Bhubaneswar: Palpable tension prevailed at Tanupur village under Pattamundai block in Kendrapara when hundreds of devotees gathered to attend a special ‘Satsang’ program in honour of controversial godman Baba Sarathi. The event was met with strong opposition from local villagers, who had long been against the worship of Sarathi Baba who was earlier arrested for indulgence…
Bhubaneswar: The GA&PG department of Odisha has appointed Manoj Kumar Parida, retired IAS of the AGMUT cadre as the CIC. The General Administration and Public Grievance (GA&PG) department appointed retired IAS Manoj Kumar Parida as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). Three others were appointed as Information Commissioners. They include retired IPS Pranabindu Acharya, High Court advocate…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has created 247 posts in different categories in the State Forensic Science Department. The Home Department has confirmed this through a letter to the Accountant General, mentioning the number of posts in different categories with pay levels. The 247 posts include one Joint Director, two Deputy Directors, 20 Assistant Directors, 65…
Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police’s special crime unit along with the Infocity police raided several locations in Patia this morning.The raids were conducted to nab sale of intoxicants in the area. In a bid to make the city free of intoxicants and to crack down the drug peddlers, the police conducted a surprise raid in Patia on…
Bhubaneswar: A devotee showed his utter faith and devotion to Goddess Tarini of Ghatagaan by donating a gold crown worth Rs 50 lakh. He had had made a spiritual promise before the Goddess who listiened to his prayers and blessed him as per his wish. The devotee, Bajrang Agarwal, a resident of Sundargarh district gifted the…
Khordha: The Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), launched ten years ago, has gone a long way in funding micro and small enterprises and making them an ‘unbreakable’ part of India’s growth story. Over the years, the PMMY has transformed lives by enabling young entrepreneurs to live with dignity and purpose. Those entrepreneurs, who once struggled due…
Jajpur: The Assistant Collector of Khorda, Ashwini Kumar Nayak is critically injured in a road accident in Jajpur. The incident happened on National Highway 16 near Mulapala square in Jajpur district. According to information, a truck reportedly hit his Innova vehicle while he was going to Balasore from Bhubaneswar. He was rushed to the Dharmasala medical…
Bhubaneswar: The low-pressure area over the southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal has intensified into a well-marked low-pressure area as of 0830 hours IST on April 8, 2025. This system is expected to impact the weather in the surrounding regions in the coming days, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Although the IMD has…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has launched a pilot program for the development of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool for monitoring the growth of children, officials said. A five-day training-cum-workshop on ‘AI for Growth Monitoring: Development of an AI Tool for Child Anthropometry’ was inaugurated here Monday, they said. Odisha has emerged as the “first state in…
Ganjam: A 45-year-old woman, her son and daughter allegedly died by su*cide after consuming pesticide-laced rice in Ganjam district, police said Monday. The incident took place at Palibandha village in Ganjam police station area. The deceased were identified as S Mama Reddy, 45, her son Rakesh, 21 – a student of diploma in engineering –…
