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Bhubaneswar: Even as the Apex Court in its ruling in 2018 directed for using only ‘green crackers’ and had stipulated 2-hour window for fire-works on Diwali day to curb noise and air pollution, Odisha seems all set to again witness a smoky and boisterous Diwali on Sunday. Though the SC order didn’t put a blanket […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik celebrated Diwali with orphans at a non-government organisation (NGO), here on Sunday. Patnaik had also advised the Chief Secretary, the Development Commissioner, the Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) and officers in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) to visit childcare institutions and celebrate the festival of lights with children. Chief Secretary […]

New Delhi: Taking a strong note of disruption in judicial work due to strikes by lawyers of Odisha, the Bar Council of India (BCI) through a resolution today, directed the lawyers of Odisha to end their agitation. BCI sent notices to the Presidents and Secretaries of no less than 68 bar associations in Odisha including […]

Bhubaneswar: Is a Low Pressure Area (LOPAR) likely to develop over the Andaman sea on November 4 later progress into a cyclone in Bay of Bengal (BoB)? Significantly, October – November period has been the cyclone season in BoB. But post brewing up Fani in May this year, the BoB has been relatively quieter this […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking a jibe at the Odisha government over ‘sudden’ implementation of 5T model, the Opposition once again cornered the ruling-party asking why 5T was introduced now after 20 years of BJD governance and not before. While senior BJP leader and Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi termed 5T model as an old wine in a new bottle, […]

Bhubaneswar: When as many as eight die of tuberculosis (TB) in every 24 hours in Odisha, the diabolical omen for the State is the big drop in successful treatment rate last year. Odisha, which figured among the top-10 TB mortality states in country, has recorded a big drop in successful treatment to 59 per cent […]

Bhubaneswar: Dry days will soon time out as heavy rains will lash Odisha from November 9 under the influence of a tropical depression that will cross Andhra Pradesh coasts by November 11-12. As per the relevant weather data available with the US-based National Centre for Environment Prediction (NCEP), the developing system over north Andaman sea […]

Bhubaneswar: With Delhi turning a gas chamber since yesterday, is the air in Odisha’s Capital City, the town of temples, any better? Though the situation doesn’t look that worse when seen through the prism of Air Quality Index (AQI), a Delhi is in the making in the temple city is beyond any reasonable doubt. Not […]

Bhubaneswar: No good news seemingly for Odisha. The Low Pressure Area (LOPAR) that is likely to develop over the north Andaman sea on November 4 (Monday) will later progress into a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal (BoB). And the bad news is it will move towards northern Odisha coast and may hit between Jagatsinghpur […]

Bhubaneswar: With IMD and Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (US Navy) today confirming the formation of Low Pressure Area over north Andaman seas, the spectre of cyclone looms large in Bay of Bengal (BoB). And Fani-struck Odisha keeps its fingers crossed. While IMD’s latest bulletin has been quite conservative as it only has predicted the system […]

Bhubaneswar: The big breaking at this hour is the Bay of Bengal has conceived another cyclone after Fani. And the significant fact is the intensity of cyclone will upgrade to ‘severe’ cyclonic storm by November 7. While IMD bulletin says the system is now 950 km south-southeast from Paradip, it is 1020 km and 1000 […]

Bhubaneswar: Seemingly a big relief for Odisha. The ‘Bulbul’ will not come for nest-searching in the State. Almost all lead Met agencies world over has made the forecast of relief for the State. There is now apparently unanimity in the Met community that the tropical cyclone Bulbul will not make land fall in Odisha. And […]

Bhubaneswar: The deep depression over eastcentral and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal has moved northwards with a speed of 5 kmph and intensified into a cyclonic storm ‘Bulbul’, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. According to the latest observations, the cyclonic storm lay centred over the Bay of Bengal about 770 km south-southeast […]

Bhubaneswar:  With the tropical cyclone Bulbul taking birth in Bay of Bengal, and it’s eye being also shaping up fast, indications are that ‘Bulbul’ will chirp louder soon (means intensify into a severe cyclonic storm). And all eyes now are on where would Bulbul fly. It’s where the newly born Bulbul tests the acumen of […]

Bhubaneswar: With the very severe cyclonic storm Bulbul now being stationed at nearly 500 km away from Vishakapatnam at 12 hours today, Odisha will be witnessing the Bulbul impact from midnight of November 8. As per the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre’s (JTWC) latest bulletin, Bulbul will come closest to Odisha coast at midnight today, and […]