In a significant judgement, the Orissa High Court on Tuesday directed the State Government to pay compensation to 25 persons who lost their eyesight (fully and partly) following a cataract surgery camp at Dharamgarh in Kalahandi district in 2010. A Division Bench of Chief Justice V Gopalagowda and Justice BN Mohapatra has awarded Rs 2.5

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik orders crime branch probe into lawyers-Collector row in Sambalpur. Patnaik on Tuesday ordered a Crime Branch inquiry into the row, asking the investigators to submit their report as soon as possible. Describing the incident as shocking, Patnaik said the law would take its own course on the issue. “I was

The Odisha government today ordered a probe into the alleged manhandling of Sambalpur district collector Mrinalini Darswal and ransacking of her office by lawyers. “Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has ordered a probe by the Crime Branch of Odisha Police,” an official release said. Noting that the government has sought a report from the district administration

Under Urban Infrastructure & Governance (UIG) Sub-Mission of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission(JNNURM) an Integrated Sewerage project has been approved for the Mission city of Bhubaneswar with approved cost of Rs.49891.35 lakhs and Additional Central Assistance (ACA) commitment of Rs.39913.08 lakhs. Under Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) of JNNURM

Odisha-based NGO WIO welcomes state government’s decision to have a comprehensive policy for coal-based thermal power plants. “We have just come across the news that the Government of Odisha is planning to formulate a comprehensive policy for coal-fired thermal power plants and captive power plants. Water Initiatives Odisha (WIO) welcomes such a move as this

A Sanskrit teacher of Tangarmunda School in Bamra block was arrested on Sunday night for allegedly trafficking two girls of the school. The teacher has been identified as Smruti Rekha Sasmal. The girls were rescued from a house in Siddha Mahabir area in Puri. Husband of the teacher, Narayan, is being interrogated. Sambalpur Collector Mrinalini

An untoward incident occurred in the Major City of Western Odisha when the lawyers of Sambalpur Bar Association attacked on District Collector Mrinalini Jaiswal with sleepers, boots & by stones. The Odisha state government has came into shock from this news of the attack on District Collector Dr. Mrinalini Jaiswal by the lawyers of Sambalpur

In an unpleasant and shocking development on Monday, members of the District Bar Association had a violent confrontation with the district Collector first inside a bus and then on the District Judge Court campus where, the Collector alleged, she was manhandled by advocates. The incident bears the potential of snowballing into a major issue between

Sambalpur (Odisha), Apr 23 (PTI) Irate lawyers in Odisha’s Sambalpur district today allegedly chased the District Collector, abused her in filthy language and ransacked her residential office alleging highhandedness, police said. Collector Mrinalini Darswal and Sambalpur Bar Association president Pramod Kumar Rath lodged FIR and Counter FIR against each other at the Town Police Station

With the increase in activities of Left-wing extremists (LWEs) in the State, more funds will be at the disposal of the Government to counter them. The Centre recently included four more districts from the State in the Security Related Expenditure (SRE) scheme. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had been demanding inclusion of Bargarh, Balangir, Nuapada and

The Gangadhar Meher (Autonomous) College, a premier educational institution of western Odisha organised a meeting for development of the institution. The meeting was attended by academicians, intellectuals, former principals, students and former students, where participants demanded unanimously to convert the college to a unitary university.   A focus group was formed with people from all