Bhubaneswar: The National Highways Authority of India has received as many as 64 bids for the ambitious Rs 8,307.74 crore Bhubaneswar Bypass project, signalling strong interest from infrastructure players across the country. The 111 km six-lane access-controlled Greenfield Capital Region Ring Road is aimed at easing traffic pressure in and around Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Khurda….
Bhubaneswar: Police have arrested two men, including a Kerala native, for allegedly posing as police officers and extorting money from couples in the city, officials said on Wednesday. The accused were identified as Joseph M E (41) from Pathanamthitta district in Kerala and Jitendra Samantray (50), a resident of Bhubaneswar. Acting on specific inputs, a…
Bhubaneswar: Tata Power on Thursday stood by its move to collect additional security deposit (ASD) from electricity consumers, even as protests against the levy intensified across several parts of Odisha. The youth and student wings of the opposition Biju Janata Dal took to the streets in the capital, staging demonstrations outside Tata Power offices and…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday announced that the state government will set up a centre of excellence at IIIT Bhubaneswar to support the growth of the semiconductor sector, with an investment of Rs 400 crore. The chief minister made the announcement while speaking at the valedictory session of Indocrypt 2025, India’s…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police have taken three juveniles and eight teachers and staff members of the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) in Bhubaneswar into custody in connection with the murder of a 14-year-old tribal student, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. Commissioner of Police S Dev Datta Singh said the three juveniles, all children…
Bhubaneswar: Thousands of primary school teachers from across Odisha continued their protest outside the state assembly, pressing for a salary hike and other service-related benefits even as the House remained in session. The teachers who gathered here on Friday, are rallying under the banner of Prathamika Shikshyak Mahasangha, have demanded that their posts be upgraded…
Bhubaneswar: A major fire swept through the bustling Unit-I Haat market in the Odisha capital on Wednesday afternoon, gutting around 30 shops and causing property losses worth crores of rupees, officials said. According to fire department sources, the blaze broke out around 2:20 pm in one of the grocery shops and rapidly spread to adjoining…
Bhubaneswar: A probe into the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl from Jharkhand has led Bhubaneswar police to uncover a sex racket operating in the Laxmisagar area. Four people have been arrested in connection with the case. As reported by the TNIE, the investigation began after the girl, who had sustained serious injuries, admitted herself…
Bhubaneswar: CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR-IMMT) organised a one-day skill development programme on “Training Cum Demonstration on Pond Ash Bricks Technology” under the CSIR Integrated Skill initiative. More than 25 participants from diverse sectors attended the event, hosted at the Centre for Waste Utilization of Environment & Sustainability Department, here on Monday. Dr…
Bhubaneswar: Bill Gates visited Maa Mangla Basti here on Wednesday morning among many of his scheduled programmes in the day, which includes one on use of artificial intelligence for farmers. The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist, who arrived in the Odisha capital on Tuesday night, would be meeting chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday. He will…
