The South Central Railway has taken up a new project connecting the tribal habitations in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Telangana States. The new line will reduce the distance from southern Odisha and Bastar to South India, and will act as an alternative route bypassing busy corridors like Rajahmundry and Visakhapatnam,” said Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who announced the Cabinet decisions …
BHUBANESWAR: The depression over Odisha coast brought the season’s first deluge-like situation as extreme heavy rainfall lashed southern districts of the state with Malkangiri bearing the brunt in the last 24 hours. The district headquarters town of Malkangiri remained cut off from the state as well as neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said …
The Odisha police apprehended seven people, including a police constable from Telangana for smuggling Ganja. Acting on intelligence information, the authorities successfully intercepted the accused near the Kamala Padar area, where they were caught red-handed with a staggering 103 kilograms of ganja. Apart from the drug haul, law police officials also confiscated crucial evidence from the possession of the arrested …
