Favour to ganja peddlers: six officials suspended
At least six police officials, including an OIC and three ASIs of Government Railway Police Station (GRPS), Bondamunda area, were placed under suspension on Saturday evening for allegedly showing favour to a ganja-loaded vehicle during their duty time. Deputy Superintendent of Police GRP lodged a complaint against these officials, following which...
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Odisha contributes 0.03% of handloom exports!
Odisha exports on an average Rs64 lakh of handloom products to foreign countries every year, which accounts for a mere 0.03 per cent of the total handloom exports of the country.This information was furnished by Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts Minister Snehangini Chhuria in response to a question of BJP MlA...
Special court to try S Odisha chit fund cases
The State Government has taken a decision to open a Special Designated Court (Adhikrut Adalat) here to try all cases relating to chit fund scam in southern Odisha for which a Special Additional District Judge has been appointed.According to information, Biswajit Mohanty is likely to take charge of the judge...
Mahanadi Coalfields to set up exploration camp in Korba
The Coal India subsidiary —Mahanadi Coalfields ltd will be setting up an exploration camp in Korba district. The camp would comprise residential quarters with other necessary facilities for the exploration staff, officials stated. “The Centre has also signed a MoU with Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh for critical coal connectivity projects to improve...
CAPITAlNOTES
Govt playing fast and loose with investors Even as the State was reeling under the shock of Posco’s announcement last month that it was freezing its project, Vedanta declared last week that it would soon shut down its lanjigarh refinery plant. The problems of Posco and Vedanta are the same: non-availability...
Multi-storey barracks for troopers in Sukma soon
The Chhattisgarh Government has decided to build multi-storey barracks for the Special Task Force (STF) troopers in the insurgency-hit Sukma district in Bastar division of the State. “The barracks would help accommodate more troopers sent for Anti-Naxal operations in the district,” officials stated. Chhattisgarh Home Department has approved `286.22 crore in 2014-15...
CM may go for early Assembly election
There is a buzz doing rounds in the political corridors of the State that Chief Minister Harish Rawat might go for Assembly election a bit earlier than March 2017 that had been chosen earlier. Some privy to the CM's office said the CM might take such a decision after the result...
Youth drowns in sea at Puri
A youth drowned in the sea while taking bath along with family members. The deceased was identified as Tutu Nayak, an ambulance driver belonging to Dhenkanal district. Nayak along with his family members had gone for bath in the sea and slipped into deep waters.
