Bhubaneswar: Two more farmers attempted suicide allegedly over crop loss and debt burden in Bolangir district on Friday. According to reports, Gupte Rana of Kutumadula village attempted to end his life by consuming poison after brown plant hopper (BPH) attack damaged his crops in nearly six acres of land. According to sources, Rana had also […]
Cuttack: Various social organisations and political parties under the banner of ‘Paschim Odisha Nagarika Kriyanushtan Committee’ staged dharna near the Orissa High Court on Friday demanding setting of a bench in the western part of the State. During the agitation, a delegation led by social worker and convener of the committee Bhagabat Prasad Nanda met […]
Sambalpur: Clarifying his statements on violence during BJD’s ‘hartal’, MP Baijayant Panda today said the controversy cropped up because he sided with truth and even party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik shared similar displeasure over the hooliganism. Baijayant had criticised the violence during BJD’s ‘hartal’ called in protest against fuel price rise on Twitter […]
Bolangir: Deficient rainfall and absence of irrigation facilities have dampened the hope of farmers for bumper harvest this year in State especially in western pockets. As per a report of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), ten districts of Odisha registered 19 to 39 per cent less rainfall than the normal between June and August. In […]
Bhubaneswar: Nuakhai, the agrarian festival of Western Odisha was celebrated with pomp and grandeur on Saturday. As per rituals, the newly harvested crop also known as Nabanna was offered to goddess Samaleswari, the presiding deity of Sambalpur between 9:05 am and 9:15 am today. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik extended wishes to the people of […]
Bhubaneswar: Heavy rainfall is likely to lash different parts of Odisha in next 12 hours due to depression over north-eastern Bay of Bengal informed regional office of India Meteorological Department (IMD) today. The IMD reported that while heavy rainfall is likely to occur over Central and Western Odisha today, it will shift to interior Odisha […]
Bolangir: At a time when several parts of Odisha are witnessing flood fury, the residents of Western Odisha are still facing water crisis. Perturbed over acute water scarcity even in rainy season, the residents of Hatisalpada here took to streets today as a mark of protest against administrative apathy. Scores of women staged road blockade […]
Malkangiri: At a time when incessant rains in several districts of Odisha in the last couple of days has deteriorated the flood situation, a woman reportedly has been fighting for life in an ambulance which remained unmoved in Malkangiri owing to overflowing water. The woman, identified as Rame Padiami of Keriaguda village under Pidia block […]
Bhubaneswar: The BJP has held Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik responsible for the flood situation in Southern Odisha as the latter is in charge of the Department of Water Resources. State BJP Vice President Sameer Mohanty, in a press meet on Sunday, alleged that absence of any project on prominent five rivers of Odisha – Bansadhara, […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha sizzled amid scorching heat as mercury crossed the 40 degree mark in various places with Jharsuguda being the hottest at 45 degrees Celsius. The regional office of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) further predicted that the heat wave condition will prevail for few more days. As per IMD sources western Odisha was the worst […]
Bhubaneswar: Scorching heat continued in interior and western Odisha while coastal parts of State also reeled under intense heat wave conditions. Temperature at four places in the State was over 44 degree Celsius yesterday. Angul town recorded the highest temperature of 44.7 degree Celsius, followed by 44.5 degree at Balangir, 44.1 degree at Talcher and […]
Bhubaneswar: Heat wave conditions persisted in many places of Odisha today with Bhawanipatna recording the highest temperature of 42.7 degrees Celsius in the state. The mercury hovered above 40 degrees Celsius in at least 11 places, mostly in western Odisha, while the coastal areas experienced cloudy conditions, according to the Meteorological centre. The state capital, […]
Bhubaneswar: The issue of High Court bench in Western Odisha was taken up for discussion in the Assembly today with leader of the Opposition Narsingha Mishra throwing weight behind setting up the bench at Bolangir, while others lobbying for other districts. Mishra also questioned the announcement of Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural […]
BHUBANESWAR: Alleging that the BJP has utilised money power to influence voters during the panchayat polls, the BJD on Monday said the saffron party leaders of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh are distributing money among the voters of Western Odisha. The BJD had filed a complaint at the State Election Commission (SEC) in this regard on February […]
Jharsuguda: A 10-member delegation of lawyers of Jharsuguda District Bar Association left for New Delhi by train this morning to take part in a one-day token strike at Jantar Mantar organised by the Central Action Committee (CAC) for fulfilment of its demand for setting up of a High Court bench in Western Odisha. The delegation, […]
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