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An Odisha irrigation engineer is under investigation after the Vigilance Department discovered a farmhouse, palatial building, high-value plots, and significant cash deposits during raids. Key PointsOdisha Vigilance Department conducted raids on an irrigation engineer, uncovering significant assets.Assets discovered include a farmhouse, a triple-storeyed building, and multiple high-value plots in Bhubaneswar and Dhenkanal.Officials seized over Rs 6.23 lakh in cash, deposits exceeding Rs 60 lakh ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In a first, Odisha is set to get its drone park. BonV Aero, a leading startup, will set up the project worth Rs 300 crore of unmanned aerial vehicle-making facility in Khordha. With this, Odisha will become one of India's premier destinations for high-tech UAV making and aerospace innovation. The project will span over 2.5 acres. The facility will have drone assembly lines, a Drone Centre of Excellence and an industrial skilling centre. Besides, there will be an Experience Centre ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 9 (PTI) A senior engineer of Odisha's Water Resources Department was arrested on Thursday after several properties, including a palatial building in Bhubaneswar, were found in his possession, officials said. Rajesh Chandra Mohanty, Additional Chief Engineer (Dam Safety), was taken into custody a day after the Vigilance Department raided his properties, they said. Acting on a tip-off, vigilance officials carried out simultaneous raids at six locations associated with Mohanty on ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 8 (PTI) The Odisha Vigilance Department on Wednesday unearthed multiple assets, including a farmhouse, a palatial building, high-value plots, and bank deposits exceeding Rs 60 lakh, during raids on a senior irrigation department engineer, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, vigilance sleuths conducted simultaneous searches at six locations linked to the engineer of the Central Irrigation Circle, they said. During the operation, officials detected a triple-storeyed palatial bu ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: As Odisha joins the rest of the world in observing World Health Day (Tuesday), the occasion serves as a timely reminder that health is far more than the absence of disease -- it encompasses complete physical, mental and social well-being. This year's theme by the World Health Organization, "Together for Health, Stand with Science," holds particular relevance amid rising health and mental health challenges in the state as well as across India. A specialist in urology and kidney tran ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: LPG cylinders will no longer be available in the open market in Odisha and only customers who have completed their e-KYC can procure them from authorised dealers, food supplies and consumer welfare minister Krushna Chandra Patra announced on Sunday, amid complaints of black-marketing due to alleged shortage of cooking gas, reports Diana Sahu."The department has been proactive in its efforts to curb the unauthorised sale of LPG cylinders in the open market at exorbitant rates. There ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: LPG cylinders will no longer be available in open market, and only those customers who have completed their e-KYC can procure them from authorised dealers, announced food supplies and consumer welfare minister Krushna Chandra Patra on Sunday. Additionally, the sale of 5kg cylinders has also been banned from Sunday, Patra added.The move, Patra said, is directed towards ending black marketing of LPG cylinders in the state amid complaints of their scarcity and unavailability.The minist ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance on Tuesday arrested Satyaprakash Narayan Bhattaray, Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) of Badamba Panchayat Samiti in Cuttack district, for allegedly possessing disproportionate assets (DA) amounting to 128 per cent of his known sources of income, officials said. According to Vigilance authorities, Bhattaray failed to satisfactorily account for the assets found in his possession during an investigation. A case has been registered against him at the Vigilance P ...Read More >
Cuttack: Satyaprakash Narayan Bhattaray, the Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) of Badamba Panchayat Samiti in Cuttack district has been arrested by Odisha Vigilance for possessing disproportionate assets (DA) over 128% of his known sources of income, which he failed to explain satisfactorily. In this connection, Odisha Vigilance has registered vide Cuttack Vigilance PS Case No.14 dt.31.03.2026 U/s-13(2) r/w 13(1) (b) P.C (Amendment) Act, 2018 against Bhattaray. Based on searches conducted on ...Read More >
New Delhi : Jindal (India) Limited, part of the prestigious B.C. Jindal Group and one of the leading downstream steel products manufacturers in India, has announced that it has secured orders worth Rs 110 Crore for Metal Beam Crash Barriers (MBCB), so far, in FY26. Additionally, orders worth Rs 120 crore are in the pipeline for the current financial year. The B.C. Jindal Group, promoted by Shyam Jindal, has bagged these contracts for MBCB production from Indian Railways and the National Highways ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Preetismita Bhoi is making waves globally. The young weightlifter from Dhenkanal added another laurel to her kitty when she clinched the gold medal in 44 kg category at the 3rd Asian Youth Games in Bahrain on Sunday. She lifted a total of 158 kg, and in the process, set Asian and World records in clean & jerk with 92 kg. Preetismita, who will turn 17 in November and trains at the Weightlifting High Performance Centre in Bhubaneswar's Kalinga Stadium, had served notice of ...Read More >
Sambalpur: A couple and their two children were killed on Friday morning when an unidentified vehicle rammed into the motorcycle that they were travelling in. The accident took place on National Highway-53 near Malapura Overbridge under Kamakhyanagar police station limits in Dhenkanal district.The vehicle fled the spot after hitting the bike and police are checking the area's CCTV footage to identify the vehicle and nab its driver. "The couple and their two children were travelling from Bhubana ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch has made a significant breakthrough in the investigation of the Combined Police Service Examination (CPSE) 2024 question paper leak case. Muna Mohanty, a resident of Kalapathara in Cuttack who was the alleged mastermind behind the scam, has been arrested along with his three associates. According to the Crime Branch DG Vinaytosh Mishra, Mohanty operated a lavish lifestyle despite having no known means of income. He ran a crime syndicate with associates Srikanta Mah ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha weightlifter Preetismita Bhoi is going from strength to strength. The 16-year-old from Dhenkanal clinched the gold medal in Women's 44 kg category at the 30th Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Ahmedabad on Monday. Preetismita, who set a world record in the clean & jerk category of the 40 kg event at last year's Youth World Weightlifting Championships, competed in the 44 kg category event in the Commonwealth meet. She lifted a total of 150 kg with a 63 kg snatch an ...Read More >
CUTTACK: Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister Krushna Chandra Patra had a close shave after his car was involved in a head-on collision with a concrete mixer vehicle at Sandhapur square under Baranga police station on Friday. According to the police, the accident took place at around 9 am when Patra was returning to Bhubaneswar after an event in Dhenkanal. When his car reached Sandhapur square, a concrete mixture-laden truck which was coming from opposite direction collided with it, dama ...Read More >
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