In a shocking incident from Nimapada in Odisha’s Puri district, a family narrowly escaped death after miscreants allegedly tied them up and set their house on fire in a late-night attack. Nimapada: In a shocking incident from Nimapada in Odisha’s Puri district, a family narrowly escaped death after miscreants allegedly tied them up and set…
Shimla, 26/6: Hundreds of commuters were stranded near Aut in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district as the Chandigarh-Manali highway was blocked following flash floods and landslides, officials said on Monday. Flash floods were witnessed in Khotinallah near Aut on the Pandoh–Kullu stretch due to a heavy downpour and the commuters have been stranded since Sunday evening….
Bhubaneswar, 8/4:Chief Minister Mr Naveen Patnaik, hosted a roundtable discussion in Kyoto with a focus on opportunities for collaboration between Japan and Odisha in Tourism and Sports. The discussion was attended by major tour operators and representatives of the hospitality sector from Japan as well as participation from various Japanese sports associations and representatives from…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted rainfall in 19 districts of Odisha for the next two days due to a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal. According to the IMD, light to moderate rainfall is likely to occur in some parts of coastal Odisha from 8 am today to 8 am on December…
Bhubaneswar: In a significant development for school education in Odisha, the Government of India has approved the upgradation of 71 government secondary schools into full-fledged Higher Secondary Schools (Classes XI and XII) under the Samagra Shiksha programme for the academic year 2026-27.The Project Approval Board (PAB) of the Union Ministry of Education has also sanctioned…
California, 31/5: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tore into the BJP on Wednesday saying that the saffron party is threatening people and misusing government agencies. If you believed in anger, hatred and arrogance, you would be sitting in a BJP meeting and I would be doing Mann Ki Baat,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in his…
Bhubaneswar, 3rd February 2023: The 7th edition of Tata Steel Bhubaneswar Literary Meet is back to celebrate literature and allied cultural activities including music and theatre over the weekend of February 03 -05, 2023 at Bhubaneswar Club and will be open to all. The three day festival was inaugurated by Jnanpith awardee, Amitav Ghosh in…
Washington DC, 29/9: US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would impose a 100 per cent tariff on all foreign-made movies, an unprecedented move that threatens to upend Hollywood’s global business model The step signals Trump’s willingness to extend protectionist trade policies into cultural industries, raising uncertainty for studios that depend heavily on international…
Kolkata, 9/5: Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri on Tuesday said he has sent a legal notice to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for defaming his movie “The Kashmir Files”. Officials in the chief minister’s office said they had no information on the legal notice. Banerjee on Monday ordered a ban on the screening…
Rayagada, Sept 8: In a major infrastructure boost to Rayagada, the Odisha Cabinet has approved four road-widening projects involving 113.386 km of key corridors at a total cost of ₹795.96 crore, paving the way for their upgrade into four-lane divided roads. The decision is expected to substantially improve connectivity across the tribal-dominated district, facilitate…
