Bhubaneswar: The Chief Election Commissioner has sought a report from the chief electoral officer of Orissa regarding alleged horse-trading during the 2010 Rajya Sabha elections. he Election Commissioner has also asked the CEO to furnish all the details about the steps, which are being taken by the state. owever, Chief Electoral Officer, S. Srinivasan, said that no formal complaint in this connection was lodged by any political party. The alleged horse-trading issue grabbed the headlines when an audiocassette aired in a private TV channel implicated two ministers of the BJD government in the alleged horse trading deal. Bhubaneswar: Modern underground power cables will now replace the existing overhead lines near the Sun Temple in Konark. hief secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik on Wednesday reviewed the progress of the work at a high-level meeting at the Secretariat where he directed the senior officials of the Central Electrical Service Utility to complete the work by June 2012. here will be two underground cabling so if one faces any transmission difficulty, the other can function. The cable will have the capacity to carry 6 million volts. The present sub-station will also be substituted by compact sub-stations so that the place will be more safer for the tourists. Bhubaneswar: Khandagiri police on Tuesday provided escort service to a man who had withdrawn Rs 26 lakh from a bank at Koushalyaganga on the city outskirts and was travelling alone on motorcycle. fter a series of snatching of large amounts of cash from people leaving banks after withdrawing money, the police had intensified patrolling and checking of the black bikes. olice found one youth, Biswojit Sahoo, with a hefty amount of money he had withdrawn for his builder father and arranged for him to be escorted safely. Bhubaneswar: Tension prevailed in Raijharan village following a clash between police and agitated villagers last evening which left four police officers and about 20 villagers injured. The police on Wednesday conducted a flag march in the village to prevent any untoward incident.n Tuesday, about seven officials of Monet Ispat & Energy and Jindal Steel & Power Limited had been to Golagadia, a village adjacent to Raijharan, to hold talks with the villagers on land acquisition issue. Bhubaneswar: Lack of rain has resulted in a possible crop loss in eight districts of the state. The districts, mostly from the western part of Orissa, are facing nearly 50 per cent deficit in rainfall in June as compared to the last year. s a result, the chances of crop loss is high in districts such as Balangir, Angul, and Baragarh.
Thursday, 18 December 2025
