Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu will embark on a three-day visit to Odisha from November 3 to 5.According to the third revised schedule issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President will arrive at Kalaikunda Airport in West Bengal and travel by road to her hometown Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district.As per the schedule, the President will reach Kalaikunda…
Kedarnath Dham in Uttarakhand recorded the season’s first heavy snowfall following continuous precipitation since October 29, covering the surrounding hills in a thick layer of snow and causing temperatures to plummet. The snowfall has transformed the mountainous region into a white landscape amid changing weather conditions.Dr CS Tomar, Director of the Meteorological Centre in Dehradun,…
Five labourers from Nayagarh district have been stranded at Baidhar Temple near Pratapur village in Ganjam district’s Purushottampur block after floodwater surrounded the area.On Thursday, the workers went to Purushottampur for work. After completing their work, they were returning towards Santhoshpur when rising floodwater near Pratapur left them stranded. They later moved to the temple…
Bhubaneswar: Emergency response teams are operating across eastern coastal belts and adjoining areas following the impact of Cyclone Arnab, with the Union government preparing to send specialized inspection teams to assess regional damage.Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) will travel to Odisha and other impacted territories in the coming days. Their mandate will cover on-site reviews of…
Bhubaneswar: A farmer was reportedly trampled to death by wild tuskers in Pallahara block of Angul district.The deceased has been identified as Siddheshwar Sundi of Balipashi panchayat under Pallahara block.As per reports, three farmers had gone to guard their paddy fields late last night when three tuskers suddenly attacked them. While two farmers managed to…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 30: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has expressed concern over the extensive damage caused by Cyclone Arnab in Ganjam and Gajapati districts. He said farmers have been among the worst affected, with large areas of agricultural crops suffering significant damage.The Chief Minister stated that the state had been witnessing flood-like situations since…
Kendrapada: Police recovered a naked, headless body of an unidentified woman, estimated to be around 40 years old, near the Luna river embankment in Odisha’s Kendrapada district Friday morning.Preliminary suspicion suggests that the woman may have been murdered and her body dumped near the river embankment. However, her identity and the circumstances surrounding her death…
Persistent morning rain in the national capital on Friday forced the opposition INDIA bloc to postpone its high-profile “public impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.The symbolic protest, originally scheduled for Friday at 3:30 PM, will now take place on Saturday at the same time in the lawns of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s official…
Ghaziabad: CCTV footage has reportedly captured the sequence of events surrounding an alleged attempt to kill a man by his wife and her gym trainer in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad.The incident took place at a residential society in Vasundhara Sector 1 on the morning of October 26.According to the CCTV footage, Priya Sharma was seen leaving…
Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari confirmed on Thursday that Ganjam district has emerged as the worst-affected region following heavy rainfall driven by the remnants of Cyclone Arnab.Addressing a press conference, Minister Pujari stated that over 42,500 people across 208 panchayats in 22 blocks and 56 urban wards have been impacted, with 22 villages…
