Tag: Odisha

Sundergarh: Rohit Verma, son of a leading jeweller in the town was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in-front of his shop near Badagaon bus terminal in Sundergarh district on Monday. Another person, who tried to save Verma, has been critically wounded after he came under fire as the miscreants took away a bag containing gold […]

Baripada: Forest fire again broke out in different ranges of Similipal National Park on Sunday resulting in the increase in temperature in the region. Smoke has enveloped the area triggering…

Bhubaneswar: The timings for morning for class 9 to 12 students are likely to change in view of the sudden rise in maximum temperature and possible heat wave conditions in the State, said Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Samir Dash on Tuesday. While talking to reporters in Bhadrak, Dash said that the government on […]

Bhubaneswar: The Jagara Jatra (Maha Shivaratri) celebrations at the famous Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar will be held with strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday held a preparatory meeting with the representatives of the sevayat groups and trust bodies of the 11th century shrine to discuss the festival arrangements in […]

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court on Monday granted bail to suspended IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak and his son Akash in connection with a cheating case registered with the Kharvel Nagar Police station in Bhubaneswar. The court has asked the father-son due to furnish bail bond of Rs 2 lakh with two local solvent sureties […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said many farmers in Odisha are unable to get financial assistance under the PM-KISAN scheme due to non-compliance of procedural requirements and sought the personal intervention of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in this regard. “Percentage of farmers receiving the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM-KISAN) […]

Bhubaneswar: With Covid-19 cases showing an upsurge every day, the Odisha government is contemplating to impose day time curfew as a precautionary measure to stop the rapid transmission of the…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday nominated Secretary-level officers for the 10 ‘Aspirational Districts’ as per the instructions of the Union government. As per official sources, the Planning and Convergence department has issued a notification nominating 10 senior officers (Secretary-in-charge) of the aspirational districts for a period of three months with effect from April 1, […]

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued rain and thunderstorm alert for three districts of Odisha. As per the latest weather bulletin, a feeble cyclonic circulation lies over north coastal Odisha and neighbourhood at 0.9 km above mean sea level. “Light rain or thunderstorm likely to occur at one or two places over […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday decided to expand the mega COVID-19 vaccination drive in the State. As per the latest decision, people will get the Covid-19 vaccine jab in all private hospitals soon. Earlier, the Centre had accepted the request of the Odisha government and allowed 183 private hospitals empanelled under the Biju Swastya […]

Koraput: In one of the biggest hauls, the Koraput police on Tuesday seized counterfeit currency with a face value of a whopping Rs 7.9 crore from a car during a regular vehicular inspection drive under Sunki beat house area. Koraput SP Varun Guntupalli said that a police team intercepted a car bearing Chhattisgarh registration number […]

Bhubaneswar: The decision of the Odisha government to award liquor shop licences through lottery system has sparked a row with the Opposition alleging that the move is aimed at favouring the supporters of the ruling party. As per the notification of the State excise department, the government will settle all the existing sanctioned IMFL ‘OFF’ […]

Bhubaneswar: A dense fog engulfed the Twin City of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar on Wednesday morning reducing the visibility in both the cities. Traffic and vehicular movement were severely affected on the roads and national highways in the twin city as visibility reduced below 30-40 metre. The Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday had predicted […]

Subarnapur: A joint squad of Sambalpur and Sonepur Vigilance department on Wednesday raided the residence of a primary school teacher at Laturpet in the district in connection with a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case. Following allegations that the teacher of Patharaghata primary school, Santosh Sahoo, has amassed properties disproportionate to his known sources of income, the […]

Sambalpur: Three persons were killed while one sustained critical injuries after their motorbikes, they were riding were hit by an unknown truck in Bareipali area of Sambalpur district late on Tuesday night. The deceased persons have been identified as the residents of Hirakud area in the district. The injured has been admitted to Veer Surendra […]