Jagdev -"the conqueror"

Bhubaneswar/Puri, July 6: Over eight lakh devotees participated in today’s Rath Yatra of the lord Jagannath and his elder brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra. Grand festival of chariots began with traditional fervor this morning. Devotees waiting to have darshan of Trinity The holy Trinity were on a nine day sojourn to their aunts house Shree Gundicha temple riding three huge chariots (Rathas) along the three kilometers long Badadanda. Though all the nitees were performed as per the time fixed by the temple administration, there was inordinate delay in pulling of the chariots. While the pulling time was fixed for 3.30 pm it actually began by 4.35. As a result no chariots were able to reach its destination Gundicha temple. By the time pulling was stopped three chariots were on the way. Giant floral tiaras around deities head  While the Balabadra rath was at Mausima temple Subhadra rath was near Bagala Dharmshalla and Jagannath rath Nandighosh was near the p

Rourkela, June 27:  As a part of the Swachh Bharat Mission of Government of India, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has been observing Swachhta Pakhwada from June 16. The event will continue till June 30. A pledge taking ceremony was held at the CEO Conference hall on June 20 to mark the occasion. Ashwini Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of RSP chaired the session and also administered the pledge. Pledge taking ceremonies as well as cleaning campaigns were also held in different units in which many senior officers and employees took part. Some of the Departments are Projects, Personnel Department, Public Relations Department, HRDC, Computer hall, Hydraulic Room, Ispat General Office, CPP-I, Traffic & Raw Materials Department, Sinter Plant – II, Blast Furnace, Steel Melting Shop-I, Hot Strip Mill, Special Plate Plant, Roll Shop, New Plate Mill, Traffic & Raw Material, Zone-1, Coke Oven, Battery No. 6, Silicon Steel Mill, Cold Rolling Mill, Calcining Plant-II, Personnel Cante

Bhubaneswar, June 26:  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation   (BMC) on Sunday opened a ‘shelter for urban homeless (SUH)’-the third of its kind at Baramunda Bus Terminal here, thanks to its people-centric initiative. The latest SUH with strength to accommodate 12 persons (eight males and four females) was inaugurated by Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Chandra Panda. Inaugurating the facility, the Minister said that poor people, who had been deserted by their family members and who lived on platforms or in places such as bus stands and railway stations will be provided shelter. Among others present were local MP Prasanna Patsani, MLA Bhubaneswar (North) Priyadarshi Mishra and MLA Bhubaneswar (Central) Bijay Kumar Mohanty, BMC Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena, Deputy Mayor K Shanti and councilors of BMC. Currently under the National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy (NUHHP), 2007, the city has two SUHs running one each at Malisahi in Kharvela Nagar and near Kargil Road in Bhimp

Bhubaneswar, June 26:  Lopamudra Mishra, who had alleged of being physically and mentally tortured by her industrialist father-in-law Trailokya Mishra and husband Sabyasachi, knocked at the door of Badagada police station for second time in Odisha’s capital city. On Sunday, Lopamudra met Inspector in charge (IIC) of Badagada police station Suvendu Sinha and lodged a fresh complaint against her husband and in-laws.    Lopamudra alleged in her complaint that she has been receiving threats to her life on her Facebook and WhatsApp accounts. As per the report, on her Facebook the associates of Trailokya Mishra use to upload write-ups thereby affecting her self-respect. The IIC, on the other hand, said, “We have already asked the complainant to submit the documents supporting her allegations. The investigation will be done accordingly.” On June 17, the Mahila Police had pasted a notice at the house of Trailokya Mishra asking him, his son Sabyasachi Mishra and wife Asha Manj

Bhubaneswar, June 22: Acting on a tip off, the Commissionerate Police today busted a sex racket running inside a restaurant located in Bomikhal area under Laxmisagar police limits. Four persons including owner of the restaurant were nabbed by the police, while they were indulged in flesh trade. The arrested persons were identified as owner of the restaurant Jyotiranjan Nayak hails from Bhandaripokhari area, customer Sanjay Kumar Khantua of Govindapur, Ramchandra Mallick of Niyalli and Srikanta Singh of Kaipadar. The accused persons will be forwarded to a local court here tomorrow following a medical examination. Police have rescued a lady forced into this trade. Being alerted of the police presence another person fled away from the spot. Local cops have launched a manhunt to nab other persons involve in the heinous crime. Laxmisagar Inspector-in-charge (IIC) Bharat Sahoo said, under his active supervision a team, acting on a tip off, raided Fortune Moonland restaurant lo

Bhubaneswar, June 7: Acting on a warrant case issued by the Rourkela SDJM court, the commissionerate police today arrested Jyotirani Sarangi, wife of Seashore group Chief Prashant Dash, for her alleged role in duping investors of crores of rupees in Rourkela. Acting on a tip off, Laxmisagar police this evening nabbed Ms Jyotirani from her room located in Majestic Apartment of Laxmisagar area following a raid.  Police sources said, she had duped investors crores of rupees by collecting small deposits promising them to provide high returns on the sum. Though the local police here refused to divulge details about the case, sources said the company had opened a branch at Civil Township in Rourkela and had cheated investors operated by the accused. She had played one of the directors in the branch. Aggrieved on the Seashore officials, who had failed to return the money collected by the company, the investors had lodged three complaints separately at the Raghunathpalli pol

Rourkela, May 11: “My school, Ispat English Medium School, Sector-20 has played a vital role in my success. I owe my achievement to the incomparable infrastructure and experienced teachers of the school whose constant guidance has enabled me to top the state in ISC Examination,” says an elated Ipsita Tripathy. Ipsita Tripathy (centre) with her parents She has made Rourkela proud by scoring 97.4 % in the Class-12 board examination in Science conducted by ISC for 2016. Daughter of Mrs. Kukumina Tripathy, a homemaker and Suresh Chandra Tripathy, who works in the SMS-I Department of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), Ipsita also emphasizes on the contributions of her parents in her accomplishment. “My parents have been a pillar of support encouraging and guiding me at every step,” she says. Rejoicing at her achievement she concludes, “No success is final and no failure is fatal. One should keep on trying to excel and never give up the efforts.” Ipsita who has an innate penchant

Bhubaneswar, May 11: Odia girl Sagarika Nath came off with flying colours in the recently announced Civil Service Examination 2015 conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). She has secured 199th rank in the merit list and selected for the prestigious Indian Police Service (IPS). File photo: Sagarika Nath The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a nationwide competitive examination in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to various Civil Services of the Government of India, including Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS), among others. This year 1078 candidates have been selected for different Civil Services posts including 180 IAS, 45 IFS and 150 IPS posts. Daughter of Pradeep Kumar Nath and Smt. Kalpana Nath, the proud girl Sagarika had her schooling at DPS (NALCO) Angul and DPS (NALCO) Damanjodi and passed her engineering degree in Elec

Bhubaneswar, Mar 18: The new managing committee of CREDAI Odisha for the term 2016-18 has been elected today in CREDAI’s extraordinary General Body meeting held at Mayfair Convention Board Room in Odisha Capital. DS Tripathy, Binay Krishna Das, Swadesh Kumar Routray and Shashi Sekhar Garabadu have been elected as Chairman, President, President (Elect) and General Secretary respectively.  Other office bearers and executive members are Partho Biswal, Susant Kumar Rout, Umesh Khandelwal- Vice Presidents, Kishore Kumar Agarwal, Pabitra Kumar Mahapatra– Joint Secretaries, Dilip Kumar Biswal - Treasurer, Anil Mohanty, Dilip Kumar Sahoo, Mohammed Alim, Sarad Baid– Executive Members. After declaration of election to the new managing committee by RN Kar, Returning Officer, Binay Krishna Das, President and Mr. Swadesh Kumar Routray, President (Elect) congratulated all members and pronounced CREDAI Odisha’s mission for enterprising innovations for Affordable Urban Housing.

Rourkela, Mar 8 : A financially, psychologically and emotionally empowered woman is not only an asset for the family but also for the entire society. This has been a guiding philosophy for Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in each of its endeavour. The Steel maker has made it a mission to infuse a little bit of steely strength in every woman through education, skill developments, guidance and all out support. Keeping holistic development as its central approach Women’s Empowerment has been made an integral component of RSP’s various Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) interventions which cut across the areas of health, education and quality of life, etc. Let’s meet Binita Tirkey, a young girl from Jabaghat village. She and 10 of her associates had never thought that one day their Self Help Group (SHG) will not only be flourishing but will also be winning awards. Under the patronage of RSP, their Sri SAI SHG is today grown into a number of enterprising ventures. The SHG was award

Bhubaneswar, Feb 5: A-three day state level refresher training programme for trained Youth Red Cross (YRC) counsellors has been organized by Indian Red Cross Society, Odisha State Branch (IRCS-OSB) at Red Cross Bhavan here that started from February 4. Guests at Refresher Training Programme of YRC The event will terminate tomorrow. About 64 YRC counsellors from 22 districts in Odisha have participated in the three-day event. The objective of the training programme is to refresh the activities and core areas of YRC with a view to strengthen its movement in the State. Dr Ajay Kumar Nayak, Joint Secretary, Higher Education graced the inaugural session as the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Nayak said, “The YRC counsellors should be inspired rather than doing Red Cross activities in routine duty so that true spirit of volunteerism will be explored within them.” Dr. Chakradhar Panda, Secretary, YRC Odisha extended a warm welcome to all the guests & participa