News from Bhubaneswar

The four-team Intercontinental Cup will be played in the FIFA international window from June 9 to 18. Hosts, India will be joined by Lebanon, Mongolia, and Vanuatu in the mega tournament.

According to Samal, the state government should admit that it has failed to ensure protection of the people as it had failed to provide security to its own minister.

As per the IMD, there will be no change in the maximum temperature (Day) during the next two days and mercury will register a gradual fall by 2 to 4 degrees C during the subsequent three days.

According to Baghel, the Mahanadi river originated from Chhattisgarh and the matter should not have reached the Tribunal.

“They have kept her in hiding for long. She should be released immediately. We are waiting for the right time and will reveal everything,” he added.

The new party office which has been constructed beside the current office at Unit-6 spans across1.18 acres of land in two plots taken on lease from the General Administration department.

The acute drinking water crisis can be gauged from the visuals in Keonjhar where people are now forced to queue up before a pond filled with mud to fill water.

There has been a constant drop in the water level downstream of Hirakud Dam. Most of the riverbed has completely dried up.

The deceased has been identified as Archana Das who was a second-year student of the BSc Data Science department of the private college.

Currently, there are two fire stations functioning in Bhubaneswar; one at Chandrasekharpur and the other one at Kalpana Square. Three more stations will take the total to five.

Not only Bhubaneswar, but several parts of the state are also reeling under the scorching heat. Jharsuguda district recorded a maximum temperature of 42.6 degrees today (by 2:30 PM).

These beautiful rock-cut caves are attracting visitors from far and near for their exquisite carving and inscriptions. But these caves are under threat. 

All such illegal activities are happening despite the fact that Sisupalgarh is a restricted zone where digging even a one-foot-deep hole is considered illegal.

Sarangi said, “Before the auction, the low-grade manganese ore ranged from 4.86% to a maximum of 40%. However, this range has been raised to 98% and 96% in the last two years. However, this lowering of grade of ore has led to a huge loss to the state exchequer.”

As per Panda, there are some people who have been trying to give Atiq a clean chit just because he was shot dead while in police custody.