Sambalpur: Two youths are feared drowned due to heavy rainfall near Bagdia Pada on the outskirts of Sambalpur, due to a flash flood.Gobardhan Chand and Suresh Chandra Maharana were on a motorbike when a large stream of water swept both of them away.One of the youths, as reported, managed to swim to safety, while the…
Bhubaneswar: Reaffirming the state government’s commitment to creating modern, resilient and citizen-friendly urban centres, the Housing & Urban Development (H&UD) Department will roll out a massive portfolio of 494 development projects under the Mukhyamantri Sahari Bikas Yojana (MSBY) across Odisha on July 6.Housing & Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra will virtually inaugurate the completed…
Kendujhar: In an early morning encounter, Champua police shot and injured Mohammad Nafis, an accused in several house-breaking and theft cases, in the Patla forest near Champua in Kendujhar district.According to reports, Nafis was arrested on Sunday from Majhigaon in Jharkhand. Following his arrest, police took him to the Patla forest early Monday morning to…
Bhubaneswar, 6/7: In a major development, Deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Jagmohan Meena has submitted his resignation to the state govt, citing personal reasons, official sources confirmed on Sunday. If accepted by the govt, the 37‑year‑old IPS officer may move to the private sector.A senior govt official told “We received his resignation recently. The govt…
Mumbai, 6/7: The Mumbai-Pune Expressway—which connects India’s financial capital with Maharashtra’s cultural capital—has been temporarily shut due to continuous downpour in the belt on Monday. The Expressway is one of India’s busiest roads—a six-lane wide concrete toll expressway spanning nearly 100 kms connecting Mumbai and Pune via Raigad passing through the picturesque Sahyadri mountain ranges….
New Delhi, 5/7: The Congress on Sunday launched a blistering attack on the BJP-RSS over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, saying it is a “scam” perpetrated by their ecosystem on which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are totally silent. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged…
Patna, 5/7: It’s now official. The Jan Suraaj Party on Sunday announced that its founder, Prashant Kishor, the poll strategist-turned-politician, will make his electoral debut in the Bankipur Assembly byelection. The bypoll for the Assembly seat in Patna will take place on July 30, with the result set to be declared on August
Islamabad5/7: Pakistan capital Islamabad is emerging as the leading venue for the next round of technical negotiations between the US and Iran, a media report said Sunday.The US and Iran signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on June 18, aimed at restoring peace in West Asia. It was followed by technical-level talks in Switzerland on…
SUBARNAPUR, 7/5—- It has been reported that the Vigilance has arrested the Sarpanch of Nimna Gram Panchayat under Ulunda block of Subarnapur district.The Odisha Vigilance has arrested the Sarpanch for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 20,000 from an SHG worker for signing the necessary agreement for fish farming in the Gram Panchayat tank…
Odisha Chief Electoral Officer released a press note today highlighting the successful completion of the enumeration phase in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.BLOs visited every household multiple times to distribute and collect enumeration forms from May 30 to June 28. They covered all 30 districts with support from 4,540 supervisors and 45,250 BLOs…
