Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha continues to grapple with intense heatwave condition, with temperature soaring across the State. As per the regional metrological centre of the IMD, the day temperature crossed above 40 degrees Celsius in 33 places in the State on Thursday. As many as 22 places have recorded the maximum day temperature of above 42 degrees [...]

Bhubaneswar: The use of artificial intelligence (AI) cameras is helping the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) authorities to tackle the forest fire effectively. The number of forest fire incidents from Similipal National Park is less this summer so far compared to the last year due to the use of AI cameras, according to forest officials. The [...]

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and 5T Chairman Kartik Pandian on Thursday made marathon campaigning for the party candidates in Pottangi and Lakhmipur Assembly constituencies of Koraput district. Addressing a public meeting, the 5T Chairman said that quick redressal of people’s grievances is the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s guarantee. Pandian said that the grievance redressal mechanism [...]

Koraput: With the first phase elections in the state nearing, political campaigning in the state is gaining momentum. Leaders and star campaigners of political parties have begun their campaign trail. 5T and Nabin Odisha Chairman and Biju Janata Dal senior leader Kartik Pandian today addressed a public meeting of the party held at Semiliguda in [...]

Bhubaneswar: Two Maoists have been killed in an encounter with the SOG Jawans in the Padhei reserve forest today morning. The security forces have also recovered huge quantity of weapons and ammunition from the encounter spot that is within the Kantamal police station limits of Boudh district. According to reports, the Maoists are believed to [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted that the heat wave conditions likely to prevail over districts of Odisha during the next five days. Due to prevailing Northwesterly to Westerly dry air and high solar insolation, day temperature is very likely to be on the higher side at many places over the districts of coastal [...]

Bhubaneswar: The nominations for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha polls will end today. Also, the nominations filing for the first phase of elections to the Odisha Assembly will end today. The nominations will be scrutinized tomorrow and the candidates cleared will be allowed to withdraw their candidature by the 29th of this month. [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Congress has changed its candidate for the Digapahandi Assembly seat in Ganjam district for the ensuing elections in Odisha. Saka Sujit Kumar has been nominated by Congress for the seat. “This is for the information to general public that official candidate of INC from (134) Digapahandi assembly is Saka Sujit Kumar”, the Odisha [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP leaders are in the habit of making false, malicious and baseless allegations without any evidence, said BJD leader Dr. Lekhasri Samantasinghar. In a press briefing, Samantasinghar, who is the BJD candidate for Balasore Lok Sabha seat, said that Odisha BJP leaders, whenever they sense that they are losing an election, they are [...]

Bhubaneswar: The schedule of the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) 2024 has been released on Wednesday. All the examinations will be conducted during 6th May, 2024 to 10th May, 2024 through Computer Based Test (CBT) in three shifts – 8.30 AM to 10.30 AM, 12.30 PM to 2.30 PM, and 4.30 PM to 6.30 PM, [...]