Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will disburse financial assistance worth Rs 1,041 crore to over 51 lakh farmers under the CM Kisan Yojana on Thursday on the occasion of Nuakhai, western Odisha’s major agrarian festival.Under the scheme, small and marginal farmers receive Rs 4,000 annually in two instalments. The initiative has been tailored…
Balasore/Bhadrak: Heavy rain in upper catchments and water release from Galudihi barrage triggered floods in the Subarnarekha and Baitarani rivers, leaving hundreds of villages in Balasore and Bhadrak districts marooned. Although water levels in both rivers have started receding since last night, thousands of people continue to suffer in flood-hit areas.In Balasore district, over 104…
Paikmal: In a tragic mishap, a couple was reportedly trampled to death by a wild elephant in Padmapur area of Odisha’s Bargarh district on Monday. The deceased were identified as Balaram Rana and his wife Sashi Rana, residents of Dhandupali village within Paikmal police limits. The duo was guarding the crops when the incident happened. As per…
Lucknow, 26/8: Opposition vice presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy will on Tuesday hold deliberations here with leaders of the Congress and Samajwadi Party, two key INDIA bloc constituents. Reddy, a former Supreme Court judge, was welcomed at the airport here this morning by a number of Congress and SP workers waving their party flags. UP…
New Delhi, 26/8: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted searches at premises linked to AAP leader and former Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj and others as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said. Around a dozen locations in the national capital are being searched by the federal probe agency under the provisions of the…
Washington, 26/8: The United States has issued a draft notice detailing plans to implement the additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian products, as previously announced by President Donald Trump, that will come into effect from August 27. The Department of Homeland Security, in the draft order published on Monday, said the increased levies would…
Bargarh, 25/08 – The 19th Foundation Day of the Dasari Veer Raju and Gulmam Ramachandra Rao Memorial Trust was celebrated at Vikas Higher Educational Institutions, coinciding with Graduation Day. Graduates were honoured alongside their families in a festive atmosphere. The event began with an inauguration by Shri D. Nageswar Rao and Shri G. Bhaskar Rao,…
Sambalpur:(Correspondent) :- Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) successfully organized Consumers Meet 2025 at the company headquarters in Sambalpur, bringing together key consumers from coal and power sector. Shri Uday A. Kaole, Chairman cum Managing Director, MCL presided the meet along with Shri P. K. Patel, Chief Vigilance Officer, MCL; Shri J. K. Borah, Director (Technical/ Operations);…
Kendrapada(Correspondent): Around nine feet long crocodile caught from a pond in Rajnagar area of the district today. Before some days a crocodile entered into the Rabindra Mahanty’s pond in Pentha village under Rajnagar block. Today the villagers rescued the crocodile by the net, which long measured as 8 feet two inches was said. Then it…
Malkangiri, AO correspondent 25/08 To prevent the acute shortage of urea and its black marketing, thousands of farmers from Malkangiri district Sikhpalli Panchayat and other 7 surrounding panchayats blocked National Highway No. 326 near Sikhpalki Chack under the leadership of District Navnirman Kishan Organization President Era Podiami. Thousands of farmers from Sikhpalli and 7 surrounding…
