The court of the special Vigilance judge, Cuttack, while pronouncing the jail term for Rabinarayan Behura, retired manager of Kalarahangi Mines of OMC Ltd in Sukinda area of Jajpur, also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict.

In default of payment of fine, the convict will have to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for six months more for the offence U/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(e) of PC Act, 1988.

Behera was charge sheeted by Odisha Vigilance in a case for possession of disproportionate assets.
Odisha Vigilance will now move the competent authority for stoppage of pension of Behura following his conviction. Detailed report follows.

This is the second price hike for commercial LPG cylinders in the past two months. On October 1, the price was increased by Rs 209 per cylinder.

After the revised rate, a commercial LPG cylinder will now cost Rs 1,833 in Delhi, Rs 1,785.50 in Mumbai, Rs 1,943 in Kolkata and Rs 1,999.50 in Chennai. While the prices of commercial LPG cylinders have seen an increase, the cost of domestic LPG, primarily used for cooking in households, has been kept unchanged. The domestic LPG cylinder is sold at Rs 903 in Delhi, while the price of 14 kg cylinder is Rs 929 in Kolkata, Rs 902.5 in Mumbai, and Rs 918.5 in Chennai.

The price of non-subsidised LPG cylinder in Bhubaneswar is Rs 929 while a 19-kg LPG cylinder cost Rs 1,980.50.

Notably, public sector OMCs such as Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) revise the prices of cooking gas cylinders on the first of every month.

Steel, Mines & Works Minister Prafulla Kumar Mallik handed over a cheque of Rs.1,420 crore to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

OMC, one of the largest iron ore producers in the country, recorded a turnover of Rs.14,450 crore during 2022-23. Having total 18 operational mines, the state-owned Corporation registered a total ore production of 33.76 million tonnes in the 2022-23 with 29.68 MT iron ore, 3 MT bauxite and 1.08 MT of chrome ore – registering 14.9% growth over the previous financial year, an official release said.

OMC has supported the state government in many of its flagship welfare programmes. It has also been contributing substantially towards the socio-economic development of the people especially residing in its mining periphery through its various CSR initiatives.

Among others, Additional Chief Secretary of Steel & Mines department Deoranjan Kumar Singh, 5T Secretary VK Pandian, OMC Managing Director Balwant Singh, OMC Director (Finance) Satyajit Mohanty, Director (Operations) Sabyasachi Mohanty, Director (HR) Alok Kuamr Pal and Director (P&P) Kshirod Chandra Brahma were present on the occasion.