The Anti-Corruption Vigilance Wing of Odisha Police on Saturday arrested an Odisha Transport Engineering Service (OTES) officer posted at Cuttack for allegedly amassing assets to the tune of 143 per cent more than his known sources of income.
In a refreshing turn of events in the turtle conservation programme, the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles have reappeared at Eakakulanasi Island of the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary for mass nesting after a gap of 33 years.
The eastern zone bench of National Green Tribunal has directed the Odisha Government agencies in Nayagarh district to reclaim the encroached patches reserve forestland and slap environmental compensation against the violators for damage caused to forest classified land.
Two women scientists on Saturday took over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's social media account to share their work and experiences with their countrymen on International Women's Day.
The Odisha government and Meta India on Friday collaborated to launch a unified WhatsApp chatbot that will offer all public services to more than 4.5 crore people in the state.
The 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) celebrations, all set to begin amid much fanfare in Bhubaneswar from 8 January, will provide Odisha an ideal opportunity to showcase what the state has to offer to the world in terms of its varied potential, said a senior official ahead of the event.
Two persons including a buyer at a jewellery shop were shot dead in a daring broad daylight crime in Odisha’s Jajpur district on Saturday afternoon, when motorcycle-borne criminals opened fire at them while fleeing from the shop after a failed robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for Odisha’s Rayagada Division and inaugurate various important railway infrastructure projects through Video Conferencing on 6 January, the East Coast Railway (EcOR) officials said on Saturday.
A 54-year-old man and his wife were killed and two others of the family seriously injured after the house in which they were making firecrackers was ripped apart following a blast in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district, police said on Saturday.
This strategic project is set to improve connectivity, boost regional development, generate employment and offer significant benefits to both passenger and freight transportation in the region.
