Bhubaneswar: A total of 942 personnel of Police, Fire, Home Guard and Civil Defence and Correctional services have been awarded Gallantry and Service Medals for the occasion of Republic Day, 2025. Among them are 19 personnels from Odisha.Leading firemen Brahmarbara Sethi will receive the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service from Odisha. Similarly, Prashant Kumar Sahu, Biswarajan,…
Pipili, 3/10: The vote counting process of Pipili by-election is currently underway. Rudra Maharathy of BJD who is the son of late MLA Pradeep Maharathy leads in first round by 1406 votes According to reports BJD got 4055 votes ,BJP got 2649 votes and Congress managed to get only 766 votes in first round.
Bhubaneswar: IMD issued a red alert for five Odisha districts after a low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-West Bengal coast was forecast to intensify over the next two days.The warning has been issued for Sambalpur, Anugola, Sonpur, Boudhagada and Kandhamala districts, where isolated extremely heavy rainfall is likely. An…
Thiruvananthapuram, 16/6: Malayalam filmmaker and Sangh Parivar fellow traveller Ramasimhan Aboobakker announced that he has quit the BJP. Ramasimhan, as he is widely known after he renounced Islam in December 2021 and changed his name from Ali Akbar to Ramasimhan Aboobakker, was a state committee member of the BJP till he resigned all his organisational…
A man was found dead with his throat slit in Odisha’s Puri district today. The body was found in a cashew forest near Narasinghpatna bridge in Brahmagiri area of Puri in the evening. Bhubaneswar: A man was found dead with his throat slit in Odisha’s Puri district today.The deceased has been identified as Lipu Jena…
Kataka: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, has extended the last date for online applications for Fresh, Renewal, and RUFO (Recognition Until Further Order) recognition.According to a release issued by the Board on August 28, the original deadline was August 30, 2026.In view of various requests received for an extension, the Board has now…
Bermhapur: Fire broke out in a soft drink factory in Ganjam district of Odisha on Wednesday morning. Property worth over Rs 1 crore reportedly gutted in this fire mishap.As per reports, fire broke out in a soft drink factory on the main road of Kodala in Ganjam district. Machines and raw materials for manufacturing of the…
Khurda Road Division is observing “Swachhta Hi Seva” abhiyan from 14 th September to 1 st October 2024. The initiative taken to Strengthen voluntarism and collective action for Cleanliness, giving special focus on cleanliness at Railway stations, trains, Railway residential colonies and production units etc. As a part of the Swachhata hi seva programmes, Shri…
Kendrapada: Flood waters from swollen rivers entering villages have prompted the Odisha government to issue a crocodile alert and launch a door-to-door awareness campaign and a WhatsApp helpline amid an increased risk of reptile attacks, especially in the coastal district of Kendrapada.Kendrapada is home to the Bhitarkanika National Park that hosts estuarine crocodile nests. According…
New Delhi, 25/6: Several reports on Wednesday claimed that the government had reiterated that an Indian passport is merely a travel document and not proof of citizenship. The reports surfaced on the occasion of the 14th Passport Seva Divas and quoted a Ministry of External Affairs.official as saying, “A passport is issued after a lot…
