Odisha’s ‘Science City’ to get Centre’s backing: Jitendra Singh
Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday welcomed the Odisha government’s request for the Centre’s assistance to build a state-of-the-art ‘Science City’ in Bhubaneswar.
Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday welcomed the Odisha government’s request for the Centre’s assistance to build a state-of-the-art ‘Science City’ in Bhubaneswar.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizance of a bizarre incident in Odisha's Jajpur district, where a Class 10 student, a minor, gave birth to a baby while appearing for the 10th standard Board examinations.
At least three labourers, all tribals, engaged in extracting Manganese ores from an illegal mine in Odisha’s Keonjhar district were killed as they were crushed under the debris, police said on Wednesday.
The security forces in Odisha’s Kandhamal district on Monday neutralised two Area Commander Members (ACMs) of a banned Maoist outfit in inaccessible hilly terrains of the left-wing extremism-affected district.
The Detective Wing of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Sunday apprehended six members of a criminal gang at the Coaching Complex in Puri during the ongoing ‘Operation Yatri Suraksha’.
Forest officials arrested 17 marine fishermen on Wednesday and seized their fishing trawler on Sunday from the seawater of the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary in Odisha’s Kendrapara district on the charges of illegally fishing within the turtle congregation zone, an official said.
This funding aims to strengthen the infrastructure and enhance human resource development, research and skill-building initiatives in universities and colleges across Odisha. It also seeks to promote employable education for students, said the Minister.
The anti-corruption vigilance wing of the state police has logged an impressive 50% conviction rate in corruption cases in 2024, while the rate of conviction in Disproportionate Asset (DA) cases stood at 80%, officials said on Tuesday.
One of the cyber fraudsters, Satish Kumar K, was nabbed from Chennai, while his accomplice Harish C M was apprehended from Kozhikode. They have a history of such cyber fraud and were on bail following their arrest. The duo was later remanded in judicial custody on the direction of a court in Bhubaneswar, the Crime Branch officer said.
Foresters claimed that they have managed to isolate Zeenat – the three-year-old tigress from Odisha’s Simlipal National Park – in a wooded area near Bangopalpur Reserve Forest in West Bengal’s Bankura district.