In a step towards the prohibition of the storing and sale of spurious medicines, the Odisha government intensified raids against such activities.

In the next 21-days the trophy will journey across West Bengal, Manipur, Assam, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, New Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Chattisgarh.

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 7 (ANI): The State Goods and Services Tax (GST) Enforcement Wing of Odisha has unearthed a network of 24 fictitious firms generating fake invoices without the supply of goods and passing fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) to multiple beneficiaries.

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 5 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rain in Odisha for the next five days. Heavy rains are likely to lash the state of Odisha and accordingly, an alert was issued for 17 districts.

Bilaspur Apr 21 PTI Three armed men shot and injured a jeweller during an attempted robbery at his shop in Chhattisgarhs Bilaspur town on Thursday police said Two of the accused have been arrested while efforts are on to trace the third man an official said The incident took place around 230 pm in Gondpara locality under City Kotwali police station limits when jeweller Deepak Soni was alone at his establishment Bilaspur Superintendent of Police SP Parul Mathur said The three motorcycle-borne men arrived with their faces covered and entered the shop located in front portion of the jewellery store Two of the accused pointed guns at Soni and asked him to handover the valuables while another robber was holding a knife the official said While the robbers were stuffing jewellery in bags Soni tried to overpower them Suddenly one of the robbers shot his thigh Despite being injured Soni pushed them outside the shop and raised an alarm she said The crowd gathered outside the shop managed to catch one of the robbers while two others managed to flee the spot Soni was rushed to a private hospital by his family members and police were also informed she said Later another accused was arrested from Bilaspur railway station when he had boarded the train in a bid to escape while police teams were searching for the third one Mathur said Two country-made pistols a knife and a motorcycle were seized from the crime scene she said The accused who hail from Sundargarh of neighbouring Odisha have been identified Before committing the crime the trio had visited the shop on Thursday as customers to conduct recee the official said adding that further investigation was underway PTI COR TKP ARU ARU

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 31 (ANI): In a step toward a climate change action plan, the Odisha government has come up with a programme for climate-resilient natural farming through women's self-help groups (WSHGs).

Rourkela (Odisha), March 18 (ANI): Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra and Secretary to Chief Minister VK Pandian visited Rourkela to review the progress of work on Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium and other development projects.

Muscat [Oman], January 18 (ANI): The Women's Asia Cup is a great opportunity to make a mark in the senior hockey side, feels talented young forward Mariana Kujur who hails from the hockey belt Sundargarh in Odisha.

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 12 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday dedicated 142 schools in five districts under the state government's 5T School Transformation programme, which includes 67 schools in Sundargarh, 30 in Cuttack, 23 in Balasore, 12 in Nabarangpur and 10 in Kandhamal.