In a tragic incident, six persons died of suspected asphyxiation inside an under-construction septic tank in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Tuesday.Bhawanipatna: In a tragic incident, six persons died of suspected asphyxiation inside an under-construction septic tank in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Tuesday.The mishap occurred at Karlakhunta village under Madanpur Rampur police limits while the centring-related…
Bhubaneswar: Senior politician and former Rajya Sabha member Debashish Samantaray formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the party’s national headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday.He joined the BJP in the presence of senior leaders including BJP national general secretary Arun Singh, Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal and Odisha BJP in-charge Vijay Pal Singh…
New Delhi, 26/5: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the West Asia crisis is exerting pressure on India’s foreign exchange due to higher outgo on fuel, fertiliser and gold imports. The West Asia crisis is not only a diplomatic or geopolitical issue. For businesses and common people, it can mean higher fuel cost, delayed…
New Delhi, 26/5: The Indo-Pacific must remain a driver for global growth and stability, and the Quad must work towards ensuring maritime security and promoting economic choices in the region, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. In his opening remarks at the Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting on Tuesday, he called for “trusted and transparent”…
New Delhi, 26/5: Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) price in Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Chennai was increased by Rs 2 per kilogram on Tuesday. This is the fourth price increase in less than two weeks. Following the latest revision, CNG will now cost Rs 83.09 a kg in the national capital, according to Indraprastha Gas Ltd….
Bhubaneswar: Senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Ashish Chandra Mohanty has assumed charge as Director of the Directorate of Income Tax (Intelligence and Criminal Investigation) in Bhubaneswar. Prior to this appointment, Mohanty served as Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals), Unit-1, in Cuttack. A 2005-batch IRS officer, he brings over two decades of extensive experience in…
In a significant step towards deepening Centre-State collaboration, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today.The leaders engaged in detailed discussions on accelerating the state’s development trajectory with a sharp focus on infrastructure, investments, and welfare.According to Chief Minister Majhi’s official statement, the meeting centred on “strategic acceleration…
New Delhi, 25/5: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written to all Chief Ministers, Lieutenant Governors and Administrators, seeking their cooperation for the smooth and secure conduct of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination scheduled on June 21amid prevailing heatwave conditions across the country.In a letter issued on Sunday, the minister urged states and Union Territories to…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) Chairperson and retired IAS officer Pradeep Kumar Jena resigned from his post today.As informed by the Energy Department, Jena, the former Chief Secretary of Odisha, resigned from the post of OERC Chairperson on personal grounds and the state government accepted and allowed him to relinquish from the post with…
Baripada: A severe Kalbaisakhi storm accompanied by strong winds and rain caused widespread damage in several gram panchayats under Thakurmunda block of Mayurbhanj district on Monday afternoon, leaving a 13-year-old girl dead and disrupting normal life in the area.The thunderstorm struck the region around 3.20 pm, uprooting trees, damaging electric poles and blowing away roofs…
