TBN, 14/06; Sarbeshwar Behura, a prominent Right To Information (RTI) activist from Dharmasala block in Jajpur district, has been apprehended by the police. RTI activists and family members have alleged the arrest was part of a serious conspiracy by ruling local BJD leaders and Revenue officials to silence Sarbeswar...
TBN, 14/06: An accident at Tata Steel's Meramundali plant in Odisha's Dhenkanal district resulted in burn injuries for at least 19 workers on Tuesday. The incident occurred around 1 pm when hot steam escaped from a pipe during an inspection of the blast furnace. As a result, engineers and...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought action-taken reports from the chief secretaries of Odisha and Telangana within four weeks, taking notice of a petition that highlighted instances of poor widowed mothers being forced to surrender their children as bonded labourers. As they were unable to repay loans.
The...
Evaluation of answer-sheets of High School Certificate examinations, conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, will begin today.
BSE sources said evaluation will be held at 56 centres across the State and continue till April 15. More than 13,000 teachers have been engaged in evaluation work this year.
“Enrolled teachers...
In a tragic incident, at least seven members of a marriage party were killed while four others were left battling for their lives after the vehicle they were traveling in plunged into the Sasan Canal In the wee hours of Friday.
As per sources, on Thursday, 11 people from Baddhara...
As many as 55 big cats including six Royal Bengal Tigers died including three from poaching in Odisha in last 10 years, State Forest Minister Pradip Amat informed the Assembly on Tuesday.
In a written reply to an unstarred question by Congress leader Taraprasad Bahinipati, Minister Amat said as per...
The opposition BJP and the Congress have slammed the Naveen Patnaik government (BJD) in the Odisha assembly over the long-pending Mahanadi water dispute with neighbouring Chhattisgarh state.
Raising the issue during zero hour on Tuesday, Leader of Opposition Jayanarayan Mishra (BJP) said two House committees were formed under the chairmanship...
President Droupadi Murmu is coming on a two-day visit to Odisha. She is scheduled to arrive at the airport at 11.45 am today.
According to information, Murmu will attend convocation of the Rama Devi Women’s University, her alma mater, today.
She is also scheduled to go to the foundation day ceremony of the...
TBN Desk 09.02.2023: While 11 days have passed after the gruesome murder of Naba Das at Brajarajnagar, the Crime Branch (CB) is yet to make any headway in ascertaining the exact motive behind the murder, despite accused Gopal Das confessing to his crimes.
As the twelfth day obsequies of late...
