News from Odisha

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Addressing on his weekly radio programme Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised three Odia social activists who excelled in afforestation and promotion of COVID vaccination drive. The three persons who featured in PM’s speech are, Bijay Kabi from Kendrapara, Amaresh Samant from Paradip and Pushpa Shukla from Bhubaneswar. As […]

Bhubaneswar: Reiterating his commitment for the people of Pipili, BJD candidate and son of late party leader Pradeep Maharathy, Rudra Pratap on Sunday said that he would toil hard to complete the unfinished works of his late father. Soon after receiving the party ticket from chief minister Naveen Patnaik at his residence, Rudra said “I […]

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued ‘Orange Warning’ with thunderstorm and lighting alert for five districts of Odisha. Thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara between 0830 hours of March […]

Puri: The Jagannath temple in Puri will again remain out of bounds for devotees once every week. As per the latest decision, the 12th-century shrine will remain closed every Sunday for carrying out necessary sanitization activities, informed Krishan Kumar, Chief Administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (STJA) today. “Today, the Dola Purnima rituals and Suna […]

Bhubaneswar: Targeting the Odisha government over the bombing on RTI activist Sarbeswar Beura in Jajpur on Saturday, BJP Vice-President Bhrugu Baxipatra warned of a large scale protest if the BJD MLA, whose name has been mentioned in the FIR, is not arrested. Addressing a presser, Baxipatra said, “Beura is an active RTI activist and a […]

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police on Sunday warned of stern action against persons violating Covid-19 norms issued by Odisha government and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) during Holi celebrations tomorrow. Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Dash said that already Holi celebrations on roads and congregations at other public places have been restricted by the State government and BMC in view […]

Bhubaneswar: Protests gained momentum in Odisha a day after Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) approved a hike in the existing power tariff in the State. Though there has been a rise of 30 paise per KWH/kVAh in power tariffs for the category of consumers other than BPL families and for irrigation, the decision to increase […]

Bhubaneswar: Leading sports magazine Sportstar on Sunday felicitated Odisha with the Decade’s Best State for Promotion of Sports for the period from 2011 to 2020. Hockey stalwart M M Somaya handed over the award to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at a special function organized at the convention hall of Loka Seva Bhawan glittered with eminent […]

Bhubaneswar: The Congress has nominated Ajit Mangaraj to contest the upcoming bypoll to the Pipili Assembly constituency in Odisha. The All India Congress Committee has given the final nod for the candidature of Mangaraj from the Assembly segment which will go to polls on April 17. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee had shortlisted Mangaraj’s name for […]

Paradip: As many as 14 staff of a ship anchored at Paradip port tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday. All of the infected persons have been shifted from Paradip to a Covid hospital in Bhubaneswar. According to reports, a total of 25 people had reached the port in the ship which had last anchored at […]

Bhubaneswar: Celebration with caution was the norm as people across Odisha celebrated ‘Holi’–the festival of colours amid Covid-19 restrictions on Monday. With a surge in Covid-19, the Odisha government has restricted Holi celebrations in the State anticipating that the festival has the potential to cause the virus to spread. In view of the pandemic, the […]

Bhubaneswar: The recent reports of Covid-19 cases across several educational institutions in Odisha including Bhubaneswar and Cuttack has raised speculations over the continuation of physical classes for 9 and 11 which resumed last month after closure for almost a year due to the outbreak of the pandemic. Clearing the air on the rumours amid the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar claimed that its campus is completely “COVID-19 free” though some coronavirus cases have been detected in the isolated quarantine centre. So far the campus has been COVID free except for 5 cases in September, 2020 and now some in the isolated quarantine centre, IIT, Bhubaneswar, Director, Prof […]

Cuttack: Noted veteran Odia film music director Jalal Adeni passed away following a massive cardiac arrest at his residence in Buxi Bazar on Monday morning. He was 85. According to family sources, Adeni was not keeping well since long on account of illness. Born on June 23, 1936 at Bhanjanagar area in Ganjam district, Adeni […]

Keonjhar: A gutkha and tobacco products laden truck which was on its way to Bhubaneswar from Delhi was fined Rs 44 lakh on the charges of tax evasion. A team of Barbil City (Commercial Tax) and GST Enforcement unit had intercepted the truck near Murusuan area under Champua police limits in Keonjhar district on Sunday. […]