Odisha reeled under extreme heat on Sunday as half of the state recorded temperatures above 40°C, with Jharsuguda emerging as the hottest city at 43.3°C.The India Meteorological Department confirmed that 14 cities crossed the 40°C mark. Titilagarh followed Jharsuguda with 43°C, while Sonepur registered 42.3°C. Sambalpur and Bhawanipatna recorded 42°C, and Balangir, Sundargarh, and Rourkela…
Cuttack, Ap 20: Cuttack police have arrested a gym trainer for allegedly sexually assaulting a young woman multiple times under the pretext of marriage. The incidents reportedly took place in several hotels across the city.The accused has been identified as 27-year-old Tofan Behera from Chhatrapur, Ganjam district, currently residing in Nimpur, Jagatpur. Following the complaint…
Mayurbhanj: A female teacher has gone missing during census duty in Baripada block since Saturday morning. The worried family members of the teacher are urgently seeking help to trace her whereabouts.According to reports, the missing teacher Jyotsnarani Sahu, was recently appointed at the Dhenkinenjia Primary school for only six months. There has been no trace…
Odisha initiated the process for appointing a new Director General of Police as Y B Khurania’s two-year tenure ends on August 16.The Odisha police headquarters forwarded a panel of three senior officers to the state government. The list includes Sudhanshu Sarangi, Susanta Kumar Nath, and R P Koche. The state government will submit the panel…
Bhubaneswar, April 20: The Home (Election) Department has ordered a fresh round of verification after nearly 9.8 lakh names were deleted from the electoral rolls, triggering concern over alleged irregularities.The move comes following multiple complaints that names of living and local voters were mistakenly struck off. Taking serious note, the department has directed Electoral Registration…
In a shocking burglary incident, miscreants allegedly broke into a locked house after scaling the boundary wall and decamped with gold ornaments and cash worth lakhs of rupees in Odisha’s Sundargarh district. Sundargarh: In a shocking burglary incident, miscreants allegedly broke into a locked house after scaling the boundary wall and decamped with gold ornaments…
Cuttack: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has performed the auspicious ‘Akhi Muthi Anukula’ at ICAR-Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) in Cuttack on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya today.Cm Majhi reached the Institute early morning and participated in the ‘Akhi Muthi Anukula’ after doing Puja and yangya. Deputy Chief Minister K.V. Singhdeo was also present at…
Bhubaneswar, April 20: President Droupadi Murmu is set to visit Odisha on April 21, where she will inaugurate four major development projects in Rourkela.According to the schedule, the President will depart from New Delhi on a special flight in the morning and arrive at Jharsuguda Airport. She will then travel by helicopter to Rourkela Airport,…
In a sharp and spirited response, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has slammed BJD chief and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik for what he called “baseless and laughable” remarks on the proposed increase in Odisha’s Lok Sabha seats from 21 to 32Taking to X, Pradhan expressed astonishment at Patnaik’s reaction to a development that promises to…
Bhubaneswar: In a significant action against the sand mafia, the Ganjam district administration conducted a surprise raid on illegal sand extraction from the Rushikulya river near Mahachai village under Kavisuryanagar police station limits in Purushottampur block.Acting on specific intelligence, a joint team comprising the Purushottampur Tehsildar, Mining Officer, and Kavisuryanagar police raided the sand ghat…
