Bhubaneswar, March 27: Rasmita Sahoo Mohapatra, the mother of 22-year-old missing Merchant Navy cadet Sarthak Mohapatra, met with Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, urging for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe for the missing son.The mother met the Odisha Governor on Thursday.Sarthak, who was serving as a Deck Cadet aboard the vessel EA Jersey under…
Bhubaneswar: The Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, has issued a yellow nowcast warning for several districts, forecasting light to moderate rain or thunderstorm, lightning, and gusty winds (30-40 KMPH) in nest three hours.As per IMD’s nowcast warning 1pm, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Nabarangapur, Malkangiri, and Nuapada districts over the next three hours.Residents are advised to…
The duty cuts are effective immediately, the ministry said.Fuel marketing companies in India have been under strain as retail petrol and diesel prices remained frozen despite a nearly 50 per cent surge in international oil prices since February 28, when the United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran, triggering sweeping retaliation from Tehran.In…
Pipili: In an alarming incident masked looters broke into a house in Pipili area in Puri district of Odisha yesterday late at night. They attacked and looted a woman. They looted Rs 3 lakh and jewelry worth lakhs from the house. Even they threatened to kill the 8 year old minor son of the woman.As per…
Berhampur: A day after Odisha Vigilance raided multiple locations and properties linked to a Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) in Ganjam district, the accused official was arrested on charges of possession of disproportionate assets (DA). The accused was identified as Assistant Engineer Panchu Behera, currently posted as SDO at DAHA Irrigation Sub-Division under Bhanjanagar Irrigation Division, had…
Tehran, 27/3: As many as 13 US military bases in the region have been rendered “uninhabitable” following Iranian strikes, amid the ongoing West Asia conflict, effectively turning it into a situation where troops are “fighting the war while working remotely.” According to The New York Times, Iran has targeted multiple US bases across the Middle…
Bengaluru, 27/3: Indian football team members, including head coach Khalid Jamil, were denied entry at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi by the stadium authority over non-payment of dues by the Kerala Football Association ahead of the national team’s Asian Cup Qualifier match against Hong Kong on March 31. The incident took place on Thursday…
Kolkatta, 26/3: Senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Thursday claimed that if his party comes to power in poll-bound West Bengal, police would undergo a complete transformation and start conducting “Uttar Pradesh-style encounters” against criminals. Addressing an election campaign in Kharagpur, Ghosh alleged that police in West Bengal currently function at the behest of the…
Champua: A lone tusker responded to a young man’s dance request in Keonjhar district, Odisha, recently. The video of the elephant shaking its head to the youth’s folded-hand dance has gone viral.Two solitary elephants had returned to the Sarei forest of Champua section from the Ukhunda section of Champua forest Range in Keonjhar district of Odisha.One…
Bengaluru, 26/3: Seven special squads, nine hold areas and 2,000 police personnel are among the deployments and arrangements for the 2026 season of IPL set to begin on Saturday (March 28) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. With the first phase implementation of expert committee recommendations largely done, Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh…
