Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): India’s second lunar mission was on track as its ‘Babubali’ GSLV rocket successfully put the moon spacecraft-Chandrayaan-2-into the orbit in a copy book style on Monday afternoon. The Rs 375 crore, heavy lift GSLV-Mk III rocket slung the Rs 603 crore, 3.8 tonne Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft in its intended earth parking orbit. The […]
New Delhi: Amid a massive controversy over US President Donald Trump’s claim on Kashmir mediation, India Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi never made any such request to the US leader and reiterated that Kashmir is a bilateral issue. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in Rajya Sabha that all outstanding issues between India and […]
Bhubaneswar: When within a short span of around a year, if a State witnesses the redux of two Kathuas, then apparently there is some rot happening in the general law and order of the State. It’s only in April last year, when a six – year old girl was brutally assaulted sexually and the victim […]
Bhubaneswar/Kendrapara: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) claimed the Patkura Assembly constituency seat in Kendrapara district by defeating Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) by a huge margin of over 17,920 votes. The official confirmation regarding the same, however, is still awaited. After 19 rounds of counting, BJD’s Sabitri Agarwalla, widow of late BJD MLA Bed Prakash […]
New Delhi: Amid spurt in cases of sexual assault and harassment against minor children in Odisha and other parts of the country, the Supreme Court Thursday issued directions for setting up centrally-funded exclusive courts in all districts where 100 or more cases have been set up under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) […]
Bhubaneswar: Veteran BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra today congratulated BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik for his successful execution of ‘Kill Bijoy’ plan in the recent Patkura poll. In an exclusive and candid interview to OTV, Mohapatra blasted the ruling-BJD for deploying an army of 70 MLAs, including 14 ministers, to ensure his defeat. “In my 40 years […]
Thane: The Indian Air Force (IAF), Navy, Army and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) launched a massive aerial and surface operation to rescue an estimated 700 passengers stranded in the Mahalaxmi Express on the flooded railway tracks at Vangani here on Saturday, officials said. Following an SOS from the Maharashtra government to the Defence […]
Bhubaneswar: When it comes to reports of starvation deaths in the State, including the one from Nuapada recently, Odisha Government not only denied it stoutly but also labelled such reports as rumours spread by vested interests. But a startling revelation is Odisha has miserably failed to provide monthly rations to the NFSA (National Food Security […]
Bhubaneswar: Even as the theme song of the White Paper on State’s Law and Order tabled in the State Assembly yesterday had been ‘All is well’, some red shoots were, however, to the fore that have big ramifications on law and order in Odisha. Odisha witnessed nearly six riots every day in 2018. While the […]
Malkangiri/Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain lashed several parts of Odisha triggering flood-like situation in Malkangiri cutting-off several parts of the district. Communication in the district has been severely affected with rainwater flowing above several low-lying bridges in Poteru, Kankoraokonda, Kanyashram, MV-90 and Korkunda areas today. Road connectivity between Malkangiri and Kalimela, Kalimela and Padia & Motu areas […]
Bhubaneswar: The regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in nine districts of the state in the next 24 hours. Koraput, Malkangiri, Bargarh, Nuapada, Nabarangpur, Sambalpur, Sundergarh, Jharsuguda and Deogarh districts will witness heavy to very heavy rainfall today under the impact of the monsoon trough line, informed Charan Behera, duty officer of Bhubaneswar […]
Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha got the much-awaited Geographical Indication (GI) tag for its Rasagola, the State government today expressed that it will explore possibilities to secure GI tags for popular and traditional sweets and delicacies which have originated in Odisha. Be it Nayagarh’s ‘Chhena Poda’, ‘Rasabali’ of Kendrapara, ‘Kakara’ of Tangi or ‘Arisa Peetha’, […]
Bhubaneswar: With the month of July wrapping up yesterday, the cumulative precipitation amount in Odisha since the onset of Monsoon 2019 has ended in the deficient zone. The State has so far recorded 21 per cent deficient rainfall in the months of June and July. Since the month of August is the last full-fledged Monsoon […]
Bhubaneswar: Did you know that Puri Shankaracharya Nischalananda Saraswati’s Vedic mathematics significantly contributed to the recent lunar mission by India – Chandrayaan 2? It was a historic day for India’s space programme when it became the fourth country in the world to send an exploration mission to the Moon just a week ago and the […]
Bhubaneswar: When a high of 17 districts in Odisha have witnessed deficient rainfall till today, the farming activities have been severely effected in the whole of Bhadrak district. As per the preliminary findings of a joint study made by OUAT and IMD Bhubaneswar, as of today, cultivation has been impeded greatly in at least around […]
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