Bhubaneswar: A sudden power failure at the Biju Pattnaik Airport on Tuesday evening disrupted the normal flight operations as the lights on the rain way remained off for ore than half an hour. he airport’s director, V. Chandran, said several flights had to be diverted following the electrical snag. He, however, did not mention the exact number of the cancelled flights. He said it was a technical problem and everything returned to normal after engineers sorted it out. Our operational and technical persons had conducted a routine check up around 5.45pm. The problem might have taken place after that. We are checking how such incident occurred. We will do our best to avoid any such snags in the future,” said Chandran. Bhubaneswar: A congress delegation led by the Pradesh Congress Committee chief Niranjan Pattnaik on Tuesday met governor M.C. Bhandare and demanded that he should direct the state government to table the Lokpal report on the land acquisition for the proposed Vedanta University on the Puri Konark Marine Drive on the Assembly. The report criticised the government for allowing Vedanta authorities to acquire the land. Bhubaneswar: Vishwa Hindu Parishad has decided to organise prayer meetings and take out a huge rally in Phulbani town to observe the death anniversary of Swami Lakshmananada Saraswati next week. The VHP will also submit a memorandum addressed to the president to the sub-collector demanding a CBI inquiry into the incident. Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday arrested two Wesco employees, including a section officer posted at Bhatili, for allegedly accepting Rs 2,000 for providing electricity connection to a lift irrigation project. They have been identified as Jugal Kishore Dash and Nanda Kishor Rath. Berhampur: An assistant sub-inspector of police was killed when the bike he was riding collided with a truck coming from opposite direction near Khabagagha, 35km from here, on Tuesday. The deceased, Sankarshan Panda, 44, was posted at the sub-divisional police officer’s (SDPO) office at Aska. Constable Sanjay Bishoyi, 30, who was a pillion rider, was also left seriously injured in the road accident. He had to be shifted to Visakhapatnam for further treatment. The truck has been seized and the driver of the vehicle has been arrested. Bhubaneswar: Nalco Foundation, in collaboration with Orissa State Poultry Products Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited (Opolfed), on Tuesday launched a backyard poultry programme in Angul. In the first phase of the programme, 80 beneficiaries will be trained in four batches. The training for the programme will be provided by Opolfed.
Monday, 09 February 2026
