Baripada, September 24: A district-level Science Seminar-2026 was held at the Pandit Raghunath Murmu Science Planetarium in Baripada. Selected meritorious students from 26 blocks of the district participated in the seminar and showcased their scientific thinking, knowledge and talent. In the competition, Swagatika Panda, a student of Lady Hamilton High School, secured the first…
Baripada, September 24:The third evening of the second annual National Theatre Festival, organised by AME, Baripada, witnessed an enthusiastic response from theatre lovers at the local Shahid Smruti Bhavan, with two plays—Kanchi Abhiyan and Raja—captivating the audience. The first play of the evening, Kanchi Abhiyan, was presented by Bhanjabhumi Cultural Council, Baripada. Directed by…
Bhubaneswar, Sept 25: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has approved the suspension of two senior state officials in connection with separate legal matters.The suspended officials are Arun Kumar Biswal, Additional Secretary of the Commerce and Transport Department, and Sujit Kumar Roul, Senior Superintendent of Cuttack Circle Jail. Both officers had been arrested and were…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha witnessed extremely heavy to very heavy rainfall at 49 places under the influence of a deep depression over south Odisha and adjoining Chhattisgarh, with Nabarangpur recording the highest rainfall of 395 mm in the past 24 hours.According to the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre, the system triggered extremely heavy rainfall at 12 stations, very heavy…
A sudden fire broke out late Thursday night at the Government College of Art and Crafts in Jeypore, causing damage to computers and various institutional assets.According to initial reports, the fire started late at night due to a suspected electrical short circuit. The incident came to light when heavy smoke was seen billowing from the…
Bhubaneswar: Bank of India, Zonal Office, Bhubaneswar enthusiastically celebrated Hindi Month. On this occasion, various competitions such as singing, word puzzles, memoir writing, and crossword were organized to encourage the use and promotion of Hindi. Zonal Manager Bijoy Kumar Malik and Deputy Zonal Manager Sanjay Rajak felicitated the winners and distributed the awards as a…
Bhubaneswar, Sep. 24: The deep depression which crossed the coast south-west of Ganjam district on Wednesday night, remained centered about 80 km south-southeast of Rayagada on Thursday and was likely to move in a north-northwesterly direction, the Center of Environment and Climate (CEC) of SOA Deemed to be University here, said. The system, which was…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 24: The deep depression which crossed the coast south-west of Ganjam district on Wednesday night, remained centered about 80 km south-southeast of Rayagada on Thursday and was likely to move in a north-northwesterly direction, the Center of Environment and Climate (CEC) of SOA Deemed to be University here, said.The system, which was headed…
Nuapada and Chhattisgarh police jointly arrested two key suspects involved in an inter-state human trafficking ring.The arrested individuals have been identified as Mukesh Chandrakar, a resident of the Beltukuri police station area, and Lata Sabar, hailing from the Jonk police station area in Odisha’s Nuapada district. Both individuals were key suspects wanted in a human…
Sambalpur: Cyber Police have busted an alleged fake SIM card racket in Sambalpur and arrested three persons for allegedly generating multiple SIM cards using customers’ identity documents and selling the additional cards to others, police said on Thursday.The arrested persons were identified as Suraj Bag (24) of Panchput, Malati Oram alias Mala (29) of Sinapali…
