Koraput: Malkangiri district police seized 503 kg of ganja and arrested two alleged traffickers from UP after intercepting a truck near Champakhari village on Tuesday night. The police team was conducting a night patrol near Champakhari when they noticed a truck speeding through the area. Suspecting foul play, the team intercepted the vehicle and carried…
Koraput: A special Pocso court in Jeypore on Monday sentenced a 24-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting him of raping a minor girl aged 17 years on the false promise of marriage on July 19, 2024.Delivering the verdict, additional district and sessions judge-cum-special Pocso court judge Sanghamitra Dash convicted the man….
The expert team during a survey in Malkangiri district Koraput: Malkangiri district is set to carve a niche on state tourism map, with a high-level technical survey identifying immense potential for water-based adventure tourism across several scenic locations in the district.The two-day survey, conducted on July 11 and 12, was jointly undertaken by Odisha’s tourism…
Koraput: Commissioner of railway safety (CRS), south-eastern circle, Brijesh Kumar Mishra, has cleared the newly doubled Baiguda-Kakiriguma railway section under Koraput-Singapur Road doubling project after carrying out a two-day statutory inspection, paving way for its commissioning.The 12.385-km second line between Baiguda and Kakiriguma stations in Rayagada division of East Coast Railway was inspected on July…
Koraput: Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati has renewed his demand for restoring district-level recruitment for teachers and Class III and IV govt posts in Koraput, warning of a fresh agitation if the state proceeds with statewide appointments for the upcoming recruitment drive.Addressing a news conference, the Jeypore legislator said the existing system of state-level recruitment…
Dignitaries at the function in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: The 78th birth anniversary of renowned Odissi maestro and Padma Shri awardee Guru Gangadhar Pradhan was celebrated with great reverence and cultural splendour here on Friday.The programme was jointly organised by the Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Research Centre and the Guru Gangadhar Pradhan Foundation, Konark Natya Mandap, to…
Koraput: Vigilance sleuths arrested a senior mining official on Wednesday, a day after he was caught accepting Rs 2 lakh bribe from a sand quarry leaseholder for extending the lease and facilitating future benefits in sand spot auctions at Jeypore.The accused, Satyajit Rout, deputy director (geology)-cum-deputy director of mines, Jeypore, was produced before the special…
Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi and railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will launch two new rail services on Monday — Puri-Koraput inaugural special from Puri railway station and Berhampur-Udhna Amrit Bharat inaugural special from Berhampur railway station.Sources said the regular timetable for Puri-Koraput Express will be announced later. The new services are expected to enhance…
Satyanarayan PattnaikKoraput: Rayagada Police recovered a cache of firearms, ammunition and Maoist logistics from a concealed dump inside the Raghubari Reserve Forest under Ambadala police limits, dealing another blow to the banned CPI (Maoist)’s efforts to regroup in the region.“Our sustained anti-Maoist operations, backed by actionable intelligence obtained from recently surrendered Maoist cadres, have once…
Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission of India has appointed 10 senior IAS officers as Electoral Roll Observers for Odisha to oversee the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Additional chief electoral officer-cum-special secretary Sushant Kumar Mishra issued instructions assigning the officers to districts.Rajesh Prabhakar Patil will cover Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada and Jajpur ; Aravind Agrawal, Balasore,…
