Tag: Western Odisha

Odisha Government has now shifted its COVID19 management focus to coastal districts.

By Sandeep Sahu Amid the symphony of dipped-in-sentimentalism messages that reverberated on Facebook since early morning on Utkal Dibasa today was one that struck a discordant note. “Aame Nuhun Udia, Aame Samalpuria; Aame Nuhun Utkali, Aamar Jati Koshali” (“We are not U(O)dias, We are Samabalpurias; We are not Utkali, Our creed is Koshali,” said the […]

Sambalpur: Government offices in Sambalpur district that have remained closed for the past five months owing to the agitation by lawyers over establishment of a permanent High Court bench in the western Odisha, will start functioning from tomorrow. This was informed by the Sambalpur district lawyers’ association today after their general council meeting. However, the […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD has played its ace card well. The party has urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to contest from Western Odisha, and a ‘serious’ looking CM readily said he is considering the proposal ‘very seriously’. BJD made this announcement a grandstanding event today and the Naveen Niwas was chock-a-block with party workers. BJD supremo and […]

Bhubaneswar: In its tryst with experimentation politics, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has now made Bijepur a political laboratory. The experiment started since 2018 by-election reached the zenith when Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik decided to make a poll debut from the assembly constituency in order to make a winning formula for BJD in Western […]

Bhubaneswar: If the BJP really aspires to emerge as the alternative to the Biju  Janata  Dal  ( BJD ) in Odisha it has to perform well in all parts of the state in these elections. The focus, however, would be on how it fares in coastal and western Odisha, the regions that have been dominating […]

Bhubaneswar: With the summer sun spewing fire, a heat wave is sweeping the State, especially Western Odisha. The day temperature in western and interior parts of Odisha has been hovering over 40 degrees Celsius for the past few days. In the coastal parts of the State, which is largely out of power after being ravaged […]

Bhubaneswar: Despite marginal fall in the mercury level, there was little respite from the grueling summer heat in Odisha as the temperature soared above 40 degree Celsius in at least nine places on Sunday. The high temperatures were recorded in western Odisha and the meteorological office here said heat wave conditions will persist for at […]

Bhubaneswar: Temperature in as many as 10 districts of Odisha soared above 40 degree Celsius as heat wave conditions remained unabated in the State on Monday. The Odisha State Disaster Management Authority said heat wave conditions will persist for at least five days in around 15 districts including some in coastal and southern region. Titlagarh in western […]

Bhubaneswar: For the Capital denizens, this weekend will be very hot and sultry. The maximum day temperature which has been hovering at around 37 degree Celsius, post Fani, will see rise from today. And by the weekend, the mercury will shoot up to touch 42 degree Celsius. And with humidity level reigning at around 70 […]

Bhubaneswar: Heat wave is likely to sweep most parts of Odisha for next few days amid spells of thunderstorm and lighting activities, as per the forecast of the Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar. The Met office has predicted that mercury is likely to be above normal in interior and western Odisha including districts of Bolangir, […]

Keonjhar: Amid intensifying heat wave, five persons lost their lives reportedly due to sunstroke in different places of the State today. A resident of Belbahali village of Keonjhar, Dharanidhar Sahu, suffered heatstroke while working on the terrace of his house and died on the spot. In Thakurpali forest of Nuapada, an elderly person collapsed while […]

Bhubaneswar: Heat wave continues to intensify in Odisha with 12 places across the State recording temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius today. As per the data of the regional Meteorological department, Sambalpur seemed to have turned into a boiling cauldron as it recorded temperature of 44.7 degrees Celsius, the maximum across the State today. Similarly, Sonepur […]

Bhubaneswar: Following resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik from Bijepur Assembly seat on Sunday, Odisha BJP Vice President Samir Mohanty strongly criticised the decision of the CM while claiming that Patnaik has failed the people of Bijepur and West Odisha. Mohanty said, “Mission Western Odisha has failed. The people urged him to contest from there […]

Bhubaneswar: The intense heat wave conditions may continue in Odisha with the scorching heat and humidity level likely to shoot up in the next two days, forecast the Regional Meteorological centre here on Tuesday. According to the Met department, the intense heat wave condition is likely to prevail for the next two days.  As many […]