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The low pressure area now lies over central parts of the Andaman Sea and will concentrate into a depression by December 2, as per the latest observation of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Umashankar Das, Scientist at IMD regional centre in Bhubaneswar informed that the system will intensify into a cyclonic storm over the central Bay of Bengal by December 3 and reach Odisha-north Andhra coasts by December 4 morning. Earlier in the day, IMD DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra told OTV that under the impact of the cyclone several parts of Odisha will start experiencing rainfall activities from December 3 and some parts will experience heavy to very heavy and isolated heavy rainfall (more than 20 cms) on December 4, 2021.
Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari will present a supplementary budget of Rs 19,380 crore on the first day of the Winter Session of the State Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. More
The objective of the joint exercise is to beef up maritime security in order to avoid any infiltration through marine routes and keep the personnel ready for exigencies. More
Among other projects, a polyurethane foam manufacturing unit at Jaymangal, Khurda, by Shree Malani Foams against an investment of Rs 135 crore was inaugurated on Tuesday. More
Ahead of the Winter Session of the State legislature which is scheduled to start from December 1 and will be a stormy one, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress Tuesday had legislature party meetings to decide strategies to corner the ruling BJD government. More
The HC has nominated retired district judge ABS Naidu to monitor the probe of the case which has triggered a political storm in the State. More
'Odisha State Core Committee will help strengthen the party towards achieving Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s ‘Mission 120’and Nadda’s 50 per cent vote share target in the State' More
The Odisha Vigilance sleuths seized Rs2.06 lakh cash from Binod Bihari Nayak, IIC at the Bangomunda Police Station in Bolangir district after intercepting his car near a toll gate in Bargargh on Tuesday.
Vigilance sources said Nayak was intercepted while he was on his way to his house at Kuchinda from Bangomunda in the evening.
Sources said during initial questioning Nayak could not give satisfactory answers about the source of the cash which was found on him.
Meanwhile, the anti-corruption wing has launched simultaneous raids at four properties belonging to the senior police official in Bolangir, Sambalpur and Deogarh.
At a time when Omicron, which is said to be six times more contagious, has sparked a global fear, the Central government Tuesday said it is well prepared to tackle the situation. More
Congregation in public places including hotels, restaurants, clubs, parks, convention halls and Kalyan Mandaps for Zero Night Celebration/ Welcome to New Year and similar other functions on December 31, 2021 and January 1, 2022 shall remain prohibited throughout the State. More
Night curfew will continue in all urban areas of the State from 10 PM to 5 AM every day. Similarly, there will be no weekend shutdown in Odisha More
A photograph of a group of students from the iconic Ravenshaw University in Cuttack attending classes while squatting on the floor presented a different tale at a time when the Odisha government claims to have ramped up the education sector with the introduction of smart classrooms at schools in the State. More
BJD MLA from Kantamal constituency in Boudh district, Mahidhar Rana, today expressed his displeasure at the existing paddy procurement policy of the government. More
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced the social security scheme acknowledging the important role played by the newspaper hawkers in dissemination of information, said a statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO). More
In the latest advisory issued in the backdrop of IMD’s forecast for heavy rainfall, the SRC office has asked the district Collectors to monitor the situation closely. More
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted that the fresh low pressure system, which lies over South Thailand and neighbourhood, is likely to emerge into Andaman Sea in the next 12 hours. More
Odisha finds place at the second spot from the bottom among of states in the country with the monthly average income of farmers in the State standing at a meagre Rs 5,112. More
As per the IMD, a low pressure area lies over South Thailand and neighbourhood and it is likely to emerge into Andaman Sea in the next 12 hours. More
On Monday, Prusty was threatened by some miscreants while his son was thrashed by the assailants over a land dispute case. A manhunt has been launched to trace the whereabouts of the accused, said police. More
A 16-year-old student tried to take his own life in Odisha's Sambalpur district after being allegedly slapped by a retired lecturer for being unable to return a loan of Rs 10,000, he had borrowed from him, police said on Tuesday.
The boy, a student of BRG Plus-II College in Bhojpur, also runs a paan shop in the area, they said.
He borrowed Rs 10,000 from the retired lecturer of Jamankira College, which, he was supposed to pay back with interest, police added.
As he was unable to repay the loan, the retired lecturer on Monday went to BRG College, where the boy studies, and slapped him in a classroom full of students, police said.
Humiliated in front of his classmates, the boy bought pesticide from the market and consumed it, they said.
The boy is at present undergoing treatment at the Kuchinda sub-divisional hospital and his condition is stated to be critical, police said.
The matter is being probed and a case will be registered, said Sobhakara Seth, the inspector-in-charge of Kuchinda police station.
Scores of government officials were seen riding mules to reach these remote areas in Malkangiri district, due to lack of motorable roads on Tuesday More
DGP, Abhay took stock of the security arrangements near and around the Odisha Legislative Assembly (OLA) in Bhubaneswar ahead of the month-long winter session scheduled to begin from December 1 (Wednesday). More
In an exclusive interview to OTV, IMD DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra today said that the cyclonic storm is likely to move northwestwards, intensify further and reach north Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coasts by the morning of December 4, 2021. More
As per reports, in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, tons of paddy were transported to Andhra Pradesh for sell while middlemen made hay. More
Q-Net, a multi-level marketing company had allegedly duped thousands of investors to a total worth Rs 5,000 crore. OTV had first exposed the scam in its investigative report aired in September 2019. More
The Class 10 Summative 1 Exam, which was earlier scheduled to begin from December 27, 2021, has now been postponed. More
With a low pressure brewing up in South Andaman Sea stroking fears of a cyclone for Odisha, the farmers of the State, particularly from the South and coastal belts are losing sleep for fear of suffering losses just before the harvesting period. More
Even though the parents of the baby have been getting help from across the country but it is impossible for them to raise such a huge amount in such a short span of time. So, they have sought help from CM Naveen Patnaik for the treatment. More
The aggrieved families under the aegis of Bharatiya Bikash Parishad (BBP) on Monday issued an earnest appeal to the President of India to direct the government for handing over the murder cases of their members for probe by the CBI More
The restrictions will be imposed for the general public in view of safety. The rules will not be applicable to vehicles authorised to enter the official buildings including the State Assembly, the State Secretariat and other government offices located in the area. More
Party's State In-charge for Odisha and National General Secretary D Purandeshwari and State Co In-charge Vijaypal Singh Tomar have been included in the list as special invitee members. More
The Panchayat poll is scheduled to be held in Odisha early next year. More
Like Cyclone Titli, Gajapati, Ganjam to bear the brunt first. Bhubaneswar may record 200mm rain and 30-60km/hr wind on Dec 4 More
In another incident in Sundargarh district, a person was killed while two others were injured when one of the tyres of a vibratory roller machine burst in Bonai. More
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