Balasore: Despite rising water levels in several rivers, the overall flood situation in Balasore district remains under control, according to the Water Resources Department of the Odisha Government. Anu Garg, Additional Chief Secretary of the Water Resources Department, visited the State Hydrological Data Centre early Monday morning to assess the flood preparedness. The centre, which operates…
Bhubaneswar: OAS officer (Super Selection Grade) Mirdha Toppo was transferred and appointed as the Special Secretary to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, a notification by Odisha General Administration & Public Grievance Department stated today. Toppo was previously serving as the Project Director, DUDA (District Urban Development Agency) in Keonjhar. The appointment came after the state government led by…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra said that beneficiaries who have not completed the mandatory e-KYC process for their ration cards will stop receiving rice from this month onwards.Speaking to reporters, Patra said the deadline set by the Central Government for e-KYC verification is ending today. He informed that around 20.58…
Bhubaneswar, 30/6:As Odisha grieves for the loss of lives during the Rath Yatra stampede, a viral video of a police officer instructing his team to ‘break their (protesters) legs’ has enraged social media users. Congress members were arranging a protest outside of the residence of Odisha Chief Minister, Mohan Charan Majhi, about the lives lost…
New Delhi, 30/6: The Supreme Court on Monday junked a plea filed by former cricket administrator Lalit Modi seeking an order to the BCCI to pay a penalty of Rs 10.65 crore imposed on him by the ED for violating the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and R…
New Delhi,30/6: Bilateral trade agreement between India and the US seems unlikely to be signed by the July 8 deadline, which marks the end of President Donald Trump’s 90-day suspension of the so-called “liberation day” tariffs, creating renewed uncertainty for exporters. According to sources, agricultural goods remain the key sticky issue. The US has been…
Bhubaneswar, 30/6: Odisha’s Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Sunday said that an administrative inquiry into the Puri stampede incident that left three people dead and 50 others injured would be completed within 30 days. The stampede took place near Shree Gundicha Temple in Puri early on Sunday during a ceremony related to the ongoing Rath…
London: Over a thousand devotees gathered in Slough, United Kingdom, to take part in the grand Rath Yatra celebrations, the High Commission of India said on Monday. India’s Deputy High Commissioner to the UK, Sujit Ghosh, participated in the celebrations, which were organised by the Shree Jagannatha Society UK. In a significant moment during the…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is expected to experience heavy rainfall for the next five days, with various parts of the state likely to be affected. A low-pressure area formed in the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjacent West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts yesterday is moving west-northwestwards towards north Odisha, West Bengal coast, and Jharkhand, bringing rain to coastal…
Anandapur: In a tragic accident the driver of a school vehicle was killed while 8 students of the school sustained injury after the Bolero, in which they were travelling met with an accident today morning in Keonjhar district of Odisha. The accident took place in Sainkula area under Ramachandrapur Police Station limits in the district….
