Bhubaneswar: The dream of creating “The Press Club of Odisha” became a reality on Tuesday. Several media house owners, editors and senior journalists were present. Managing director of Odisha Bhaskar Madhu Mohanty convened the event. Managing Director of OTV & Ortel Limited Jagimangat Panda presided over the meeting. Editor of Dharitri and MP Tathagat Satpathi, Sambad editor Soumyaranjan Pattnaik and journalist Deepak Malavya were unanimously nominated as the club’s presidium members. BHUBANESWAR: The state government on Thursday announced recruitment of 25,000 school teachers. They will be recruited for tribal languages, Telegu and Bengali languages in various districts of the state. Nuapada: Police have registered a case against a former headmaster of Malpada Primary School here on charges of misappropriation of funds worth Rs 8 lakh. Acting on an FIR, lodged by district project co-ordinator of the Sarba Sikshya Abhijaan of Nuapada district, the police registered the case against Khageswari Majhi, the former headmaster. BHUBANESWAR: A Central team will arrive here on Friday to review various ongoing industrial projects and study the reasons for the delay in starting work. They will cover the oil refinery project of Indian Oil Corporation Limited at Paradip and nine other projects, including those in private sector, to assess linkage of mining, land acquisition, water connection and other factors. BHUBANESWAR: Chief administrator of Jagannath Temple Arvind Padhee took charge as interim vice-chancellor of Shri Jagannath Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya in Puri and directed varsity staff to wear traditional clothes, including handloom, once a week. He banned chewing of tobacco on campus. Governor SC Jamir would interview candidates for the top post on August 6. Rayagada: The ninth gram sabha, in a series of 12 such meetings to decide the fate of Vedanta’s proposed bauxite plant in Niyamgiri, rejected the proposal. The sabha held in Lamba village of Rayagada district had 38 voters, who spoke against mining in the presence of district and sessions judge. BHUBANESWAR: A retired magistrate’s son was arrested for attempting to attack a hotel owner and cops with a sword in Nayapalli police station. Kanhu Charan Swain. 25, had attacked the hotel owner four days ago but had been let off after a compromise. BHUBANESWAR: A woman Maoist identified as Nila Nachika alias Savita surrendered before Koraput police.
Monday, 09 February 2026
