was held from Aamby Valley in Lonavala in Maharashtra, announced Bhubaneswar- Cuttack’s Commissioner of Police S Sarangi. Biban, the prime accused in the case, […]

Odisha CM announces financial aid for dairy farmers

Odisha has potential to emerge as global steel, aluminium hub: Patnaik

7:48 pm February 18, 2021

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday said the state has the potential to emerge as a global hub in steel, aluminium and other mining industries. Patnaik was speaking after inaugurating two iron ore mines at Guali and Jilling in Keonjhar district along with Union Minister of Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi in virtualmode. These […]

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Patnaik announces Rs 200-cr package for Samaleswari shrine development

11:55 pm February 17, 2021

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced a Rs 200-crore package for the development of the 16th-century shrine of Maa Samaleswari, the presiding deity of western Odisha. The SAMALEI (Samaleswari Temple Area Management and Local Economy Initiatives) project will be implemented during the 2021-22 fiscal. It envisages construction of a km-long walkway for […]