Bhubaneswar: Sambalpuri playwright, poet, and lyricist Binod Kumar Pasayat passed away today at the age of 89.Pasayat, a recipient of Padma Shri Award, was suffering from age-related ailments. He breathed his last at his residence near Sen Park in Sambalpur on Wednesday morning.Born on December 3, 1935 at Kusmel village in Balangir district, Pasayat was…
Bhubaneswar: Depression over south coastal Odisha is expected to intensify into a well-marked low-pressure area within the next 12 hours, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).The system is likely to move west-northwestwards across south Odisha and south Chhattisgarh. The IMD has issued alerts for 11 districts in Odisha, predicting heavy to extremely heavy rainfall…
Today i.e on 20.08.2025, a short while ago, Sri Dhirendra Mohanty, Secretary, Mahu Co-operative Society, Aul, Dist- Kendrapara has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and taking bribe of Rs.10,000/- from a loanee farmer (complainant) at his office to hand over loan passbook and cheque book for drawl of loan amount already granted in…
New Delhi, 20/8: Russian President Vladimir Putin and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet in New Delhi by the end of year, but no dates have been finalised yet, a Russian embassy official in India said on Wednesday.
New Delhi, 20/8: The Narendra Modi government is bringing three Bills, including one to amend the Constitution, to provide for provisions to remove Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and ministers if they remain in custody for 30 days in a row for an offence that carries a jail term of at least 5 years The Opposition…
New Delhi, 20/8: More than 50 schools in Delhi have received bomb threats via e-mail on Wednesday morning, the Delhi Police have said, as per news agency ANI Rahul Model School and Maxfort School in Dwarka, SKV in Malviya Nagar, and Andhra School in Prasad Nagar are some of the schools that have received such…
New Delhi, 20/8: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked on Wednesday during her public grievance hearing, ‘Jan Sunwai’, as per the BJP. One person has been detained in this regard and a probe is underway. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva “strongly” condemned the “attack” on the chief minister during her weekly ‘Jan Sunwai’ programme,…
New Delhi, 19/8: Union Cabinet has approved a bill to regulate online real money gaming platforms, a source said on Tuesday. The bill is likely to be tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, the source added. “The Cabinet has approved the bill to regulate online gaming platforms that involve real money. The government is trying to…
Jharsuguda: Two labourers lost their lives in a lightning strike incident in Kalibahal village under Kolabira block in Jharsuguda district on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Dukhbandhu Majhi, 25, and Bira Kisan, 45, both residents of Kalibahal village.According to reports, the duo was walking on the road during heavy rainfall around 3 pm when…
Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued heavy rainfall alerts as the depression over south coastal Odisha weakens and moves west-northwestwards. The system was centered on Tuesday near latitude 19.8°N and longitude 84.0°E, about 50 km north-northwest of Daringbadi and 90 km east of Bhawanipatna.The IMD said the depression is likely to continue moving west-northwest…
