Currently, wildfires are tearing through more than 130 forest areas across Odisha, and it’s spreading fast. Places like Karlapat Sanctuary in Kalahandi South, along with the Mohan, Chitrakonda, Rayagada, and Udayagiri ranges, are getting hit especially hard. Fires have also broken out in Deogarh, Kuchinda, and Muniguda, which threatens wildlife and throws a wrench in…
Bhubaneswar, 3/1: Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik has decided to increase the salaries of junior teachers engaged in teaching in primary schools. According to the decision, the salaries of junior teachers (contracted) and junior teachers have been increased by 50 per cent. The increase will take effect on January 1, 2022. According to the…
Lucknow, 30/1: Congress MP Rakesh Rathore, who was accused of rape, was arrested by the police from his residence in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur town while he was addressing a press conference on Thursday. An FIR was lodged against Rathore, an MP from Sitapur Lok Sabha seat, around ten days back accusing him of rape of…
Shimla, 30/10: On Saturday, the last day of withdrawal of nominations for Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP faced stiff resistance from some rebels while it managed to pacify a few. This year the party has denied tickets to 11 legislators and faced a revolt from as many as 23 rebels over seat…
Moscow, 5/2: (AO Bureau0 In a major development, Russian journalist Sergei Smirnov said that he had been jailed for 25 days for supporting a protest for Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. The editor-in-chief of independent outlet Mediazona was guilty of repeated violations of protest legislation said a Moscow court. The journalist tweeted the news from the…
Lucknow, 29/5: Mahabharata’s Ekalavya had given his right thumb as ‘gurudakshina’ (payment to one’s guru after completion of education) to Dronacharya, the guru of the ‘Pandavas’ and ‘Kaurvas’, according to Hindu mythology. Now drumming up the same, well known Hindu seer and Padma Vibhushan Jagadguru Rambhadracharya has a demand. The Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). The…
Washington DC, 14/2 (AO Bureau) :Former US President Donald Trump has received great relief. He has been acquitted of charges of inciting people to violence in the US Capitol Attack. Trump survived by a margin of 10 votes. 57 senators found him guilty in voting, while 43 members found him not guilty. The Senate needed…
CSIR-IMMT kick starts a one-month external technical training program for Graduate Engineer Trainees (GETs) of Hindalco Industries Limited on July 07, 2025. This one moth training is scheduled from July 07-Aug 05, 2025 for Metallurgy and Chemical engineering trainees with a series of sessions (including theory/practical demonstrations and hands-on) on various aspects focusing the theme/objective…
Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Odisha government and actor-politician Anubhav Mohanty’s former wife, Varsha Priyadarshini, on a plea seeking quashing of criminal proceedings initiated against him over allegations of harassment and mental cruelty.A Bench of Justices Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi passed the order while hearing a special leave petition…
Paradip :Paradip Port Authority (PPA) successfully organized the 2nd Special Cultural Meet at Jayadev Sadan, Paradip, celebrating the rich cultural heritage of Odisha through theatre, music, and dance. The highlight of the evening was the staging of the acclaimed Odia play “Sunya Panjuri”, which received an enthusiastic response from the audience. The play, conceived and…
