New Delhi: Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan on Thursday reviewed the preparedness of Himalayan States/UTs against the risks posed by glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) and snow avalanches, similar to those that recently ravaged Nepal.Chairing a meeting in New Delhi with officials from hill states, Mohan emphasised the need for continuous and proactive monitoring of…
Bhubaneswar: With the successful investigation and coordinated efforts of the Bhubaneswar Commissionerate Police, an active snatching gang has been busted in various areas coming under the Bhubaneswar Urban Police District (UPD), informed the Police Commissioner Dr. Suresh Dev Datta Singh.According to the Police Commissioner, the city police also successfully arrested five members of the gang…
Malkangiri correspondent 03/09 A huge python has been rescued from Malkangiri Sadar. A few people had seen a huge python near Parjaguda in Malkangiri Sadar. The snake had entered a person’s chicken coop in the local area in search of food and swallowed three big chickens. Seeing the snake, the locals and the locals got…
Today i.e. on 03.09.2026, 1) Nityananda Mohanty, IAS, Former Collector, Dhenkanal (Retired), 2) Suryanarayan Das, Former PD, DRDA, Dhenkanal (Retired) and 3) Satyananda Balasamanta, then Transport Contractor, who were charge sheeted by Odisha Vigilance 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) PC Act.1988/468/471/420/120-B IPC *for misappropriating of Govt. money approx Rs. 9 Lakhs*, were convicted by Hon’ble Special Judge,…
The Orissa High Court has granted conditional bail to Bhimsen Prasad Tudu, the former OT&AS trainee arrested in connection with the death of medical student Chandrika Hembram on Thursday. The court granted him bail against two sureties of Rs 50,000 each.Tudu has been in jail since his arrest on June 13. His lawyer told the…
Odisha Vigilance today apprehended Sanjay Kumar Hansdah, Assistant Drugs Controller/Drug Inspector of Jajpur (with additional charge of Jagatsinghpur), while accepting a Rs 6,000 bribe to facilitate issuance of a wholesale medicine licence.Hansdah was nabbed at Jaipur Chhak on NH‑53 near Paradeep‑Cuttack after demanding the bribe from an applicant who had applied for a drug licence…
Bhubaneswar: Ramabai Ranvir had never stood at a starting line before. At 47, the widow from Maharashtra’s Beed region had spent her days cooking in other people’s kitchens, stretching every rupee to keep her two daughters in education. She knew little about races or timing or training. What she did know was that the winner…
In a significant push towards accelerating industrial development and strengthening the ease of doing business in Odisha, the Land Allotment Committee of the Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation , chaired by Additional Chief Secretary, Housing & Urban Development Department and Chairperson, IDCO, Smt Usha Padhee , approved 37 project proposals at its meeting held on…
Kathmandu: The death toll due to the devastating flash floods in Nepal rose to 1,252 Thursday as more bodies were recovered from the affected areas while thousands remain missing after more than a week of the disaster, police said.According to the data released by Nepal Police, 355 bodies were recovered from Chitawan district, 218 from…
Kendrapada: A three-day census of over 10 species of monsoon birds began at Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park Thursday, officials said.The census, which will continue till September 5, is being conducted by four teams comprising trained wildlife personnel, ornithologists and local volunteers, who will cover major bird congregation sites inside and outside the national park, they…
