The Odisha government has secured investment proposals worth over Rs 2.43 lakh crore across multiple key sectors during its three-day investor roadshow in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to an official statement. Headed by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi,...
Vigilance sleuths in Odisha arrested an assistant sub-inspector of police for corruption, officials said on Saturday. Sujit Panigrahi, ASI of Khalikote police station in Ganjam district has been arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting an Rs 15,000 bribe to help...
Rourkela: The Odisha Vigilance has arrested an excise superintendent in Rourkela after allegedly recovering Rs 5 lakh in suspected bribe cash, officials said. The official has been identified as Dhaneswar Barad, excise superintendent, in Rourkela. Barad was arrested on September...
A six-foot-long saltwater crocodile was safely rescued on Saturday after getting entangled in a fishing net in a submerged agricultural field in Odisha's Kendrapara district, according to forest department officials. The fishing net had been set up by a local...
Jindal Steel Limited, in collaboration with the CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI), has set a Guinness World Records title for constructing the world’s longest road built exclusively with processed steel slag aggregates in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh. The 1.85-km, four-lane divided road,...
Odisha's Koraput Coffee gained international exposure on Saturday after being presented to delegates and journalists attending the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, bringing global attention to the Arabica brand cultivated by local tribal farmers, officials said on Saturday. The...
Heavy rainfall, triggered by a low-pressure system, threw normal life out of gear in parts of Odisha on Saturday, flooding bridges and key roads at several places, while state government stepped up surveillance following an IMD warning of continued downpours...
