News from Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has fixed a target to set up as many as 1567 new Anganwadi centers in the areas reeling under acute child malnutrition problem. “The new centers will be established in the tribal-dominated districts worst hit by child malnutrition issues on a priority basis,” said Women and Child Development Minister Tukuni Sahu […]

Bhubaneswar: Forest Department officials in the Capital City busted a racket allegedly involved in the smuggling of snake venom on Saturday. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Alok Kumar Mishra told OTV that 3 conduits of the racket were taken into custody while they were trying to strike a deal for the deadly venom which for which […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) on Saturday approved the proposal for hike in power tariff in the State by 30 paise per unit. As per an official statement, the tariff revision amounts to 5.60 % rise in the overall retail supply tariff. Now consumers will now have to pay Rs 3 per unit […]

Jharsuguda: After triggering panic at some private educational institutes in the Twin Cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, the Covid-19 scare has now gripped an engineering college in Jharsuguda where 21 persons tested positive for the virus on Saturday. As per preliminary reports, the 21 positive cases include eight students and 13 teachers of the engineering […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now undertaken special measures to contain the outbreak of Covid-19 during the upcoming festivities. The move comes after steep hike in the number of new cases being reported from the city in the past few days. On Saturday, Khordha district reported highest 51 new Covid-19 cases in the […]

Puri: Police today arrested six members of a family in connection with the mysterious death of an 18-year-old girl a Talajanga under Chandanpur police limits in the district. The arrested persons include brother, uncle and cousins of the deceased, sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Kishore Mund said. A fresh case has been registered under Sections 306, […]

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday predicted rain and thunderstorm for several parts of Odisha in the next 24 hours. A cyclonic circulation lies over south Chhattisgarh and neighbourhood and extends up to 1.5 km above mean sea level. The wind discontinuity at 0.9 km above mean sea level from Telangana to south […]

Bhubaneswar: People in Odisha including the Twin Cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar got the much needed respite from the scorching hot and humid conditions after heavy to moderate rains pounded several parts of the State on Saturday evening. As per reports, the driver of a tractor was killed at Balipadar in Ganjam district when he […]

Bhubaneswar: After dry days for a longer period, lightning struck with a bang in Odisha. Isolated places bordering the districts of Rayagada, Kandhamal, Gajapati and Ganjam have recorded the first lightning in the evening hours today. Similarly, an analysis by ECMWF  shows that lightning at around 5:45 pm has been recorded at isolated places bordering […]

Bhubaneswar: High sort of despondency seems to be ruling in the job market in Odisha. Since 2018, almost all of the 40 employment exchanges in the State have been recording a sharp fall in registrations by job-seeking youths. Such a grim home-truth popped up today when the Odisha Skill Development and Technical Education minister Premanand […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Centre today dismissed the Odisha government’s allegations of insufficient and erratic supply of Covid-19 vaccines to the State that is hindering its daily vaccination target. In a letter to PK Mohapatra, the Additional chief secretary of Odisha Health Department, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan stated that 34,46,760 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have […]

Bhubaneswar: After the announcement of the name of Rudra Pratap Maharathy as BJD’s candidate for the upcoming Pipili bypoll, speculations are doing rounds that his mother Prativa, wife of late MLA Pradeep Maharathy was unhappy over the party’s decision. A group of senior leaders from the ruling party had visited Prativa and met her at […]

Bhubaneswar: After Similipal, large parts of forested areas in Odisha continued to report wildfires putting the State forest officials on their toes. It has been more than two weeks since a major forest fire broke out in adjoining Kuladiha Sanctuary in Nilgiri and Boudh Forest Division causing a major concern for the State administration to […]

Titilagarh/Nayagarh: Two persons lost their lives while over 30 others sustained injuries in separate bus accidents in Bolangir and Nayagarh district on Saturday. A bus overturned near Sindhekela under Turukbhata police limits in Titilagarh, killing one person and leaving 20 others injured. The mishap occurred at 3.30 pm when the bus was on its way […]

Puri: Two groups of BJD supporters reportedly clashed with each other over sloganeering during a rally in Puri on Saturday. The quarrel reportedly took place in the presence of BJD’s Puri MP Pinaki Mishra, Minister Sameer Ranjan Dash and senior BJD leader and former Puri MLA Maheswar Mohanty. According to reports, hundreds of party supporters […]