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New Indian Express
2 days ago
- General
- New Indian Express
Special OJEE on July 15-16 to fill vacant seats
BHUBANESWAR: A special Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) will be conducted for filling up vacant seats in BTech and other professional courses on July 15 and 16, informed the OJEE committee. Committee chairman DP Satpathy said the process of registration and online application for the Special OJEE-2025 commenced from Friday and will continue till June 23. Satpathy said the entrance test will be conducted for BTech, LE Tech (diploma), LE Tech (BSc), MBA, MCA and BPharm courses. Candidates who have appeared earlier in either of the exams are not required appear this time. The results of special OJEE in BTech will be used to fill up the leftover seats in engineering colleges and technical institutes, after first phase counselling for BTech is completed on the basis of JEE Main ranking. Similarly, the ranks of the special OJEE in LE Tech (diploma), LE Tech (BSc), MBA, MCA and BPharm will be used for the seats that will fall vacant after admission to these courses based on the OJEE-2025. Meanwhile, officials also clarified that candidates from outside the state are not eligible for admission in government colleges, but can enrol in private professional colleges and institutions.
Hans India
25-05-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Bangaru Rythu prog launched
Karimnagar: District Collector Pamela Satpathy launched Bangaru Rythu programme on Saturday during which she urged to focus on alternative crops by giving priority to oil palm cultivation. A Bangaru Rythu awareness programme on oil palm farming was organised in Karimnagar on Saturday by Lohia Oil Palm Plantation Company. Speaking on the occasion, the Collector said, 'Oil palm farming is beneficial among alternative crops. Intercropping can also be cultivated in this crop. If a farmer works hard for three years, he can get a net income for 30 years through this crop.' Satpathy said that the government provides a subsidy of up to Rs 51,000 per acre for four years for oil palm cultivation. 'Only 320 farmers are cultivating oil palm in 1,200 acres in the district. The cultivation area needs to be expanded to 3,000 acres this year,' she said. Lohia Company CEO Siddhant Lohia said that Lohia Group is working sincerely to turn every farmer into a golden farmer through a village outreach campaign in the district. He explained to the farmers about the gold scheme and bumper lucky draw for the farmers who are cultivating oil palm. The foundation stone laying ceremony of the factory will be held on September 4. The District Horticulture Officer said that the farmers can get a net income of four to six lakhs from oil palm cultivation.
New Indian Express
24-05-2025
- New Indian Express
STF nabs arms dealer from Bihar with gunrunning link to Cuttack
BHUBANESWAR: Intensifying its crackdown on the illicit gun manufacturing units in Odisha and supply of firearms to criminals outside the state, the Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch has nabbed a notorious arms dealer Md Aslam from Bihar's Munger. Police said, Aslam was linked to the illegal arms unit that was busted in 42 Mouza of Cuttack earlier this year. In March, STF had nabbed the unit's kingpin Sarat Chandra Yadav and his associates Md Budhu of West Bengal along with Md Abid Husein and Md Kallu of Munger district in Bihar. During the raid, the STF had seized huge quantities of materials for making 7 mm pistol including 29 gun parts with barrel, 14 slides, 36 grips, 15 barrels, 14 iron bars, a lathe machine with motor, a milling machine with motor, a drilling machine with motor, a grinder machine along with other tools. 'Aslam had come in contact with Budhu, Husein and Kallu when they were all lodged in Katihar jail. After they were released, Aslam procured at least 70 guns from the gunmaking unit in 42 Mouza and sold them in Bihar, West Bengal and Assam,' said STF SP, Rabindra Nath Satpathy. During searches, STF seized huge quantity of materials used to manufacture 7 mm countrymade pistols from Aslam. He was also earlier arrested by West Bengal Police under Arms Act. 'So far, six persons have been arrested for their involvement in the illegal gun manufacturing unit at 42 Mouza. Aslam was brought to Odisha on Friday,' Satpathy said. Police said, in the recent years, criminals have turned their attention to Odisha in terms of manufacturing firearms here as well as establishing gunrunning network from the state. Odisha too has witnessed a spurt in organised crimes and many of them were planned by hardcore criminals lodged in various jails in Bihar and later executed here by them and their accomplices, the sources said. 'Not just manufacturing of arms in Odisha and their supply from the state, criminals lodged in various Bihar jails are also planning and executing various other organised crimes here. Investigation has revealed that the attempted loot of a jewellery shop in Panikoili by a gang of armed robbers in which two citizens were shot dead and the Manappuram Gold Loan office heist in Sambalpur earlier in January were planned in Bihar's Katihar jail,' said Satpathy. The recent crackdown will be intensified and efforts will be made to ensure criminals lodged in Bihar jails or those who walked out from there are not able to carry out organised crimes in the state, he added.
NDTV
07-05-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
"Beginning Of End Of Terror": Pahalgam Victims' Families On Op Sindoor
New Delhi: For the family of Maharashtra-based Atul Mone, who was shot dead in front of his wife and daughter in Pahalgam, Operation Sindoor spells the beginning of end of terror. When Mone's daughter found out about the strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir at 3 am, her faith in the government was reinstated, she told IANS. Another victim was Odisha's Prashant Satpathy, whose wife told reporters that the fight against terror should continue till terrorism is not wiped out. "Ghar mein ghus kar maarna chahiye (Enter their houses and eliminate them). My husband will never come back, but no one else's sindoor should get wiped out. No one should be left fatherless," Priyadarshini Acharya said. "I am elated because the terrorists will now understand the value of a human life and how precious it is. The sacrifice of my husband has not gone in vain," she said, maintaining that terrorists who killed innocent people in front of their families must live in fear if they, at all, have survived India's strike. Satpathy's younger brother Jayant said he has been waiting for the "revenge". "We do not need money, but revenge for our brother's killing. We are relieved today as the government acted as expected. All the terrorists behind the Pahalgam attack must be punished," he said. Satpathy, 41, was an employee of the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology. He went to Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir with his wife and son on vacation. His nine-year-old son, Tanuj, completed his last rites on April 24. Sohini Adhikari, whose husband Bitan Adhikari was among the 26 civilians killed by terrorists in the Baisaran meadow, told NDTV, "The terror strike shows that the government took the action they had committed. I hope no one else ever has to see their husband being killed in cold blood in front of their child." Still coping with the trauma of seeing her father being shot down in front of her children, Kerala native N Ramachandran's daughter Arathy said the strike on terror would bring some relief to the families of those who died. She said the loss they suffered cannot be compensated by anyone, but Operation Sindoor seemed like a reply from the government and women of India. "Obviously, it is the apt name, but I don't think wiping the tears will happen. The loss, which had been inflicted, it won't be compensated. The title, 'Operation Sindoor', seems to be like a reply from the women of India through the army and the government," she said. Arathy also said she and her family are praying for the Army. "Let all Indians see a comfort in this operation. Let Operation Sindoor bring some comfort and relief to all the families of victims, including Himanshi (Narwal)," she added. Himanshi's husband was one of those killed in the terror attack, and a picture of her sitting beside his lifeless body with a crestfallen face turned out to be the defining image of the deadly incident.
Indian Express
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Pahalgam attack: Karnataka, Odisha govts announce relief for victims' kin
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday announced Rs 20 lakh financial assistance for the family of Prashant Satpathy, who was killed in the terror attack in Pahalgam. Majhi announced this after paying floral tributes to the mortal remains of Satpathy at his house in Ishani village in Balasore district. He also announced that the state government would provide a job for Satpathy's wife Priya Darshani Achariya, and take care of the education of their nine-year-old son Tanuj. Meanwhile, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced Rs 10 lakh as relief to the family members of the deceased. 'The families of the three people from Karnataka who died will be given Rs 10 lakh each as compensation. The final rites will be conducted with police honours,' he added.
