Baripada, September 24: A district-level Science Seminar-2026 was held at the Pandit Raghunath Murmu Science Planetarium in Baripada. Selected meritorious students from 26 blocks of the district participated in the seminar and showcased their scientific thinking, knowledge and talent. In the competition, Swagatika Panda, a student of Lady Hamilton High School, secured the first…
Baripada, September 24:The third evening of the second annual National Theatre Festival, organised by AME, Baripada, witnessed an enthusiastic response from theatre lovers at the local Shahid Smruti Bhavan, with two plays—Kanchi Abhiyan and Raja—captivating the audience. The first play of the evening, Kanchi Abhiyan, was presented by Bhanjabhumi Cultural Council, Baripada. Directed by…
Mangaluru (Karnataka): Nine senior students of a private college in Pandeshwar in coastal city of Mangaluru have been booked for allegedly kidnapping, stripping and brutally assaulting two first-year students in a suspected ragging incident, police said on Friday.The victims are first-year BBA Port Shipping Logistics students at Srinivas University, Pandeshwar. Both are from Kerala.Based on…
New Delhi: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke Friday urged Opposition parties to stop participating in elections if they believe the electoral process is being rigged, saying their continued participation only legitimises such polls and creates an “illusion” that they are free and fair.In a post on X, Dipke said opposition parties could not simultaneously claim that…
Bhubaneswar, Sept 25: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has approved the suspension of two senior state officials in connection with separate legal matters.The suspended officials are Arun Kumar Biswal, Additional Secretary of the Commerce and Transport Department, and Sujit Kumar Roul, Senior Superintendent of Cuttack Circle Jail. Both officers had been arrested and were…
Today i.e on 25.09.2026, a short while ago, Prasanna Kumar Sahani, Junior Revenue Asst.( JRA) of the Office of Sub-Collector, Jajpur has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance *while demanding and taking a bribe of bribe Rs.40,000/- from an applicant for processing file to accord permission from the competent authority for purchase of a piece of…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha witnessed extremely heavy to very heavy rainfall at 49 places under the influence of a deep depression over south Odisha and adjoining Chhattisgarh, with Nabarangpur recording the highest rainfall of 395 mm in the past 24 hours.According to the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre, the system triggered extremely heavy rainfall at 12 stations, very heavy…
Sikkim: Continuous heavy rain has triggered major landslide across Sikkim, damaging dozens of homes and cutting off road links in multiple districts.The most severe damage occurred in West Sikkim’s Gyalshing district. Late Thursday night, September 24, saturated soil gave way on the slopes above Rimbi village in the Yuksom-Tashiding area. A torrent of rock and…
A sudden fire broke out late Thursday night at the Government College of Art and Crafts in Jeypore, causing damage to computers and various institutional assets.According to initial reports, the fire started late at night due to a suspected electrical short circuit. The incident came to light when heavy smoke was seen billowing from the…
New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with Foreign Ministers Ronald Lamola of South Africa and Mauro Vieira of Brazil who jointly condemned the Pahalgam terrorist attack last year and reaffirmed their commitment to zero tolerance for terrorism.The ministers of the three countries that form the IBSA Dialogue Forum met here on Thursday and,…
