Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Noted Odisha puppeteer Padma Shri Maguni Charana Kuanra has passed away at the age of 88 years. He breathed his last today morning at his home in Keonjhar after prolonged age related illness. President Droupadi Murmu had awarded Maguni with Padma Shri award in 2023. He is well known for propagating the rod puppetry [...]

Bhubaneswar: Voting began today for the fourth and final phase of the simultaneous elections in Odisha. Six Parliamentary constituencies — Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur — and 42 Assembly constituencies under these segments are going to polls in this phase of elections in the State. The polling began at 7 am at the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is going to witness the final phase of elections tomorrow with most leaders seems to be excited about poll outcomes, but confident Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was seen on his usual relaxing mood and visited a bookstore in Bhubaneswar to purchase books. Naveen, who is a voracious reader and the author of three [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department has come up with an action plan to tackle the prevailing heat wave situation in the State. Shalini Pandit, Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Health Department, wrote to the Director Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar & RGH Rourkela, Superintendents of all Medical Colleges and Hospitals, All CDM & PHOs regarding the heat wave [...]

Bhubaneswar: Following several sunstroke-related deaths in Odisha’s Sundargarh district, the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Satyabrata Sahu on Friday issued an advisory urging people not to venture out from 11 am to 3 pm. SRC Satyabrata Sahu urged people to avoid going outside during the peak hours of the day between 11 am to 3 pm [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police has made adequate security arrangements to ensure a smooth and peaceful voting during the fourth and final phase of polling in the State on June 1 (Saturday). Six Parliamentary constituencies — Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur — and 42 Assembly constituencies of the State will go to polls in the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Special Relief Commissioner has issued advisories to deal with the prevailing heat wave conditions in the State. SRC Satyabrata Sahu wrote a letter to the Collectors of Angul, Bolangir, Bargarh, Boudh, Gajapati, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Malkangiri, Nuapada, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Sonepur and Sundargarh in this regard. IMD, Bhubaneswar has intimated that 19 stations [...]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 460 candidates are in fray for six Lok Sabha and 42 Assembly seats in the fourth and last phase elections in Odisha. Voting will be held tomorrow for Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituencies and 42 constituencies under these. A whopping 99 lakh 61 thousand eligible voters [...]

Bhubaneswar: Scorching Heat wave and Hot-humid weather conditions continue to paralyse normal life in the state. The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted that the situation is likely to continue during the next two to three days. The maximum temperature (Day Temperature) is likely to be above normal by 3-5°C at many places over the districts [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik on Thursday campaigned for his party candidates in Chandabali under Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency. The BJD supreme thanked the massive gathering of people in Chandabli. In a public meeting, the Chief Minister sought feedbacks of the people on the implementation of various social welfare [...]