Новости за 24.01.2023

A bank cashier was accused of stealing deposits from customers, amounting to over Rs. 115 crore. The defalcated money included over Rs. 50 lakh from some women's self-help groups, or "shGs." The bank's regional office in Cuttack found serious irregularities by the cashier, including fraudulently stealing cash through online transfers from customers' accounts without their knowledge. The cashier was also accused of transferring money to the accounts of his friends and relatives. The bank said the cashier was placed under suspension in May 2022... Читать дальше...

ODSMA and Lunglei Fire Station from Mizoram have been selected for the institutional category for Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2023 for their excellent work in disaster management. The award is given by the National Disaster Management Authority on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's birth anniversary to recognize and honour invaluable contribution and selfless service rendered by individuals and organizations in the field of disaster management. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 51... Читать дальше...

South Korea shocked Argentina 32-55 in a shoot-out after the match ended 55 minutes into the last crossover game of the World Cup. South Korea converted four of their seven penalty corners in the match, with two of them coming in the last quarter. Jaehyeon Kim saved the first two shots to give Korea a handy lead, however Argentina crawled back as their goalkeeper Tomas Santiago made a save. Nicolas Keenan also scored, but with the score reading 32 for Korea and only one shot left for each team, Martin... Читать дальше...

The Odisha government is trying to place the iconic Dakota plane of Biju Patnaik at the airport here for public viewing, and demands are being made to bring Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's baby Austin Car to his birthplace, Janankinath Bhawan, in Odia Bazaar in Cuttack. The Freedom Fighter had used the car from 1930 to 1941 and had reportedly travelled from Kolkata to Burma, but the whereabouts of the car is not known. Cuttack-based Netaji Foundation has sent a memorandum to Cuttack Collector Bhabani... Читать дальше...

The berhampur Ganjam district has generated the most person days of work in the country under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Officials say that as many as 63449 households in the district were provided 100 days of employment and 226 crore person days of work have been generated till January 21, which is both the highest in the country. The labour-intensive scheme has helped the rural people to earn their livelihood during the postpandemic period and prevented... Читать дальше...

The Indian team lost to New Zealand in a crossover tie on Sunday. Coach Roelant Oltmans said that the pressure got the better of the team and that they were disappointed with the result. He said that they will have to go back to Rourkela and play the classifications to try and recover from the loss.

The health minister in the state of Odisha, Nabab Kishore Das, has come under fire from the opposition for donating a substantial amount of gold and silver to a temple in Maharashtra on Saturday. Das told the media that the entire donation to the Shani Temple at Shinganapur under Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra would be around Rs. 10 lakh. The video of the minister with his family members offering prayers has gone viral on social media. Das said that the entire golden urn was not donated by him and that he had contributed only a part of it.

The noise at the Kalinga Stadium on Sunday night came from a small group of players dressed in black, representing New Zealand, as they celebrated their victory over India. Indian players were too stunned to even exchange commiserations, and tears of disappointment and dejection flowed. However, most players were on their knees, heads buried between their hands, at one end of the ground. Akashdeep Singh and Hardik Singh sat inside a goal, lost in thought, while plenty of retrospection lies ahead for the Indian team... Читать дальше...

The minister of state for home, Tusharkanti Behera, has questioned the integrity of some lawyers and police personnel, accusing them of abusing the Odisha victim compensation scheme 2017. Behera said on the sidelines of a programme organized by a private legal organization to help victims of crime to avail the benefits of government’s compensation schemethe minister said the legal sections in atrocity cases including the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes prevention of atrocities act are being used as a political tool to harass others. Читать дальше...

BJP president J P Nadda on Monday said the party will form a three-fourth majority government in Rajasthan in the assembly elections to be held later this year. Addressing the party's Rajasthan state working committee meeting here, Nadda said, "BJP is the only national party and all other parties have remained family parties. The Congress has been identified as a family party. Regional parties have also become family parties." He also congratulated the state leadership for the successful organisation... Читать дальше...

The twenty young Indian Administrative Service officers who visited Kandhamal district in Berhampur, India, during the three-day trip, observed different development activities undertaken by the Kandhamal administration. The officers of the 2022 batch who are undergoing training at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie, visited Kandhamal one of the aspirational districts under the Bharat Darshan program. The officers spent the first two days visiting various projects... Читать дальше...

Elephants are killed by poachers for their tusks, which are often removed before the elephant dies. In some cases, the elephant's body is left in a decomposed state, indicating that the poachers did not care about leaving evidence behind.

The president of Bhubaneswar, Droupadi Murmu, on Monday conferred the Rastriya Bal Puraskar (RBP) 2023 on Sambhab Mishra from Odisha. The RBP is an award given by the government of Odisha to individuals or organizations for their contributions to art and culture. Sambhab Mishra, 16, from Cuttack has been awarded the fellowship of the Royal Asiatic Society of London (RASL) for his contributions to Indian mythology and socioeconomic and cultural happenings. He is also the youngest fellow of the RASL. Читать дальше...

Four men were arrested for allegedly blackmarketing tickets to a men's hockey world cup match between India and New Zealand. The men were from Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh, and all of them were Indian nationals. The men were caught near the stadium on Sunday, and eight tickets were confiscated from them. This is the third gang to have been arrested for selling tickets to matches involving India at an exorbitant price in the last one week.

The new Angulsukinda railway line was tested on Sunday with the first engine. It is 987 kilometers long and is meant to connect Budhapank in Angul district with Baghuapal stations near Sukinda in Jajpur district. It is likely to become an important route for transportation of coal iron ore and other minerals from the state. Dilip Kumar Samantaray, managing director of Asrl, said construction of the new line is over. After rolling of the engine on the tracks on Sunday, a trial run will be conducted. Читать дальше...

A man's body was found stuffed inside a suitcase in Khurda district, and his wife and two of her aides were arrested for his murder. The victim would frequently beat up his wife, which prompted the murder, according to Khurda SP Siddharth Kataria. The victim was identified as manoranjan mohapatra, 32, and he was a history sheeter who was booked in several cases, most of which were theft cases. He was wanted by Nayagarh police in two dacoity cases. Following the assault on January 20, das hatched... Читать дальше...

A woman was arrested in Mayurbhanj, India for murdering a man who allegedly tried to outrage her modesty. The incident happened at gunju sahi under baripada sadar police station on January 15. The police sent the body for autopsy to Prm medical college and hospital at Baripada and started an investigation. The deceased was identified as mangal murmu 22 of gunju sahi. Mangal’s parents had lodged a missing complaint in the local police station after he did not return home on January 15. Madhusmita... Читать дальше...

The Indian Film Festival of Bhubaneswar (IFFB) kicked off on Monday with a focus on young filmmakers from Kashmir to the Northeast. Many award-winning films on issues like migration, gender, geopolitical issues, and environment will be screened in the weeklong festival organized by the Film Society of Bhubaneswar (FSB). "The Film Society of Bhubaneswar has managed to organize 12 editions of the fiction film festival and 3 editions of the documentary film festival IDFFB with its experience of screening... Читать дальше...

Hundreds of seats at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar remained empty on Monday, days after India's ouster from the Men's Hockey World Cup. India's defeat to New Zealand in a penalty shootout on Sunday may have kept the hockey lovers away. "The stadium was full on Sunday but on Monday, a significant number of seats in all the stands were empty. India's defeat has pained hockey fans who had expected at least a quarterfinal berth for the host team. It may take some time for spectators to return to the stands," said Sukumar Rout. Читать дальше...

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tx, slammed President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents Monday during the debut of Fox Business's "The Bottom Line".