Miscellaneous News Updates

The villagers detained Umakanta and his staff when they went to the village to drive away wild elephants, sources informed.

For this solar illumination of Konark area, a 10 MW solar project will be set up at Tentulipada under Junagarh block in Kalahandi district with an investment of Rs 45 crore.

For the last solar eclipse of the year, the Chhatisa Nijog has fixed a special time table for the rituals at Puri Jagannath temple. The eclipse which is a partial one will be taking place in the wee hours of Tuesday. The eclipse will take place at 4:56:52 pm and the Sarva Moksha will occur at 6:26:52 pm. Cooking, food intake and rituals of deities are prohibited from 4.57 am.

Even the state capital of Kolkata has started feeling the impact of the approaching cyclone with cloudy skies and light rainfall in certain pockets since Monday morning.

A delegation of BJP met Odisha Electoral Officer today and urged him to take action against ruling-BJD leaders over alleged distribution of money through SHG groups.

In a shocking incident, body of a newborn girl was recovered from a drain on the premises of the Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital (MCH) in Bolangir district.

The government had acquired about 6,000 acres of lands for the setting up of Tata’s mega steel plant in 1995-96.

The Commissionerate Police has taken adequate arrangements to ensure zero crime during the festivals. 

The couple was allowed to meet for 15 minutes in presence of the jail warder and a staff. However, it is not clear what actually the duo discussed.  

From the number written on a coach, one can know about its year of manufacturing.

Meanwhile, the passengers, who were waiting to board on the train at Puri Station, expressed discontentment due to the unexpected delay of the train. The train was scheduled for Howrah. 

Previously, the tigress had developed health issues after giving birth to three cubs and recovered after a long treatment procedure.

Ahead of Dhanteras, separate teams of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) department conducted simultaneous raids at jewellery shops in Bhubaneswar and Puri on Friday. The raids were carried out on the charges of the jewellery shops evading taxes.

A youth of Kaptipada was accidentally electrocuted while he was trying to catch fish by dipping live electric wires in the water. 

Efforts to transport the aircraft to Odisha were made in the last two years, too, and tender was also floated for the initiative, but the COVID-19 pandemic stalled the plan, a senior official said.