Lucknow: Shani Dev temple was targeted by thieves, theft from the donation box of Shani temple located in Sarojini Nagar, 4 to 5 donation box’s lock was broken and cash was taken out, CCTV of thief also came in front while stealing, case of Sarojini Nagar police station area.
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STF seizes brown sugar worth 1 cr from government quarters in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar: The crime branch STF on Sunday have seized brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore from a government quarters in state capital of Odisha and have arrested one drug peddler in this connection.
The accused drug peddler have been identified as Chittaranjan Sahoo, son of Charan Sahoo of Sinabandhur of Dhenkanal district.
On basis of intelligence input, a raid was conducted by STF members at Unit-8 Bhubaneswar with the help of Commissionerate police last evening against illegal dealing and possession of Narcotic drugs and apprehended one person in this regard.
During the search, contraband brown sugar weighing 1 kg 107 gm and other incriminating materials were recovered and seized from his possession. As the accused person could not produce any valid authority in support of possession of contraband materials. The accused person was arrested and will be forwarded to the court in Khordha.
In this connection STF have registered a case under NDPS Act 1985. Investigation is on.
The special drive against narcotic drugs is continuing. Since 2020, STF has seized more than 69 Kg of Brown Sugar/Heroin, 202 Gram Cocaine and more than 113 quintals of Ganja/Marijuna, Opium 750 gram and have arrested more than 168 drug dealers/peddlers.
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Yellow warning alert for 15 districts of Odisha
Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow warning for as many as 15 districts of Odisha for thunderstorm and lightning
According to weather report, Thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Kandhamal, Khordha, Cuttack, Nayagarh, Gajapati and Ganjam.
Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30 to 40 kmph at one or two places over Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, and Kendrapada districts.
Similarly, thunderstorms with lightning very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Koraput, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Khurda, Cuttack, Nayagarh, Gajapati, and Ganjam, over the next 24 hours, the IMD stated.
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Advisor arrested by CBI, accused of demanding bribe
Delhi. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday said it has arrested a private consultant for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe from a person to help his firm settle false EPFO dues. . A senior CBI official said that on the basis of a complaint, a case was registered against Sachin Jashani, a private consultant, and Neeraj Singh, Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Rajkot.
Jashani had demanded bribe on behalf of Singh for false settlement of EPFO dues imposed on the complainant’s firm, the official said. The CBI laid a trap and caught Jashani red-handed while demanding and accepting bribe. The CBI said that searches were conducted at the premises of the accused in Rajkot. The arrested accused was produced before the competent court and remanded to CBI custody, an official said. -
Himachal Deputy CM To Start Bus Service Between Sri Naina Devi Temple, Delhi Soon
Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri has announced that a bus service between Sri Naina Devi temple here and Delhi will be launched soon.
The announcement came after a group of local residents met Agnihotri, who also holds the transport portfolio, in this regard on Saturday evening, officials said.
A bus service would be started between Sri Naina Devi temple and Delhi soon. This initiative would promote religious tourism and facilitate travel to the temple, Agnihotri said.
Earlier, he said bus services between Chintpurni Mata and Khatushyam temple, Baba Balak Nath temple and Amritsar, Baba Balak Nath (Deyotsiddh) and Delhi are also proposed to be started and all formalities in this regard will be completed soon.
Himachal Pradesh is home to a large number of ancient temples and five Shaktipeethas — Chintpurni, Barjeshwai Mata, Chamunda Devi, Naina Devi and Jwalaji. Lakhs of devotees visit these religious places every year.
Agnihotri also reviewed the ongoing development work in Bilaspur district with officials of Jal Shakti Department, Himachal Road Transport Corporation and Transport Department, the officials said.
He directed the Jal Shakti Department to ensure timely and adequate supply of drinking water to the people during summer, they said.
He also participated in the 23rd ‘Vishal Bhagwati Jagran’ as the chief guest and paid obeisance to the goddess.
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Lalu Returns To Patna From Delhi
Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad, who went to Delhi earlier this week, returned to Patna late Saturday evening.
He was accompanied by his wife Rabri Devi, a former Bihar chief minister herself, who was grilled by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the land for jobs scam a couple of days ago.
The ailing septuagenarian emerged from the airport in a wheelchair, with a mask on his face.
Reporters who dashed him, hoping for some news bites, were thwarted by security personnel.
The elderly couple proceeded towards their car and drove straight to 10, Circular Road, the bungalow allotted to Rabri Devi.
Prasad, who has been convicted in several fodder scam cases, of the period when he was undivided Bihar’s chief minister, is out on bail.
Embroiled in land for jobs scam that pertains to his tenure as the railway minister, the RJD supremo had undergone a kidney transplant in Singapore last year.
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Odisha Govt To Open Plus III College At Thuamul Rampur In Kalahandi Dist
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government proposes to set up a Plus III degree college at Thuamul Rampur in Kalahandi district.
This was revealed by secretary (5T) to chief minister VK Pandian on the second day of his visit to the district on Saturday. During his interaction with the students, guardians and local people at Bhatangapadar high school ground on the day, he said the government aims at spread of education to nook and corner of the state. For the benefit of the local students, the government would open a Plus III college at Thuamul Rampur, he added.
He also went to Manikeswari temple and offered puja there. During his interaction with the priests and servitor of the temple, he enquired about their problems. Stating that the government would take up development of the temple, he directed the district officials to prepare a report within a week and submit to the government.
During his visit to Kalampur, Pandian went around the mini stadium and enquired about the steps to further develop it. He also went to Indravati park and museum at Mangalpur barrage and told the officials that the government would sanction Rs 14 crore for development of Maa Indravati temple.
Later, the 5T secretary went to Ampani Budhararja temple in Koksara block and Dukuri Chanchara tourist spot. During his interaction with the locals, Pandian assured that the government will provide funds for its further beautification. After the Dukuri Chanchara program he visited Dharmagarh and had darshan of Bhandar Gharani Devi.
District council chairman Pushendra Kumar Singhdeo, secretary Vineel Krishna and district collector P Anwesha Reddy accompanied Pandian during his visits.
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Mahanadi water dispute: Tribunal starts field visits in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal headed by chairman Justice A.M. Khanwilkar of the Supreme Court on Saturday started its field visit in Odisha.
According to sources, the tribunal will study the water flow in Mahanadi from neighbouring Chhattisgarh and the availability and use of water in the non-monsoon season. The other members of the tribunal are Justices Dr Ravi Ranjan and Indermeet Kaur Kochhar of Patna and Delhi High Courts, respectively.
On the first day of its visit, the members of the tribunal made a field visit to Hikaru reservoir and held discussion with the Odisha government officials. State Water Resource department officials have made a detailed presentation before the tribunal about the decrease in water flow in the Mahanadi river after construction of barrages and dams by Chhattisgarh, sources said.
The team will visit Chiplima Powerhouse, Attabira Branch Canal and Sasan Canal on Sunday. On May 22, the tribunal members will further visit Ib Thermal Power Station and dam project site in Jharsuguda and Sundargarh. On May 23, the tribunal will visit the Upper Jonk dam site in Nuapada district.
Official sources said that the tribunal is scheduled to inspect at least 30 locations for the survey and the tour will continue till May 28 after which the members will leave for Delhi from Bhubaneswar.
Earlier this month, the tribunal had visited the Kalma Barrage and Kelo project in Chhattisgarh.
Notably, the Odisha government locked horns with Chhattisgarh in 2016 after water flow in the Mahanadi reduced substantially following construction of dams and barrages by the Chhattisgarh government.
On November 19, 2016, Odisha had filed a complaint with the Ministry of Water Resources under Section 3 of the Inter-State River Water Disputes (ISRWD) Act 1956. A meeting between the two states at CM-level was held but no conclusion arrived.
The Centre subsequently notified the formation of the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal on March 12, 2018. Since then, the Tribunal’s tenure has been extended thrice including the latest till December 24, 2024.
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Having lost deposit in seven bypolls since 2019, Odisha Cong fights for survival
Bhubaneswar: The results of the by-elections held since 2019 and internal fighting within the party shows that the Congress is weakening day by day in Odisha. The grand old party is struggling to bounce back.
In eight by-elections in the state since 2019, with the exception of Brajrajnagar, the party candidates lost their deposits in all the contests. They lost deposits in the by-polls to Bijepur, Pipili, Balasore Sadar, Tirtol, Dhamnagar, Padampur and Jharsuguda.
The Election Commission of India’s data shows that there has been a continuous fall in the Congress’ vote share in the state. The party had secured 38 per cent till 2004, it dipped to 29.11 per cent in the 2009 polls and 25.74 per cent in 2014. Till 2019, the Congress was the second largest political party in Odisha. However, in 2019, the party slipped to third position as it managed to secure only 17.02 per cent votes.
From 38 seats in the 147-member state Assembly in 2004, it has been reduced to single digit, with only nine members in the current Assembly. The party had bagged 27 and 16 seats in the 2009 and 2014 polls, respectively. It has lost the principal opposition tag in the Odisha Assembly to the BJP, which had won 23 seats in the 2019 polls.
The party had won six Lok Sabha seats in the state in 2009, which became zero in 2014. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the party managed to win just one seat (Koraput).
The Congress also had a poor run in the urban local body and panchayat polls in February and March last year. The Congress drew a blank in 18 out of 30 districts in the elections to the three-tier Panchayati Raj institutions. Out of 2.10 crore valid votes polled in this rural poll, the Congress got 28.54 lakh votes (13.57%).
In the urban polls, the party was able to win the chairperson seat in only 7 out of 109 urban local bodies.
Since 2019, many tall leaders of the party including MLA Naba Das (who was killed on January 29, 2023), tribal leader Pradeep Majhi, former Union minister Srikant Jena have left the organisation. Due to a lack of strategy and resources, the party workers at the grassroots level either joined other parties (BJD or BJP) or remained silent. The Congress votes are now going either to the BJD or the BJP.
Party leader Rahul Gandhi went on his Bharat Jodo Yatra covering many states, but he skipped Odisha, for reasons better known to him. Since the 2019 general elections, many of the senior leaders either left the Congress or remain politically not very active in the state. However, recently, the state’s ex-chief secretary Bijay Patnaik joined the Congress and was made the Campaign Committee Chairman of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC).
Factionalism, weak organisation, poor strategy, resource crunch, lack of credible leadership, infighting and lack of people-connect programs, has led the party to this stage, according to political observers.
Very recently, in a public meeting, senior Congress leader Chiranjib Biswal openly stated that the Congress is no longer the same and those born after 2000 don’t know anyone other than Naveen Patnaik. The state unit of the Congress has failed to reach out to such people so far.
He said that there is no leadership in the OPCC and the party is fighting the by-elections for namesake only. There are only nine MLAs but 20 CM faces in the Odisha Congress, Biswal added. This remark of Biswal speaks volumes about the strength and position of the Congress in Odisha.
According to state BJP president Manmohan Samal, Odisha is going to witness a bipolar fight in the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections as the Congress is nowhere in the picture now.
Following the demise of three-time former chief minister Janaki Ballav Patnaik, the party has yet to get a leader like him, who can have command over the party’s organisation in Odisha, said political observer Rabi Das.
Besides, he said, the central leadership of the party is also not giving any importance to Odisha, which was again proved during the recently held Bharat Jodo Yatra.
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Kirti Kalpana Graduation Fashion Show held at KIIT
Bhubaneswar: The Kirti Kalpana, graduation fashion show 2023 conducted by the School of Fashion Technology in the presence of Dr. Arabinda Padhee, IAS; Prof. Himanshu Shekhar Khatua, Director of SRFTI, Kolkata, and Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder KIIT & KISS and Dr. Jynana Ranjana Mohanty Registrar, KIIT DU.
During the occasion Revathi Mohanty felicitated for achieving the title of Miss Global Asia Pacific 2023 held at Melaka, Malaysia and Trishna for bagging the title of Miss Teen Universe India 2023 held in Jaipur Rajasthan from 6th-13th April 2023.
Student Designer Payal Rout got the award for Best Design collection in Fashion, while Aishwarya Urmila Mahapatra for Best Design collection in Textile; Banshika pattanaik was awarded for winning 1st position in face painting, Akankshya awarded for best logo design for KIIT Souvenir Shop; Siddhanta Gupta and Devapreet Maharana also got awarded for their contribution as videographer and Photo Editor for the show.
Tilakraj Bihari (staff) and Gedeon Mugisho (student) bags the title of Best Dress other hand Aparupa Paranaik (staff) and Simran Rout (student) owned the title of Best Dress of the event Kirti Kalpana. The final year students showcased their collection. During this occasion the Brochure of Kirti Kalpana was launched.