Bhubaneswar, June 2 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are scheduled to attend a special programme at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district on June 20 to commemorate the BJP-led Odisha government’s completion of two years in office. The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) confirmed the participation of President Murmu and PM Modi in an official statement on Tuesday.According to the CMO, a high-level meeting was held on Monday at Lok Seva Bhawan under the chairmanship of Chi…
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Bhubaneswar, May 23 (IANS) The Odisha Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested two more persons in connection with the multi-crore District Mineral Foundation Trust (DMFT) fund embezzlement case involving fraudulent withdrawal of more than Rs 9.56 crore from a Bank of India account in Mayurbhanj district, a senior EOW official said. The accused, identified as Surjit Roy and Sameer Srivastav, proprietors of Roy Associates and SS Traders respectively, were arrested from Raipur in Chhatti…
Bhubaneswar, May 19 (IANS) The Odisha Vigilance on Tuesday unearthed movable and immovable assets worth crores of rupees during simultaneous raids on properties linked to the Executive Engineer of the Roads and Buildings Sub-Division, Dharmagarh, over allegations of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The accused, identified as Bhubaneswar Sabar, is the Executive Engineer at the Roads and Buildings Sub-Division, Dharmagarh, and the In-charge Executive Engineer, Roa…
Bhubaneswar, April 21 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate a tribal museum, a planetarium, and a science centre during a day-long visit to Odisha on Tuesday.According to the President’s Secretariat, President Murmu will inaugurate the planetarium and science Centre and the Nirmal Munda Parivesh Path at a public function in Rourkela, said a statement.She will also inaugurate a tribal museum and an Integrated Command and Control Centre at Rourkela.Extensive and robust security …
Bhubaneswar, April 16 (IANS) The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday wrote to Antar Singh Arya, Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST), seeking his urgent intervention into the death of a tribal student and mass illness due to food poisoning at a government-run school in Rasagovindpur block of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha. The senior BJD leaders in their letter noted that a 12-year-old tribal student, Rupali Besra, lost her life while undergoing treatment at the Pandit Ra…
Bhubaneswar, April 15 (IANS) Amid tension over the death of a Class 5 student due to suspected food poisoning at a government-run tribal school in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has announced an ex gratia of Rs three lakh for the deceased’s family and ordered an inquiry by the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), Central Division.According to an official statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) late on Tuesday night, upon learning about the death…
Bhubaneswar, March 22 (IANS) Odisha Police on Sunday arrested five persons in two separate cases involving the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl in Dhenkanal district and the killing of a 14-year-old girl in Mayurbhanj district.In the first case, Dhenkanal district police arrested four persons, including the prime accused Gangadhar Patra alias Jaga (38), a resident of Santarapur village under Kamakhyanagar police limits, in connection with the rape and murder of a minor college student.Polic…
Bhubaneswar, March 19 (IANS) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Police has arrested a businessman for his alleged involvement in a multi-crore fraud case related to the embezzlement of District Mineral Foundation Trust (DMFT) funds in Mayurbhanj district, a senior EOW official said on Thursday.The accused, Brajesh Mishra, proprietor of Mishra Enterprises and Mahakal Construction, was apprehended on Tuesday (March 17) from Chhattisgarh in connection with EOW Police Station Case No. 5/…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 4 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu said on Wednesday that the Union government is making special efforts for the economic development of tribals, including Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). While attending a special programme at Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University in Odisha’s Rairangpur, located in the tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj district, President Murmu highlighted various schemes launched by the Union government for the development of tribal communities …
Bhubaneswar, Feb 3 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu has arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar on a six-day Odisha visit. The President was accorded a grand welcome at the Bhubaneswar airport on Monday evening.Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, along with other senior dignitaries welcomed President Murmu at the airport.Later, the President in a carcade amid tight security went to the Lok Seva Bhawan for the night stay.As per her vis…