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Bhubaneswar: State higher education department has received eight ragging complaints from two govt colleges over the past 16 months, culture minister Suryabanshi Suraj told the assembly on Friday.Responding to a question by Congress Legislature Party leader Rama Chandra Kadam, Suraj said four cases were reported from BJB Autonomous College in Bhubaneswar and four from Government…
Bhubaneswar: Flight disruptions continued for a second day on Friday as IndiGo cancelled 24 more flights leading to chaos and inordinate delay at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA). This occurred even as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) gave IndiGo temporary exemption from the new crew work-hour rules.Those who had spent the night at…
Bhubaneswar: The enforcement officials of the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) on Friday carried out a successful eviction drive in Gadakana to free up valuable govt land from the hands of illegal settlers.During the drive, which proceeded peacefully without police force, the officials demolished 14 concrete houses, four tin or stone cattle sheds, seven bathrooms, two…
Bhubaneswar: The govt on Friday cancelled the Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) exam hours before it was scheduled as opposition Congress alleged that the question paper had been leaked nearly three hours before the test, with MLA CS Raazen Ekka raising the issue in the assembly during a debate on unemployment.Director medical education and training Santosh…
Odisha Police have denied any official complaint regarding alleged harassment of a DSP by a DIG, following a social media post claiming the DSP sought VRS due to mental duress. The DSP himself stated personal reasons for his VRS application, while the DIG termed the allegations baseless and a conspiracy. Representative photo Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police…
Fliers outside Bhubaneswar airport Bhubaneswar: It was around 11:30 pm on Thursday night, and a group of seven Abu Dhabi-bound construction workers were clueless about what to do next. Their morning flight to Abu Dhabi on IndiGo airlines had been cancelled and sitting outside the airport they were wondering the best option to head back…
Bhubaneswar: The CBI on Friday made its first arrest in the ongoing investigation into the Odisha sub-inspector (SI) recruitment scam, identifying the accused as Biranchi Kumar Nayak (43), a resident of Kalarahanga area near Patia in Bhubaneswar.Nayak is believed to be a key middleman in the scam. According to CBI sources, Nayak allegedly approached several…
Cuttack: Orissa high court has upheld the decision of Keonjhar divisional forest officer (DFO) to revoke Jindal Steel Limited’s working permission over 51.99 hectares of diverted forest land in the Roida-I iron and manganese mine area in Keonjhar district, but at the same time granted the company liberty to pursue required statutory clearances.Justice S K…
Keonjhar: The special Pocso court on Friday sentenced a 60-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 2,000 for raping a 14-year-old minor girl. According to the special public prosecutor, on March 3, 2020, the minor had stepped out to pick up vegetables from the garden. The accused, seeing her alone,…
Keonjhar: Forest officials on Friday found a carcass of a female elephant in Kasada village under Suakathi section in Keonjhar division’s Bhuyan Juanga Pirha range.It is suspected that the elephant, aged around 8-10 years, was electrocuted. The forest department is yet to establish the exact cause of death. “The post mortem will be done tomorrow,”…
