3 min readBhubaneswarUpdated: Oct 18, 2023 10:54 AM IST Olympian Dutee Chand, among the few athletes in the world to openly admit to a same-sex relationship, said that despite the Supreme Court unanimously ruling against same-sex marriage on Tuesday, it supported them “indirectly”. “We are not forcing anyone to be in a relationship with us….
2 min readBhubaneswarOct 20, 2023 03:22 AM IST The special task force (STF) of Odisha Police has arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in running an inter-state racket of mule bank accounts. The accused have been identified as Sheikh Hapizul and Sheikh Jahangir of Olamara in Balasore district and Sheikh Jamaluddin of Rampura of…
2 min readBhubaneswarUpdated: Oct 22, 2023 04:45 PM IST The depression over the Bay of Bengal may become a low-intensity cyclonic storm by October 24, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. The depression lies centred around 610 km south of Odisha’s Paradip, the IMD said in a bulletin. “The system is likely to…
2 min readBhubaneshwarUpdated: Oct 25, 2023 02:04 AM IST A day after the Centre approved the voluntary retirement of “powerful” Odisha cadre IAS officer and Naveen Patnaik’s private secretary and closest aide V K Pandian, the state government appointed him as chairman of 5T (transformational initiatives) and Nabin Odisha with a Cabinet rank. An order…
3 min readKendraparaNov 1, 2023 04:39 PM IST Odisha government clamped a seven-month-long prohibition on sea fishing activity from Wednesday within 20 km of the coast in Kendrapara where Olive Ridley turtles come ashore to nest and lay eggs. A forest department official said the areas notified include the sea surrounding the mouths of rivers…
2 min readBhubaneshwarNov 7, 2023 09:37 AM IST The BJD’s Puri strongman and former speaker of the Odisha Assembly Maheswar Mohanty passed away while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar early Tuesday. He was 67. Mohanty was admitted to the hospital after he suddenly fell ill on November 1. According to a medical…
1 min readBhubaneswarNov 9, 2023 03:41 AM IST A passenger train derailed in Odisha’s Sambalpur after hitting a cattle on Wednesday evening, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) said. The ECoR said all passengers were safe and there were no reports of injuries or casualty. The cattle was killed in the accident. “Due to cattle run…
2 min readBhubaneswarUpdated: Nov 15, 2023 10:51 AM IST The Odisha Cabinet on Tuesday decided to amend a law allowing the scheduled tribe people (ST) to transfer their land to non-tribals in scheduled areas with a written permission from the sub-collector. The Odisha Scheduled Areas Transfer of Immovable Property (by STs) Regulation, 1956 got a…
1 min readBhubaneswarNov 15, 2023 04:39 AM IST Amid the allegation of Odisha government’s overdrive on temple renovation, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sanctioned Rs 45 crore for construction of 150 multipurpose cultural-cum-community centres for the people belonging to minority communities. The amount will be spent for construction of community centres for Christian, Muslim, Buddhist…
2 min readBhubaneswarNov 15, 2023 09:19 AM IST The Puri Jagannath Temple Administration has announced a complete ban on the consumption of paan and gutka on the premises of the 12th-century shrine. An order issued by the temple administration said it was the moral responsibility of all to maintain the temple’s holiness. “From today onwards,…
