A heartfelt appeal has been made by Srikant Jena, a former Union Minister and senior Congress leader. He has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the village of Mandipanka in the Kandhamal district of Odisha. This appeal comes in light of a tragic incident where three tribal women lost their lives. These women reportedly…
Orissa High Court Explores Open Jails for Better Rehabilitation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-day visit to Odisha, starting November 29, is being marked by final preparations in Bhubaneswar.
Odisha and West Bengal are preparing for the impending Cyclone Dana, which is projected to make landfall between Puri and Sagar Island early on October 25 with wind speeds reaching 120 km/h. This morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that a deep depression over the east-central Bay of Bengal has escalated into a cyclonic…
Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan announced on Sunday that devotees visiting the Jagannath Temple in Puri will soon receive free ‘Mahaprasad,’ the holy food offering at the temple. The initiative will begin once the surge in devotees during the holy month of Karthik subsides. The minister outlined the program, estimating an annual expenditure of approximately…
The Orissa High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the Cuttack Central Cooperative Bank’s (CCCB) appointment of employees, ruling that the matter is “not maintainable.” Justice S.K. Panigrahi, presiding over the single-judge bench, stated that the service matters of CCCB fall outside the jurisdiction of the high court, as the state government does not exercise…
For the first time within a single financial year, the Odisha government has imposed spending limits on departments not included in the Cash Management System (CMS) following the approval of a second vote-on-account. According to the Finance Department’s new regulations, non-CMS administrative departments are now authorised to sanction up to Rs 15 crore at a…
In a significant verdict, the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate’s Court in Kuchinda, Odisha, sentenced Sankirtan Munda, 45, to three years of rigorous imprisonment for illegal wildlife trade. Munda, a resident of Pahadamara village in Deogarh district, was convicted under Section 411 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972….
MP Baijayant Panda, the national vice-president of the BJP and Kendrapara representative, has strongly refuted allegations that the Union Budget 2024-25 discriminates against Odisha. He argued that the Opposition’s criticism is a deliberate attempt to mask its historical neglect of the state and the inefficiency of the ruling BJD government. Panda described the budget, presented…
