News Bulletin

TNI Bureau: Days after the Balasore Chit Fund scandal hit the news headlines, the Orissa High Court ordered CBI probe into the multi-crore scam. The agency has been directed to submit the status report on the investigation within three…

TNI Bureau: About 169 Odisha Administrative Services (OAS) posts are vacant in the state, while a few retired officers are being appointed to execute office works in various departments. The state where unemployment is still a challenge for…

TNI Bureau: The Supreme Court declared BJD's expelled Rajya Sabha MP Pyarimohan Mohapatra as Independent member after he approached the apex court seeking a direction to the BJD to send the expulsion order to the Rajya Sabha and him. The…

TNI Bureau: Congress MLA from Kantabanji, Santosh Singh Saluja has been suspended from the assembly for seven days after he made an objectional remark against Speaker Pradip Kumar Amat. Saluja got angry and upset when BJD Deputy Chief…

TNI Bureau: BJD MLA and former minister Kalindi Behera, who was undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, was shifted to the AIIMS, New Delhi, after his condition deteriorated. Mr Behera had been admitted…

Baripada: Baitarani Gramya Bank (BGB) is set to merge with the upcoming 'Odisha Gramya Bank' as per the notification of finance ministry. The 32-year regional rural bank, which had been dominating two tribal districts of Odisha - Keonjhar…

TNI Bureau: The coal blocks in Odisha have been under the scanner after the exposure of a suspected multi-crore coalgate. Baitarani West coal block is the latest to join the disgraced list, as the Union Coal Ministry de-allocated it on the…

TNI Bureau: While replying to a question in Odisha Assembly today, Labour and Employment Minister Bijayshree Routray revealed that at least 88 workers died in accidents at various industrial units across the state in the last two years.…

TNI Bureau: Former BJD strategist and Odisha Janmorcha leader Pyari Mohan Mohapatra has hinted at forming a political party within three months. He also vowed to move the Supreme Court against his expulsion from the BJD. Pyari alleged…

TNI Bureau: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sought to put all rumours and speculations related to phone tapping into rest, saying the government has not intercepted the telephones or mobile phones of any politicians or senior…