Miscellaneous News Updates

Shukla, who was posted as Pune police commissioner between March 2016 and July 2018, is presently on central deputation and posted as additional director general of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Hyderabad.

Odisha Panchayat Elections: First Phase Counting Underway For 315 ZP Zones

Biswal is the first tribal CM of Odisha. For the first time, he was elected as MLA in 1974. He was elected as an MP from Sundergarh in 2009.

The parents have been in a state of great anxiety and fear thinking about their children who are stranded in war-torn Ukraine.

The development comes soon after the Chief Minister spoke to Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging the latter for the safe evacuation of stranded Odia students and workers in Ukraine.

Singh was surprised to see the massive Iron beams used in the construction of the UNESCO World Heritage temple which haven’t corroded much even after 800 years of exposure to salty air and water

These visuals show a tusker roaming wandering in human habitation in Khordha town late at night on Thursday (Feb 24).

In a release, the Chief Minister’s Office said that the Union Home Minister has assured Naveen that the Government of India is in touch with the Ukrainian government and working to bring back the students and labourers from Ukraine at the earliest.

The move by the district administration to promote strawberry cultivation is also aimed at keeping the villagers intact from the influence of the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh

They sat at Lion's Gate at Jagannath Temple on Thursday and offered puja for the protection of people in Ukraine. They were offered the Mahaprasad cooked in the temple.

The final rites of the deceased boy were performed on Thursday as hundreds of tearful villagers bid him adieu.

The family of the medical student Aryaman Abhisekh who live in the Mahanadi Vihar area of the Millennium City are worried about his safety after they heard the Russian attack on Ukraine. Aryaman has been pursuing his medical education at Kyiv since the past six years.

Narrating the ordeal, Barsharani Dalai, a student from Odisha who finds herself stranded in Ukraine, said that the situation at present is normal. “Today, we woke up to the sound of shelling and blasts. We are naturally in a state of panic. Since morning, we were told to hoard ration and take out cash,” said Dalai.

Pratik, a student of Kharkiv National Medical University at Kharkiv city, on the northeast of Ukraine which is not far from the war zone, reached Delhi from Kyiv last night along with other students. 

Shree Jagannath Sena’s national convenor Priyadarshan Pattnaik said he witnessed the loot of the precious items from Ratna Bhandar at around 1.30 am on the night of February 14, 2009.