Tag: Odisha News

RTI activist Pradeep Kumar Pradhan demands a CBI investigation into the mysterious sinking of Mongolian vessel MV Black Rose near Odisha's Paradip Port in 2009. Petitions have been filed in the High Court for a CBI probe.

Can chants of Lord Jagannath cure ailment? Certainly, says renowned sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik with tears in his eyes and heart full of devotion. When the international sand art competition was underway in Moscow, Russia, Sudarsan Patnaik experienced one of the most divine moments of his life.

Since July 30, 2015, people of Odisha have been celebrating this auspicious day of ‘Niladri Bije’ as ‘Rasagola Dibasa’.

A Microsoft global outage has disrupted flight services at Bhubaneswar's Biju Patnaik International Airport, affecting airlines like IndiGo, Akasa Air, Vistara, and SpiceJet. The outage, linked to a recent CrowdStrike update, also impacted sectors worldwide. Manual check-ins are causing delays at the airport.

As per the prediction by India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Bhubaneswar regional centre, the system will move in the north-west direction and it is likely to cross Puri by tomorrow morning.

Justice Biswath Rath, chief of the high-level committee said, “We had opened the locks at the auspicious time which was fixed. We have only shifted the valuables from the inner Ratna Bhandar to the temporary strong room as per the SOP.”

The family took Reshma to the Tantrik as her health condition allegedly did not improve after medical treatment. It was allegedly during this period that the accused pierced syringe needles into the head of Reshma.

The association has also lodged an FIR against six BJD leaders- Niranjan Pujari, Prafulla Mallik, Pratap Jena, Sudam Marndi, Susanta Singh, Raghunandan Das and principal secretary of the works department Vir Vikram Yadav.

All the ornaments and valuables of the Lord Jagannath would be shifted to the ‘Khatasheja Room’ inside the Srimandir Complex which has been converted into a ‘temporary strong room or temporary Ratna Bhandar’.

It is pertinent to mention here that the BJP was opposing the 'Ama Odisha, Nabin Odisha' scheme of the previous BJD government launched in October 2023.

Suresh Pujari further said that such people and officials have constructed high rise buildings and soon such structures will be razed by bulldozers.

BJP National President JP Nadda is also scheduled to attend the executive meet on July 19, state BJP president Manmohan Samal said on Tuesday.

Urmila Mohanty, a neighbour said, “Arun used to beat his family members under the influence of alcohol. Yesterday, he had asked non-veg items to his mother who is a widow.

As per the allegations of Rani’s parents, her husband Lakshmi Maharana would often beat up her. Late on Monday night, they received a call from Lakshmi who informed them that Rani committed suicide.

The alleged assault on ASO Baikuntha Pradhan by Odisha Governor Raghubar Das’ son Lalit Kumar and five others has ignited political tensions. Congress and BJD demand action, while BJP asks BJD to refrain from meddling in.