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  • Odisha: Main accused in Athagarh Jenapada firing arrested

    Odisha: Main accused in Athagarh Jenapada firing arrested

    Cuttack: In a major success Athagarh Police in Cuttack district of Odisha on Saturday arrested the prime accused of the Athagarh Jenapada firing case. Police also seized the Mouser gun that had been used in the crime and 35 rounds of live bullets from the possession of the accused. The information was given in a press meet by Bijay Kumar Bishi, SDPO, Athagarh.

    The accused has been identified as the retired Army jawan Sadananda Das.

    As per reports, Athagarh Police arrested the accused Sadananda Das from Padmapur area of Bargarh district. A special team of Police had been formed by Athagarh Police to investigate the case and to nab the culprit.

    It is to be noted that this firing had been taken place in the Majhi Sahi of the Jenapada area in the month of February. As many as three persons had sustained critical injury in this shootout while one of them, identified as Bansidhar Nayak died during treatment.

    On the fateful day, while the shootout had taken place reportedly due to love affair, Sadananda opened fire at the three victims and fled from the scene. Since then police had launched a manhunt and nabbed the accused today.

  • Hemp worth Rs 40 lakh seized in Odisha’s Malkangiri district

    Hemp worth Rs 40 lakh seized in Odisha’s Malkangiri district

    Malkangiri: Around 390 kg of ganja (dry cannabis) worth Rs 40 lakh was seized by the excise official during a series of raids at multiple locations of the district on Friday.

    The excise superintendent and a special team constructed on the instructions of the district collector reportedly conducted a raid after obtaining a tip-off from a reliable source about the ganja.

    As per reports, the team intercepted a person who was moving in a suspicious manner near Pipalpadar area. They found some ganja in his possession while checking him.

    Later, the team searched his house and recovered around 330 kg of ganja. It is suspected that the person had stored the ganja to smuggle it to other parts of the country.

    In a similar case, around 30 kg of ganja was seized near Balimela. The team intercepted a person, who was allegedly transporting the contraband on a motorcycle.

    A senior official said that they seized around 390 kg of ganja, which had an estimated market value of around Rs 40 lakh from two persons. Two separate cases have been registered and further investigation in this connection is underway.

  • Odisha 5T secretary reviews development works

    Odisha 5T secretary reviews development works

    Cuttack: The Odisha 5T Secretary V.K. Pandian reviewed the various of development work in and around the silver city of Cuttack, said reliable reports.

    The 5T Secretary first reached Khannagar. He reviewed the progress of the Netaji bus terminal work. Along with the 5T Secretary, the Cuttack District Collector Bhavani Shankar Chaini, Cuttack Commissioner, CDA Chairman and staff of the department were present.

    About 95 percent of the bus terminal has been completed, said reports. The 5T Secretary VK Pandian emphasized to complete the project within the stipulated time.

    Later, he review the status of renovation work of Talada Canal and Chandi Temple. He also visited Cuttack Chandi Mandir to check the progress of renovation work, said reliable reports on Saturday.

  • Datteshwar Hota appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of Odisha University of Health Sciences

    Datteshwar Hota appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of Odisha University of Health Sciences

    Bhubaneswar: Prof Datteswar Hota has been appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of Odisha University of Health Sciences, Bhubaneswar.

    A notification from the Office of the Chancellor of the University on Friday stated that Governor Ganeshi Lal, who is also the Chancellor of universities in the state, appointed Prof Hota by exercising his power conferred under Sub-Section (7) of Section 9 of Odisha University of Health Sciences Act, 2021.

    Prof Hota will hold the office of the vice-chancellor of Odisha University of Health Sciences for a period of one year with effect from the date he assumes the charge or until further order, which is earlier, the notification said.

  • Odisha: Central University of Odisha organizes International Conference on Indian Literature

    Odisha: Central University of Odisha organizes International Conference on Indian Literature

    Bhubaneswar: An international conference on “Imagining and Translating the ‘Other’: Engaging with Contemporary Indian Literature” was organised by the Department of English, Central University of Odisha, Koraput, from March 20 to 22.

    The conference was inaugurated by Vice-Chancellor of CUO, Prof Chakradhar Tripathi. Prof N Nagaraju, Vice-Chancellor of GM University, Sambalpur; writer Chandrahas Choudhury and Prof Alessandro Vescovi of the State University of Milan, Italy were present.

    Speaking at the inaugural function, Prof Himansu S Mohapatra emphasised the engagement with the ‘other’ in Indian literature and drew an analogy with the human-animal encounter in the recent Oscar-winning Indian film “The Elephant Whisperers” to explain what it means to encounter the exiled ‘other’.

    The inaugural ceremony saw the release of four books, CUO Newsletter, Book of Abstracts and two books of translation – Following My Heart (by Himansu S Mohapatra & Paul St Pierre) and Niranjana (by Sanjeet Kumar Das). Convener-cum-head Sanjeet Kumar Das gave the welcome address and Prof Himansu S Mohapatra, director, introduced the guests and the topic.

    Senior professors Prof Guru Charan Behera, Prof Dipti Ranjan Pattanik (both from BHU), Prof Asim Ranjan Parhi (Head, English, Utkal University), Prof Mary Mohanty and Tanutrushna Panigrahi (Utkal University) were present.

    The second day of the conference began with a plenary lecture titled “Watch Out, Di: New Vistas in Indian Fiction Today” by Chandrahas Choudhury, which served as a mirror of the whole panorama of new trends in creative writing and translation in Indian literature.

    The second day’s proceedings were capped by a cultural extravaganza, put up by the students. The package included poetry recitation, one full length play (Nirajana by Bijay Mishra) and a solo play, songs and dance performances.

    The third day saw two plenary lectures, the first one by Prof Alessandro Vescovi, titled “From Toru Dutt to Amitav Ghosh: Two Instances of Translating India for the Word”, and, the second by Prof Harish Trivedi, former professor of English, University of Delhi, titled “Othering Ourselves: The Paradox of (Self-) Translation”.

    The conference concluded with a summing up by Prof Himansu Mohapatra and responses from Chandrahas Choudhury, Prof Alessandro Vescovi and a selection of outstation participants (Manisha Mishra, Head, English, RD Women’s University, Munira Salim, Head, English, Stewart Science College, Tyagraj Thakur, senior faculty of English, Silicon University of Technology, Siddharth Mohapatra, senior faculty of English, Trident, Bhubaneswar, Nalinikanta Parhi, lecturer in English, Nilgiri College and senior journalist Sandeep Mishra. The vote of thanks was offered by Sanjeet Kumar Das.

  • CM Naveen honored Odisha FC athletes Bapi Hansda and Diego Mauricio

    CM Naveen honored Odisha FC athletes Bapi Hansda and Diego Mauricio

    Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday felicitated Odisha athlete Bapi Hansda and Diego Mauricio of Odisha FC.

    The Chief Minister presented a check of Rs 25 lakh as cash reward to track and field athlete Hansda for winning gold in the 400m hurdles at the recently concluded 18th National Youth Athletics Championship with a time of 51.90 sec. Hansda, who is now ranked World No 1 in under-18 category, has qualified for Asian Youth Athletics Championship, which is scheduled to be held in Uzbekistan in April.

    Congratulating Hansda for his achievement, Naveen lauded him for his dedication and hard work and inspiring budding athletes. He appreciated the coaches and staff for their contribution towards making the HPC emerge as a major hub in the country.

    Hansda, who hails from Balasore, is the youngest of five siblings and had lost his father in 2008. After a lot of personal struggles, he found his passion for athletics and was spotted by the HPC for his talent. He was inducted into the Kalinga Stadium in 2019.

    The Chief Minister also felicitated Odisha FC’s Diego Mauricio, who won the coveted ISL 2022-23 Golden Boot award. Naveen congratulated Diego for his exemplary performance and contribution to the Odisha FC. Odisha FC president Raj Atwal was also present.

    Diego started the season by scoring two goals in the first match against Jamshedpur FC and continued his goal-scoring spree throughout the season and finished with 12 goals in 21 matches. He emerged as the top scorer in ISL 2022-23 season and won the prestigious Golden Boot award.

    Notably, Odisha FC has been a favourite team drawing crowd in large numbers to the Kalinga Stadium for the ISL home matches since 2019.

  • Opposition creates ruckus in Odisha Assembly alleging Class 10 paper leak

    Opposition creates ruckus in Odisha Assembly alleging Class 10 paper leak

    Bhubaneswar, (IANS) | Opposition BJP and Congress party members created ruckus in the Odisha Assembly alleging that the question paper of Class 10 board examination was leaked. However, School and Mass Education Minister Sameer Ranjan Das denied the allegation. Tributes were first paid to former MLA Birendra Pandey in the House. Soon after, members of the BJP and the Congress stormed the Speaker’s podium and created a ruckus alleging the Class 10 board exam question paper was leaked. On Monday, the opposition members demanded the resignation of minister Das, showing photocopies of the Mathematics question paper on the last day of Class 10 board exams.

    Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukha requested BJP and Congress members to participate in the Question Hour and raise the issue during Zero Hour. However, the opposition legislators continued their protest without paying heed to the Speaker’s request. In such a situation, the Speaker adjourned the proceedings till 4 pm.

    Speaking to mediapersons outside the assembly, BJP leader Mohan Manjhi alleged that though our leader of the opposition had earlier raised the issue of question papers of history and political science subjects being leaked, no action was taken. In Puri district today again the matriculation question paper was leaked much before the commencement of the examination. So we were forced to disturb the Question Hour.

    This is a sensitive matter. But the government is not giving any answer to this. He said that meritorious students would be affected by this. Manjhi demanded that the minister should accept it and resign from his post.

    Alleging that a question paper leak racket is being run in the state, Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati said that a proper inquiry should be done in this direction and strict action should be taken against those involved. Further said that the government is playing with the future of the students. He demanded the resignation of Minister Das on this issue.

    On the other hand, the School and Mass Education Minister denied the allegation of the opposition and said that he had spoken to the District Collector, Board officials and the Puri District Education Officer, but there was no information about the question paper leak.

    –IANS

  • Odisha’s 5T secretary VK Pandian trolled for washing feet of women

    Odisha’s 5T secretary VK Pandian trolled for washing feet of women

    Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of the Opposition attacking him, 5T secretary V K Pandian has landed in a controversy over some women washing his feet in full public view during an official visit to Odisha’s Nabarangpur on Saturday.

    Pandian visited Nabarangpur on Friday and Saturday and reviewed various projects pertaining to education, health, irrigation and connectivity.

    The incident took place at Mandodongri in Nabarangpur block where Pandian visited a temple and interacted with locals and public representatives about development of the shrine and neighbouring area as a tourist destination, official sources said.

    Pandian, who is secretary to Chief Minister (Transformation & Initiatives) popularly called 5T, is being trolled on social media after a photo capturing women washing his feet (which is a custom in certain areas to show respect while welcoming an elderly or important person) went viral.

  • Chief Secretary urges agitating drivers to call off strike

    Chief Secretary urges agitating drivers to call off strike

    Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena urged the agitating drivers to call off the strike on Friday, said reports. It is worth mentioning that, the drivers have continued their strike even after discussion with the government said sources.

    The Water Resources, Commerce and Transport Minister Tukuni Sahu, said in the Odisha Assembly earlier today that three months have been sought and that hopefully the drivers association will cooperate.

    The Odisha Drivers’ Mahasangha however said that, the agitating drivers want the Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to make announcement about the fulfillment of demands.

    Much to the delight of the travelers however, the stranded due to the drivers strike in Odisha, private bus owners have decided to call off the strike on Friday. The Chief Secretary of the Government of Odisha has promised and assured to take the required steps within three months.

    It is worth mentioning that, the protests called by Drivers’ Ekta Mahamancha across Odisha has reached its third day on Friday. The drivers have seen protesting on the roads with posters, banners and placard Across Odisha.

    Passengers were left stranded in various places of the state as buses, cabs and transport vehicles remained stranded across the state on Wednesday following an indefinite ‘quit steering’ call by the driver Mahansanga.