Odisha

Rayagada: the engine, front Guard cum Luggage Van and One General Second Class Coach of Howrah-Jagadalpur Samaleswari Express (18005) got derailed between Singapur Road & Keutguda stations after hitting a Tower Car engaged in working in that section. The engine also caught fire after it hit with the tower car and later it was detached [...]

Bhubaneswar: In his opening address to the budget session of the 16th Odisha Assembly, Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal Tuesday lauded the State government’s handling of Cyclone Fani and praised the implementation of the manifesto on the first day of the government. The Governor congratulated the Naveen Patnaik Government for assuming power for the fifth [...]

(File Photo) New Delhi: The rarest of rare summer cyclone ‘Fani’ that made landfall in Odisha on May 3 caused death of 64 people and affected over 1.4 lakh hectare crop area in the State, the Home Ministry said on Tuesday. In Odisha, 5.56 lakh houses and huts were damaged, 6,281 cattle were lost, 1,48,663 [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has announced the appointment of senior advocate Ashok Parija as the new Advocate General of the State. Parija has replaced Surya Prasad Misra. Parija, who was enrolled as an advocate in 1984, was elected a member of the Odisha State Bar Council in 2008. He became a member of the Bar [...]

Bhubaneswar: At least 10 districts in Odisha will likely to witness heavy rainfall for two days from June 28 under the influence of a low pressure, predicts the regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The low pressure is likely to form over north Bay of Bengal and neighbourhoood around June 30, the met [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surya Narayan Patro today announced the names of presiding officers of the House proceedings in his absence. The first session, which is also the Budget session of the 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly will be having a seven-member Council of presiding officers to look after House proceedings in the absence of the [...]

Bhubaneswar: The first session of 16th Odisha Assembly commenced today at 11 am with the customary address to the House by Governor Ganeshi Lal. In his address, the Governor congratulated the new government for its fifth consecutive term. The first session will have 30 working days in two phases — first phase from June 25 [...]

Rourkela: A 2019 Cricket World Cup betting racket has been busted and two persons have been arrested here, police said. Acting on a tip-off, the Plant Site police raided a house at Janta Niwas lane here late last night and seized Rs 31 lakh. Around 17 mobile phones and calculators were also seized during the [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Monday approved additional pension of one month to all the beneficiaries under Madhubabu Pension Yojana (MPY) and National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) in five cyclone Fani-hit districts. The beneficiaries in affected districts of Puri, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Khurda will receive the additional one month pension. An amount of Rs [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday named Bhawanipatna MLA Pradipta Kumar Naik as the leader of the legislature party a day before the commencement of the first session of the 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly. National President Amit Shah approved Naik’s name as the leader of the legislature party, the BJP said in a statement. [...]