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Bhubaneswar: Durga Prasad Mohanty, husband of Narla BJD MLA Manorama Mohanty and chairman of Narla block in Kalahandi district, has moved Orissa High Court seeking anticipatory bail, even as the Odisha police have intensified their probe into allegations against him by filing a petition in the JMFC court at Madanpur Rampur for an arrest warrant. This followed raids by Kalahandi police at multiple locations, including Rupra Road, a farmhouse, and the MLA's residence in Bhubaneswar, for over four ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa High Court Bar Association on Sunday felicitated senior advocate of the court Darpa Hari Dhal in the presence of Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant, in honour of his illustrious service to the legal community for over 50 years. Justice Kant, who addressed a symposium organised by the Orissa High Court Bar Association at Saheed Bhawan in Cuttack, felicitated Dhal with a citation and a shawl. A resident of Cuttack (Jhola Sahi), 83-year-old Dhal had joined the legal ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Oct 23 (PTI) Vedanta Group Chairman Anil Agarwal on Thursday said Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has "assured" him that the company's proposed university should be established nowhere else other than Odisha. Agarwal made the remark after holding discussions with Majhi here over the Group's additional Rs 1 lakh crore investment in Odisha. "The Vedanta University project was also discussed (in the meeting), and the chief minister told me that if a world-class university has to be ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Tata Steel faces a financial challenge in Odisha after local authorities made a demand of Rs 2,411 crore. The office of Deputy Director of Mines, Jajpur, has sent the demand letter to Tata Steel over an alleged shortfall in chrome ore dispatch from its Sukinda Chromite Block for the fifth year of operations, spanning July 23, 2024, to July 22, 2025. Officials have alleged that the company did not meet dispatch obligations at its Sukinda mine under the Mine Development and Producti ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: The two-day-long national mediation conference concluded here with Union ministers, judges of the Supreme Court and Orissa High Court emphasising strengthening of the alternative dispute redressal mechanisms to reduce litigations and ease the burden on courts. Justice MM Sundaresh of the Supreme Court said mediation is an age-old tradition in the country and there is a need to bring it to the forefront now. Stating that Odisha has been always a land of mediators, Union Education m ...Read More >
Addressing the inaugural session of the two-day National Mediation Conference in Bhubaneswar on Saturday, he said the practice of mediation continued in different societies for ages and it got the recognition through the framing of The Mediation Act, 2023. Chief Justice of India B R Gavai said mediation and open communication offer a path to transform discord into dialogue, turning tension into collaboration and restoring harmony between parties. Addressing the inaugural session of the two-day ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Odisha is set to host the second edition of the National Mediation Conference at Loka Seva Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, on September 27-28, 2025. The event, organised under the aegis of the Office of the Advocate General and the Odisha Law department, will bring together eminent jurists, policymakers, and legal experts to deliberate on the growing role of mediation in India's justice system. As per an official statement, the conference seeks to enrich the national ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Bar Council has suspended Bhadrak-based advocate Hemanta Kumar Nayak from legal practice for two years after he was found guilty of making obscene and derogatory remarks against judicial officers, particularly women judges, on social media. Council Chairman Sitanshu Mohan Dwibedy announced that Nayak, a resident of Rajuali Bindha, will remain debarred from practice for two years starting from the date of the Disciplinary Committee's order. He has also been warned a ...Read More >
CUTTACK: The third National Lok Adalat organised in the Orissa High Court on Saturday saw just 193 of the cases taken up being settled by the different benches. However, the Lok Adalat benches awarded '12.27 crore towards compensation while settling the cases. Among those who presided over the benches were Justices SK Sahoo, SK Panigrahi, MS Sahoo, BP Satapathy, MS Raman, SK Mishra and SS Mishra. As on September 11, around 1.53 lakh cases are pending in the Orissa HC, according to official rec ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Wednesday described the Supreme Court order on nomination of two MLCs as "a slap in the face of both the Congress and the BJP". The apex court issued an order modifying its earlier interim directive on the nomination of Prof M Kodandaram Reddy and Amer Ali Khan to the state Legislative Council under the Governor's quota. In a press statement, Rama Rao said that the Supreme Court declaring invalid the appointments of Kodandaram and Amer Ali as MLC ...Read More >
Cuttack: Orissa high court on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of Niranjan Mallick -- convicted for the murder of two persons in Nayagarh district in 2019 -- to life imprisonment.A division bench of Justices B P Routray and Chittaranjan Dash, while confirming the conviction, observed that the case did not merit death penalty. The court cited Mallick's potential for reform and absence of prior criminal record as key mitigating factors.Mallick was awarded the death penalty by the additional ses ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court's directive to permanently remove stray dogs from the streets of Delhi-NCR has sparked significant backlash in Odisha, with animal welfare activists and citizens questioning its feasibility and compassion. The bench, headed by Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, issued the order in response to rising dog bite cases but ruled out the return of sterilised dogs to their original locations. The directive also warned of penalties for obstructing dog removal. While t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): As India observes the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and External Affairs Minister on Thursday paid tribute to the people who sacrificed their lives during the Partition of India. Sharing an X post, Goyal said that on August 14, 1947, during the Partition of India, people endured the pain of violence, displacement and loss of loved ones. Also Read | Independence Day 2025: President Droupadi Murmu To Ad ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court Wednesday commuted the death sentence of a man to life imprisonment in a double murder case of 2019, saying that 'it is well settled law that the possibility of reformation and rehabilitation of the convict is an important factor which has to be taken into account as a mitigating circumstance before sentencing him to death'. A division bench of Justices BP Routray and Chittaranjan Dash, taking note of the positive report of the jail authorities regarding the co ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 15 (PTI) The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday demanded a judicial inquiry into the "planned injustice" which led to the death of a college student in the state and asked the Odisha government to publicly tender an apology for "failure of the system". The second year B.Ed student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, Balasore, who set herself on fire following inaction over her sexual harassment complaint against a professor died on Monday night at AIIMS Bhubaneswar. The demands ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 8 (PTI) A day after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) completed repair and conservation work of the sacred Ratna Bhandar (treasury) of Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Tuesday said the long-awaited inventory of valuables stored in the treasury may begin in August with the assistance of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Responding to a question on the next step after ASI's conservation efforts, the minister said, "The inventory ...Read More >
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has granted a 10-day interim bail to Chintan Raghuvanshi, deputy director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Bhubaneswar zonal office, who was arrested by the CBI on May 30 in connection with a bribery case. The 2013-batch Indian Revenue Service officer was taken into custody for allegedly accepting illegal gratification through a middleman from a city-based businessman in exchange for settling a case. Raghuvanshi had filed a regular bail petition on June 23, al ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: The BJD on Friday demanded a judicial probe, monitored by a sitting judge of the Orissa High Court, into the mismanagement of Rath Yatra which led to the stampede near Gundicha temple and death of three devotees on June 29. In a memorandum submitted to Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, a delegation of senior party leaders said the administrative inquiry ordered by development commissioner Anu Garg was grossly inadequate and not commensurate with the seriousness of the tragedy. They ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, July 4 (UNI) The Orissa High Court has granted 10-day interim bail to Chintan Raghuvanshi, deputy director of the Enforcement Directorate's regional office, who was arrested by the CBI on the bribery charge in May last, to enable him to see his newborn baby. "The birth experience of a child in a family, more particularly the bondage of father to new born baby, cannot ordinarily be expressed in words," the court observed. Single bench judge Justice G Satapathy granting bail to the E ...Read More >
Cuttack: Enforcement Directorate (ED) deputy director Chintan Raghuvanshi (IRS), who was trapped and arrested by the CBI in May 2024, while accepting a bribe from a mining businessman in Bhubaneswar, was released on a temporary interim bail from Jharpada (Special) jail on Friday evening. The Orissa High Court on Wednesday granted him interim bail for 10 days on the ground that the young officer became a father on June 28 and he wanted to see his newborn baby and attend some rituals associated w ...Read More >
Cuttack, Jul 4 (PTI) Enforcement Directorate's Deputy Director Chintan Raghuvanshi, who was arrested by the CBI while allegedly accepting a bribe from a businessman in Bhubaneswar, was released on interim bail from the Jharpada jail on Friday evening. The Orissa High Court granted him interim bail on Wednesday for 10 days on the ground that the young officer became a father on June 28 and he wanted to see his newborn baby and attend some rituals. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi Conferred With 'Th ...Read More >
Cuttack, Jul 4 (PTI) Enforcement Directorate's Deputy Director Chintan Raghuvanshi, who was arrested by the CBI while allegedly accepting a bribe from a businessman in Bhubaneswar, was released on interim bail from the Jharpada jail on Friday evening. The Orissa High Court granted him interim bail on Wednesday for 10 days on the ground that the young officer became a father on June 28 and he wanted to see his newborn baby and attend some rituals. "The IRS officer was released from jail this ev ...Read More >
Cuttack, Jul 3 (PTI) Rejecting a writ appeal of the state government, a Division Bench of Orissa High Court here has recently upheld a three-year-old judgment passed by a single-judge Bench stating that maternity leave and associated benefits cannot be denied to a woman employed by the state on contractual basis. In a recent ruling, the Division Bench of Justices Dixit Krishna Shripad and Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo affirmed the August 2022 decision of a single-judge Bench, which had ruled in favour ...Read More >
CUTTACK: In a landmark ruling that reaffirms the rights of women employees irrespective of their employment status, the Orissa High Court has upheld the grant of maternity leave to a contractual worker and dismissed the state government's appeal challenging the same. Anindita Mishra, engaged as a young professional under the Health and Family Welfare department since May 20, 2014, had been serving on a contractual basis with regular extensions based on her performance. In August 2016, followin ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police has revoked the suspension order of four out of five personnel, who faced disciplinary action in September last year in connection with the alleged torture of an Army officer and "sexual assault" of his fiancée, an official notification said Tuesday. The alleged incident had taken place September 15, 2024 when the Army officer and his fiancee went to Bharatpur Police Station in Bhubaneswar to lodge a complaint of road rage. Bharatpur Police Station inspector-in-charg ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The newly appointed Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati arrived at the Bhubaneswar Airport here on Thursday. Upon arrival at the airport, he was welcomed by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Deputy CM KV Singh Deo, Deputy CM Pravati Parida and other Ministers. A Guard of Honour was offered to the newly appointed Governor at the airport from where he proceeded to the Raj Bhawan, the official residence of the Odisha Governor. Governor Kambhampati later headed to Puri where he wi ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jan 2 (PTI) Odisha's Governor-designate Hari Babu Kambhampati arrived at the Bhubaneswar airport in a special plane on Thursday afternoon. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Deputy CMs KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, assembly Speaker Surama Padhy, Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja and DGP Y B Khurania were among those present at the airport to welcome him. Also Read | Karnataka Contractor Suicide Row: BJP Sends Sachin Panchal's Death Note to Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi; Congress Leader ...Read More >
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