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Railways sanctions ₹509 crore for flyovers in Cuttack and Rayagada dists

IN a major step towards improving the operational efficiency of railways in the state, the ministry of Railways has sanctioned ₹509 crore for the construction of two major flyovers in Cuttack and Rayagada districts.

Potato crisis: Govt set for price intervention through NAFED supply

UNABLE to regulate retail price of the potato even after normal flow of the tuber from West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, the state government has decided to provide the kitchen essential to consumers at a subsidised rate through the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED).

CM unveils redesigned T'gana Talli

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday unveiled the redesigned Telangana Talli statue on the Secretariat premises.

Road blockade over Jagannath Sagar revival

ACTIVISTS under the banner of Mo Jagannath Trust have called for blockade of NH-26 for three hours on December 15 demanding immediate initiation of renovation works of the 300 year-old Jagannath Sagar in Jeypore.

Murder over sorcery: Police launch probe

POLICE on Monday launched a probe into the alleged murder of a 44-year-old tribal man over sorcery suspicion at Jarapa village in Bandhugaon of Koraput district.

Pond caretaker found hanging from tree

ANGUL: Body of a 55-year-old man was hanging from a tree on the banks of Ranigoda pond under Town police limits here on Monday.

Grain thieves face public wrath in Keonjhar village

RESENTING inaction of police, locals paraded two youth - accused of stealing grain - around the village with half their moustache shaved and faces blackened as per the diktat of a kangaroo court in Dimirimunda village on Monday.

AI comes to rescue as train halts on track for elephants

TECHNOLOGY BOON

Tadoba's tigress Zeenat moves out of Similipal, traced to Jharkhand

ZEENAT, the tigress which was translocated from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra to Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) has exited its habitat and moved into neighbouring Jharkhand.

Woman drug peddler held with ₹25L cash, 50 gm brown sugar

POLICE on Monday detained a woman drug peddler after a raid at her rented accommodation in Bhadrak town led to seizure of around ₹25 lakh cash along with at least 50 gram brown sugar.

61-yr-old killed in sleep as truck hits roadside house

Another two injured; driver was under the influence of alcohol

Locals protest delay in four-laning of NH-53, lay siege to highway in Jajpur

HUNDREDS of people including college students staged road blockade and demonstration near Kabatabandha village in Jenapur for nearly 12 hours on Monday demanding immediate completion of NH-53 expansion work between Chandikhole and Duburi and construction of a second bridge over Brahmani river.

Vigilance traces ₹15L cash from sub-registrar's office

HOURS after a female junior clerk was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹20,000 from a person, Vigilance seized around ₹15 lakh more cash from the sub-registrar's office in Khandagiri on Monday.

Pierian Services' new Kochi office to expand scope of E-commerce managed services operations

Pierian Services Private Ltd, a major global professional services firm based in Bengaluru, has opened its new facility in Kochi at Prestige Cyber-Green 1 in Smart City.

Sujeet Kumar files nomination for RS from BJP

FORMER BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar, who resigned from the upper house of the Parliament on September 6, filed nomination for the by-election to the seat as a BJP candidate on Monday.

Nearly 60,000 people fell victim to online fraud in six years: CM

NEARLY 60,000 people of the state fell victim to online trading fraud during the last six years, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the Assembly on Monday.

BJD urges state govt to release salary of Mission Shakti support staff

EVEN as hundreds of support staff under the Mission Shakti department on Monday staged a sit-in protest outside the Assembly over various demands, the Opposition BJD urged the state government to release their salaries.

IIT-BBS to host Smart India hackathon

BHUBANESWAR: The Indian Institute of Technology-Bhubaneswar (IIT-BBS) will host the finale of the software edition of Smart India Hackathon-2024 on December 11 and 12.

HC calls for joint efforts to restore glory of Satyabrata Stadium in Barabati fort

THE Orissa High Court has directed for a joint meeting of all the stakeholders including superintending archaeologist of ASI (Puri circle) DB Garnayak in response to allegations of unrestricted illegal activities by anti-socials inside the Satyabrata Stadium ground within the protected Barabati Fort area after sunset.

Group clash erupts at Cuttack college over smoking ganja, 3 hurt

While one group involved some Plus III and former students, the other comprised Plus II

Govt performs Bhumi Pujan for PBD convention

THE state government on Monday performed a 'Bhumi Pujan' ceremony at Janata Maidan here to mark the beginning of preparations for the upcoming Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention in the capital city from January 8 to 10 next year.

Worker's death: CMC probe a cover-up, say locals

EVEN as the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has constituted a probe panel to inquire into the death of the worker engaged in drain construction at Bidanasi area, locals have raised questions on the transparency of the investigation given the fact that the work was being carried out by the civic body.

Reservation can't be based on religion: SC

RELIGION cannot be the basis for granting reservation, the Supreme Court said on Monday, while hearing a batch of pleas, including one by the West Bengal government, challenging the Calcutta High Court's decision to quash the Other Backward Class (OBC) classification of 77, mostly Muslim, communities.

COMING, NO-TRUST MOTION AGAINST V-P

IN a breakdown of ties between the Opposition and the BJP-led NDA government, the INDIA bloc on Monday said it is contemplating an impeachment motion against Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Revenue Secy Sanjay Malhotra is new RBI chief

To assume charge on Wednesday; will have to fight high inflation and slowing growth

Stop attacks on Hindus, Dhaka told

FOREIGN Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday raised the issue of attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh during the first high-level diplomatic engagement between New Delhi and Dhaka since the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government took power in August.

₹800 cr in 4 days, Pushpa rules box office

EVER since he rose on the screen in 2021, Allu Arjun's Pushparaj has become an unstoppable force of nature. His staggering refusal to bow down to authority found universal resonance as the film became among the first blockbusters in the post-pandemic era.

Real close gap on Barcelona

JUDE Bellingham guided champions Real Madrid to a comfortable 3-0 victory at Girona on Saturday in La Liga, with Kylian Mbappe also on the scoresheet after two high-profile penalty misses in recent games.

Norris triumphs to help McLaren seal title

LANDO Norris coolly claimed victory in a tense, emotional and incident-filled Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday to deliver McLaren's first constructors' championship in 26 years as Lewis Hamilton finished a remarkable fourth in his final race for Mercedes.

Adelaide not so pretty in pink for the visitors

Cummins takes fifer as Australia level series 1-1 with 10-wkt win