An inundated farmland in Bhadrak district Bhubaneswar: Revenue minister Suresh Pujari on Tuesday assured compensation for farmers affected by the recent heavy rain, saying the state govt would extend all necessary support to those who suffered crop losses.Pujari said district collectors have been directed to submit reports on crop and house damage at the earliest….
Bhubaneswar received heavy rain on Thursday Bhubaneswar: Moderate to heavy rain lashed many parts of Odisha on Thursday. According to the IMD evening report, Hirakud recorded the highest rainfall at 97 mm, followed by Sambalpur at 94.4 mm. Puri received 16.3 mm, while Bhubaneswar recorded 22 mm.In the last 24 hours, Banki in Cuttack district…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s celebrated Ikat, or Bandha Kala, has found a place in India’s cultural diplomacy with Prime Minister Narendra Modi presenting a handwoven Ikat textile as a gift to Indonesian Parliament speaker Puan Maharani during his recent visit to the country.According to visuals of ‘Gifts of Bharat’ shared by MyGov India on its X account,…
Bhubaneswar: Forest minister Ganesh Ram SinghKhuntia on Monday said Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Bargarh, is likely to get the status of a gaur national park as a proposal will be sent to the Centre for approval after a second round of technical discussions.Once accorded the status, Debrigarh will be known as Debrigarh-gaur National Park. It will…
Bhubaneswar: The draft electoral roll released as part of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state has given rise to widespread complaints from voters, with many alleging that their names have been deleted despite possessing valid electoral credentials.The draft rolls have also reportedly retained names of deceased persons who died years…
A waterlogged locality over the weekend Bhubaneswar: Widespread rainfall that started in the beginning of July continued to lash the state on Sunday. Places received heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in past 24 hours under the influence of Thursday’s low pressure that intensified into a depression over Bay of Bengal.Such heavy rainfall, accompanied by waterlogging,…
Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission of India has appointed 10 senior IAS officers as Electoral Roll Observers for Odisha to oversee the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Additional chief electoral officer-cum-special secretary Sushant Kumar Mishra issued instructions assigning the officers to districts.Rajesh Prabhakar Patil will cover Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada and Jajpur ; Aravind Agrawal, Balasore,…
The venue in Sambalpur where Union home minister Amit Shah was scheduled to attend a programme Bhubaneswar: Union home minister Amit Shah cancelled his Odisha tour, while chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi left for Delhi on Thursday. Two apparently unrelated events, but between them they have set the state’s political circles abuzz with speculation of…
BJD president Naveen Patnaik Bhubaneswar: In a significant political mobilisation since the 2024 election setback, BJD president Naveen Patnaik has convened a meeting of party’s MPs, MLAs, office-bearers and senior functionaries at Sankha Bhawan, BJD’s headquarters, on Thursday.Wednesday’s move comes a day after BJP state president Manmohan Samal said a number of BJD and Congress…
Thunderstorm activity accompanied with lightning and gusty surface wind warning would continue in several districts on Tuesday Bhubaneswar: The southwest monsoon advanced to some more parts, covering major portion of the state so far, an IMD bulletin said on Monday.This was amid an overcast sky or light to moderate rain or thundershower continued at several…
