Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday directed the agriculture department to draw up a special contingency plan in view of a likely rainfall shortfall under El Niño conditions.Chairing a meeting of the state-level natural calamity committee at Lok Seva Bhavan, he stressed that all concerned departments must work in close coordination, adopting a “whole-of-govt…
Bhubaneswar: Around 57,000 students will appear for the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination across 132 centres at 27 towns in Odisha, with authorities saying they are leaving nothing to chance to ensure the retest is conducted smoothly and transparently. District administrations and police have been closely involved in the preparations, while strict surveillance and monitoring measures…
New Delhi: Two squalls with wind speeds of up to 120kmph battered Delhi on Tuesday night, uprooting trees and snapping branches across the city and triggering at least 42 calls to Delhi Traffic Police, nearly 40 to the PWD control room and eight to NDMC.Even on Wednesday morning, fallen trees and hanging branches continued to…
Friday’s fire inspections at coaching centres in Chandigarh revealed blocked hoses Chandigarh: A surprise fire inspection on Friday exposed widespread safety hazards and inadequate escape routes at multiple coaching centres.The action starts a major safety blitz across the city’s education hubs. Teams led by chief fire officer Inderjit Singh raided high-occupancy tuition complexes in Sectors…
The programme, ‘Prarambh-2026’ focused on facilitating a smooth transition from the Income-tax Act-1961 to the Income Tax Act- 2025 Bengaluru: An outreach and awareness programme on New Income Tax Act- 2025 was organised by the income tax department Thursday. With the new Act coming into force from April this year along with consequential revisions to…
