Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Sunday demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged killing in Paikamal of Bargarh district of BJP leader Madhab Singh Thakur and his associate Ramesh Sahu, both of whom security forces called Maoists. Madhab was our worker. By announcing a magisterial inquiry into the incident, the government is trying to suppress the matter. He was a victim of the administration as he was opposed to mining in Gandhamardhan,” said BJP state unit president Jual Oram. he party slammed the state government for lodging an FIR against BJP MLA Jaya Naryan Mishra and former minister Bimbadhar Kanhar who had gone to inquire into the incident. he BJP has decided to observe a bandh in Paikamal and Jharbandha on Monday. Bhubaneswar: The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) on Sunday said the state had failed to submit a timely and detailed report on crop loss due to rain. There was no similarity between the views of the agriculture minister and revenue minister on crop loss. The state failed to utilise Central funds. We will a launch a stage-wide stir,” said senior Congress leader Nalinikanta Mohanty. BHUBANESWAR: A tusker was found dead early on Sunday on the Rayagada-Muniguda railway track near Brundabari village in Bissamcuttack block of Rayagada district. Forest officials suspect poaching as the cause of death, as the animal's tusks had been removed. Forest department sources said the dead pachyderm was part of a herd that had killed two villagers. The report “Scanner on cops' winter shopping” published in the December 28 edition of The Telegraph had missed out on an update on the petition that had challenged in the high court the purchase of police clothing articles by the Orissa police for 2010-11 owing to a communication error. The inadvertent lapse is regretted. he high court has dismissed the petition as it found it to be “devoid of merits”. Going through the materials available on record, this court is satisfied that proper procedure were followed by the purchase committee for purchase of the E.P&M rate contract materials. The purchase committee after verifying the samples furnished by the parties and considering their past performance selected the suitable firm for supply of the E.P&M rate contract materials. There is no error in the decision taken by the purchase committee so as to warrant interference by this court,” the two judge bench of Chief Justice V. Gopal Gowda and Justice B.N. Mohapatra observed.The writ petition is devoid of merits, accordingly the same is dismissed,” the court said.
Monday, 09 February 2026
