Odisha

Puri: The first Coordination Committee meeting for this year’s world famous Ratha Yatra will be held today at Puri. The meeting will be held under the chairmanship of RDC Suresh Chandra Dalai and will be attended by all the senior officials of the district. The Ratha Yatra is scheduled to be held on the 7th [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Friday clarified that the news stating all schools have been closed till June 15 due to heat wave conditions in the State is fake. The Government has said that it is a punishable offense to spread such fake news and create confusion in the public. “It has been noticed that [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has grieved the death of two persons in a boat accident in river Mahanadi near Saradha under Lakhanpur block in Jharsuguda district. The Chief Minister has expressed his deepest condolences to the bereaved families and has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each for the next kin of the [...]

Bhubaneswar: The IAS probationers of the 2022 batch in Odisha Cadre met DGP Arun Kumar Sarangi and other senior officers. The DGP extended a warm welcome to the IAS probationers and urged them to uphold a humane approach in serving the people. The top cop also advised the new entrants to meet their expectations. “IAS [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Friday nabbed a senior clerk at the office of Block Education Officer, Harbhanga in Boudh district from a school teacher. The senior clerk has been identified as Rabindra Padhy. Padhy was apprehended by the Vigilance sleuths while taking bribe of Rs.20,000 as 1st installment of overall demand of Rs 40,000 from [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Friday nabbed a senior clerk at the office of Block Education Officer, Harbhanga in Boudh district from a school teacher. The senior clerk has been identified as Rabindra Padhy. Padhy was apprehended by the Vigilance sleuths while taking bribe of Rs.20,000 as 1st installment of overall demand of Rs 40,000 from [...]

Bhubaneswar: White tigress ‘Sneha’ died while undergoing treatment at Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar. The white tigress died due to old age related health complications, informed PCCF (wildlife) Susanta Nanda. “Sad to inform that white tigress Sneha at Nandankanan expired today due to old age related health complications. She was born at Nandankanan & had [...]

Bhubaneswar: Prof. Sukumar Mishra from Odisha has been appointed as the director of IIT-Dhanbad. Mishra is among the new directors appointed by Union Education Ministry for six IITs in the country. Mishra received his M.Tech and Phd in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela in 1992 and 2000, respectively. He is currently serving [...]

Bhubaneswar: A junior revenue assistant was dismissed from the government service after conviction in a Vigilance case. “Pradeep Ku Sahu, Jr. Revenue Asst, O/o the Settlement Officer, Ganjam-Koraput, Major Settlement Office, Berhampur, Ganjam has been dismissed from service as per provision of OCS (CCA) Rules,1962 with effect from 18.04.2024 following his conviction in trap case”, [...]

Bhubaneswar: The heatwave conditions continue to prevail across Odisha on Thursday with mercury crossing over 43 degrees Celsius in the state capital. As per the regional centre of the IMD, Bhubaneswar has recorded the maximum day temperature of 43.6 degrees Celsius. Several places in the State also witnessed above 40 degrees Celsius on Thursday – [...]