Odisha

Bhubaneswar: In a setback to the Odisha unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the crucial elections, former minister Raghunath Mohanty on Saturday quit the party. Mohanty, the former five-time MLA from Basta in Balasore district, has tendered his resignation letter to State BJP president Manmohan Samal. “I do hereby inform you that I [...]

Bhubaneswar: Saroj Kumar Panda, a former junior engineer at Gunupur block and currently JE, Rayagada Block, was sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment in a disproportionate assets (DA) case. Panda, who was charge sheeted by Odisha Vigilance in a case for possession of DA, was convicted by the Special Judge, Vigilance, Jeypore and sentenced to [...]

Bhubaneswar: At least 20 passengers were reportedly injured after the bus in which they were travelling fell into a nullah near Pitapali of Khordha district on Saturday. The bus was travelling from Khordha to Bhubaneswar when the mishap occurred. As per the reports, the driver had lost control of the steering wheel which caused the [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has imposed restriction on outdoor sports activities in view of the prevailing heat wave conditions in the State. The Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) directed to the Sports Department for strict enforcement on all outdoor sports activities during hot summer. The Additional SRC wrote a letter to the Director of Sports and [...]

Sambalpur: Debrigarh Ecotourism has achieved an impressive economic revenue of Rs.3.45 crore during this financial year (1st April’23 to 31st March’24) with 70,000 tourist footfall – highest revenue in Odisha. Tourist composition – 50 % tourists are from Odisha, 20% West Bengal, 30% from other 15 states of India and foreigners from Europe, US, UK, [...]

Bhubaneswar: The heat wave condition prevailing in various districts of Odisha is likely to continue for another 24 hours. Due to prevailing Northwesterly/Westerly dry air and high solar insolation, the temperature in various places remained above normal in many places. Capital city Bhubaneswar yesterday recorded more than 43 degrees Celsius. According to the Meteorological Department, [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik today announced the third list of BJD candidates for the upcoming Assembly Elections in the State. Here is the list of candidates: Rengali: Sudarshan Haripal Rourkela: Sarada Prasad Nayak Biramitrapur: Rohit Joseph Tirkey Keonjhar: Meena Majhi Rairangpur: Raisin Murmu Balasore: Swarup Kumar Das Barabati-Cuttack: [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Friday appointed IAS officer Arindam Dakua as Collector of Cuttack district and IAS officer Anupam Saha as Collector of Jagatsinghpur district. “Arindam Dakua, IAS(RR-2011), Director-cum-Additional Secretary, Drinking Water & Sanitation with additional charge of State Mission Director, Odisha Livelihoods Mission is appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Cuttack”, according to [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha capital Bhubaneswar on Friday sizzled above temperature of 43 degrees Celsius. As per the regional centre of the IMD, Bhubaneswar recorded the day temperature of 43.2 degrees Celsius by 2.30 pm today. For the first time this season, the temperature has reached above 43 degrees in a city of the state. By 11:30 [...]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik on Friday appointed Monideepa Sarkhel as Working President of Biju Sramika Samukhya. The appointment comes with immediate effect. “Naveen Patnaik, President Biju Janata Dal has been pleased to appoint Monideepa Sarkhel as Working President, Biju Sramika Samukhya with immediate effect”, BJD Organisational Secretary Pranab Prakash Das said in [...]