The state's chief electoral officer has initiated the process to collect postal ballots from those who have opted for home voting. Election Commission allows voters over 85 years and those with 40% and above disability to opt for home voting. CEO's office has identified 4,158 voters opting for home voting in the first phase of polling.
Dense fog hits road and rail traffic in state. As many as 20 trains arriving late by four to six hours at the Bhubaneswar railway station. 16 students injured in a collision between a van and a truck. Weather experts issue a yellow warning of dense fog for multiple districts.
Bhubaneswar: The health authorities on Tuesday said three Covid-positive cases have so far been detected in the state and all have been found to have .
The police said the accused had purchased gold worth nearly Rs 1 or 2 lakh from a store in Sambalpur, Puri and Jharsuguda each
BHUBANESWAR: The special squad of commissionerate police here on Sunday arrested a Bangalore-based MBA graduate on charges of cheating several jewellery store owners in the state by impersonating income tax (I-T) officials. The accused was identified as Vishal Rajkumar Nilenge (25). He was arrested from a star hotel near Sriya Square here.
The police said the accused had purchased gold worth nearly Rs 1 or 2 lakh from a store in Sambalpur, Puri and Jharsuguda each. “He would introduce himself as a senior I-T official before making the purchase. At the time of payment, he would insist on doing so online and would show the store managers a forged message of money debited from his account,” a senior police official said, describing his modus operandi.