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HC annuls Moquim's election as MLA

CUTTACK, March 5 -- --Will contest 2024 polls from same Cuttack-Barabati, says he: In a major jolt to Mohammed Moquim, the Orissa High Court on Monday annulled his election as the Cuttack-Barabati MLA... Read More


MLA Premananda, rebel BJD leader Rajendra join BJP

BHUBANESWAR, March 5 -- After Jayadev MLA Arabinda Dhali, Telkoi MLA Premananda Nayak and rebel BJD leader Rajendra Das joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday. Ex-BJD leader and former Dha... Read More


BDA sets up 4 facilitation cells

BHUBANESWAR, March 5 -- The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has set up four facilitation cells for sub-plot regularisation and proposed layout plan approval in the offices of the District Sub-... Read More


2 women held for loot in train

BALESWAR, March 5 -- Two women were apprehended by police on the charge of looting a passenger in a moving train in Baleswar district on Monday. The accused, who are natives of West Bengal, were hand... Read More


DMs asked to take special drive to update RoRs

BHUBANESWAR, March 5 -- Expressing concern over problems faced by land owners due to non-updation of names in record-of-rights (RoRs), Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Revenue, Satyabrata Sahu asked ... Read More


ITI student missing in Puri; probe on

PURI, March 5 -- A student of the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Puri went missing on Saturday. His last location is said to be the Khurda railway station. However, the youth has not been trac... Read More


Seers hail C'garh's effort to protect Sanatana

India, March 5 -- Shankaracharya Jagadguru Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Jyotish Peeth and Shankaracharya Jagadguru Swami Sadanand Saraswati of Sharda Peeth on Monday hailed the efforts of the... Read More


Bajrang Dal foils beef smuggling in port

PARADIP, March 5 -- Bajrang Dal members intervened in a suspected beef smuggling attempt at the Paradip Port, thwarting an operation that involved the transportation of beef along with vegetables to f... Read More


Sai to open Chitrakote Mahotsav today

BASTAR, March 5 -- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai will inaugurate the Chitrakote Mahotsav in Bastar district on Tuesday. Sai will also inaugurate 177 development works completed at a cost... Read More


DMF contractors paid bribes to govt officials, politicians, claims ED

RAIPUR, March 5 -- nThe Enforcement Directorate on Monday alleged that mining contractors linked to the District Mineral Fund (DMF) in Chhattisgarh paid "huge amounts of illegal gratification" to offi... Read More