Bhubaneswar: The city police on Wednesday served a notice to V K Pandian, a former IAS officer-turned-BJD politician and close aide of ex‑chief minister Naveen Patnaik, who virtually ran the govt, was called for questioning in connection with the theft of two sensitive inquiry reports from the chief minister’s office (CMO) during the 2024 regime…
Police during an investigation into the missing files Bhubaneswar: Police on Wednesday issued notices to Rajesh Verma, former principal secretary to then chief minister Naveen Patnaik, and former IT secretary Manoj Mishra as part of the investigation into the alleged disappearance of key inquiry reports on the 2008 assassination of VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati…
Cuttack: Orissa high court on Wednesday stayed the July 17 release of the animated film ‘Mahaprabhu Jagannath’, saying its screening during Rath Yatra could disturb public order.A division bench of Chief Justice Harish Tandon and Justice MS Raman passed the order on a PIL filed by Mahesh Kumar Sahu of Angul, Dr Pramod Kumar Acharya…
Varanasi: To promote the use of Hindi language in all the central govt related work, a meeting of the Nagar Rajbhasha Implementation Committee (NARAKAS), was held at the GM conference hall on Friday, alongside a literary seminar on noted poet, writer and journalist, Makhan Lal Chaturvedi.The meeting was chaired by chaired by North Eastern Railway…
Jamshedpur: The fire department will conduct a safety audit of healthcare establishments and hotels across the city after the recent fire incidents in New Delhi and Muzaffarpur in Bihar earlier this week.Fire safety measures at govt hospitals, health centres, private nursing homes will be inspected under the exercise along with hotels.“Every hospital, nursing home and…
