Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has issued a fresh timetable to redraw ward boundaries and reserve seats across municipal bodies, stepping up preparations for urban elections scheduled early next year. City& Local GuidesThe Housing and Urban Development (HUD) department sent the revised dates to all district collectors, making several changes to the earlier schedule so officials…
Former Indian batter Aakash Chopra has identified a competition between opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and middle-order batter Ruturaj Gaikwad for reserve positions in Team India’s squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2027. He also commented on the diminishing white-ball prospects of wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant after his exclusion from the squad for the upcoming ODI series…
Bhubaneswar, Sept 19: Amid concerns over scrub typhus and diarrhoea in parts of Odisha, Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling has assured the public that there is no need to panic. He said the Health Department has issued specific guidelines to prevent and manage scrub typhus cases across the state.The minister said a scrub typhus infection cannot…
A few similar holiday pictures have suddenly got social media talking about Sunny Kaushal and Isabelle Kaif. The two already share a close family connection through Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif, but fans are now wondering if their bond could be more than just friendship.The speculation began after a Reddit user noticed that Sunny and…
Nabarangpur: The Nabarangpur Divisional Forest Officer has suspended Bipin Kumar Harijan, a forester posted in the Maidalpur Section under Dabugaon Range over allegations of unauthorised tree cutting and financial irregularities.The action was taken after Harijan’s response to a show-cause notice issued by the forest department was found unsatisfactory. The allegations pertain to the period when…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the talent and skills of India have won global trust, and the world has a lot of expectations from innovators, entrepreneurs and the youth power of the country.The Prime Minister made these remarks as he distributed over 51,000 appointment letters to newly recruited youth in…
Agar-Malwa: Eight devotees, including three children and two women, were killed after the car they were travelling in was swept away by a rain-swollen stream near the Maa Baglamukhi Temple in Nalkheda in Madhya Pradesh’s Agar-Malwa district, police said on Saturday.The victims were residents of Odisha and had travelled from Ujjain to Nalkheda to visit…
Bhubaneswar: The first cyclone of 2026 is expected to form over the Bay of Bengal soon, according to the latest weather forecast by the regional Meteorological Centre.However, the MeT have not revealed about the certainty regarding the formation of the cyclone, it’s route or landfall area and intensity details yet.According to the latest weather forecast,…
Rairangpur, Mayurbhanj: Allegations of large-scale irregularities in road construction work have surfaced in Ichinda Ward No. 11 under Rairangpur Municipality in the Bamanghati subdivision of Mayurbhanj district. According to local residents, a road was constructed for about 50 metres from near advocate Muna Das’s residence towards advocate Pradip Das’s residence, allegedly without any sanctioned…
Baripada, September 18, 2026:.Patients and their attendants visiting PRM Medical College and Hospital and Baripada Medical are facing numerous problems, prompting concern among members of the Social Welfare Forum. To seek solutions to these public grievances, a delegation led by Biswajit Nayak, Secretary of the organisation’s Core Committee, submitted a memorandum to the District…
