Bhubaneswar: There would be no tax collection at eight tollgates on all major routes leading to Puri during three days of rath yatra, which begins on July 10. The exemption would be effective for the car festival on July 10, bahuda yatra on July 18 and suna besa on July 19. Bhubaneswar: A four-member parliamentary standing committee on science and technology, and environment and forests led by Rajya Sabha MP T. Subbarami Reddy met Naveen Patnaik and discussed issues plaguing Institute of Physics and National Institute of Science Education and Research. Bhubaneswar: Police registered a case against a female teacher of an upper primary school here allegedly for beating a Class VII student for not doing her homework. The student sustained injuries on her palms. Cuttack: A fresh petition filed in Orissa High Court has sought direction for a CBI probe into alleged supply of sub-standard pulses in primary schools and anganwadis in the state. The petition urged for CBI intervention citing alleged failure of state vigilance in extending its investigation beyond five of the 30 districts. Cuttack: Health minister Damodar Rout laid the foundation stone for a seven-storey Linear Accelerator building at Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre here. The Rs 250-crore project would house radiological equipment, CT-simulator, Gamma camera, CT scan, MRI, ultrasound machines, operation theatre, ICU and 100 beds.
Sunday, 21 December 2025
