Bhubaneswar, May 6 (IANS) Three members of a family, including an elderly couple and their minor granddaughter, died after a major fire broke out early on Wednesday at Basant Villa apartments in Bhubaneswar’s Laxmisagar area.The blaze is believed to have started around 4 to 4.30 A.M., triggering panic among residents as smoke rapidly spread through the building.Speaking to IANS, Deputy Fire Officer, Bhubaneswar, Narayan Dash said that the fire services officials received an emergency call at a…
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Bhubaneswar, April 23 (IANS) Odisha is reeling under scorching heat, with day temperatures hovering above 40 degrees Celsius in several parts of the state, including the capital Bhubaneswar, as an intense heatwave sweeps across the region, severely affecting normal life. The state’s industrial hub, Jharsuguda in western Odisha, continued to record the highest maximum temperature, with the mercury touching 44 degrees Celsius by 2 p.m. on Thursday. Similarly, the Talcher area of Angul district, …
Bhubaneswar, April 22 (IANS) The Odisha Cabinet on Wednesday approved eight key proposals, including the Odisha City Gas Distribution (CGD) Policy, aimed at boosting Piped Natural Gas (PNG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) infrastructure across the state in line with the broader push for clean and sustainable energy.The proposals, spanning eight departments, received Cabinet approval at a meeting held at Lok Seva Bhawan under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday.Bri…
Bhubaneswar, April 20 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday released financial assistance of Rs 838.48 crore to 41,68,582 farmers under the CM-KISAN scheme on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya and State Farmers’ Day.The Chief Minister also made several major announcements for farmers at a grand event held at the Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) in Cuttack. After performing the Bhoomi Puja on agricultural land near CRRI, Majhi ceremonially initiated the ‘Akhi Muthi Anuku…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a declaration that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army (INA) was responsible for securing India’s Independence, while also rejecting prayers to accord him the status of ‘National Son’ and to notify his birth anniversary and the INA’s foundation day as national days.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi refused to entertain…
Bhubaneswar, April 10 (IANS) Member of Parliament Aparajita Sarangi on Friday wrote to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, strongly urging the Odisha government to revisit its recent decision to halt the Bhubaneswar Metro Rail Project. In her letter, Sarangi emphasised that Bhubaneswar is at a “tipping point” due to rapid urbanisation, rising traffic congestion, and the growing demand for sustainable mobility solutions.”Bhubaneswar has been witnessing rapid urbanisation and population growth …
Bhubaneswar, April 9 (IANS) Odisha Vigilance on Thursday arrested a senior engineer of the Department of Water Resources for allegedly possessing assets 241 per cent in excess of his known sources of income. “On April 9, Rajesh Chandra Mohanty, Additional Chief Engineer, Central Irrigation Circle, Odisha, Bhubaneswar, currently posted as Additional Chief Engineer (Dam Safety), was arrested by Odisha Vigilance and forwarded to the Court of the Special Judge, Vigilance, Cuttack, for possession o…
Bhubaneswar, April 8 (IANS) Continuing its crackdown on corrupt state government employees, the Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday unearthed huge assets during simultaneous house searches at properties linked to a senior official of the Department of Water Resources over allegations of accumulating assets beyond his known sources of income. “On the allegation of possession of assets disproportionate to the known sources of income, simultaneous house searches were conducted on the properties of Raje…
Bhubaneswar, April 8 (IANS) Karan Adani, Managing Director of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), on Wednesday announced to invest Rs 33,081 crore in Odisha across three projects — a data centre in Bhubaneswar and a thermal power plant and a cement manufacturing unit near Cuttack — that will create a total of 9,700 jobs.The first project is a data centre in Bhubaneswar with an investment of Rs 800 crore, which he said will support the digital economy and create around 200 jobs.The s…
Bhubaneswar, April 6 (IANS) Senior Sasmit Patra, a leader of the Biju Janata Dal and Rajya Sabha MP, on Monday wrote to Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal, seeking his immediate intervention to ensure that the proposed Metro Rail project, initiated during the previous government, is not scrapped by the state government. In his letter, Patra argued that the project envisioned during the previous Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government is a critical mass-transit backbone for th…