Two Maoists killed in encounter
Bhubaneswar: Two Maoists, including a woman, were killed in a fierce exchange of fire with security forces in Koraput district on Thursday evening, police said.


SC stays HC order on coop bodies
Cuttack  The Supreme Court on Friday admitted two special leave petitions (SLPs) challenging a verdict of the Odisha High Court in quashing a state government notification pertaining to nomination of executives to the cooperative bodies.


Pipili gang rape: Polygraph tests on 3 accused
Bhubaneswar:  The Odisha Police on Friday conducted polygraph tests on the three accused involved in the sensational gang rape and attempt to murder of a teenage dalit girl at Pipili in Puri district.
 

Dismissal order of Pipili IIC irrevocable: Govt
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday made it clear that its action in dismissing the Pipili IIC was irrevocable.



Govt forms task force to make state slum free
Bhubaneswar: With the objective to make the state slum-free, the Odisha government has constituted Odisha Slum Development Task Force under the chairmanship of chief secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik.


Start ITCs: Govt tells corporate houses
Bhubaneswar:   In order to meet the requirement of 5-million trained manpower in the industry sector by the end of 2017-18, the Odisha government on Friday asked the industrial houses to make their residential Industrial Training Centres functional during the academic year from August.


Lakshya-II test-flight successful
Balasore: Two days after a successful trial, the advanced version of pilotless target aircraft (PTA) Lakshya-II was again successfully flight- tested at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) near here on Friday.
 

State celebrates R-Day with fervour
Bhubaneswar:    The Republic Day was celebrated in Odisha with gaiety and fanfare.
Governor MC Bhandare unfurled the tri-colour in the state capital while chief minister Naveen Patnaik hoisted the flag at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack.