Heavy fog reduces visibility in Bhubaneswar at noon Thursday   People celebrate New Year at tourist spots, temples in Bhubaneswar Thursday

Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer Deoranjan Kumar Singh was Thursday appointed as the new development commissioner cum-additional chief secretary, as the Odisha government effected a major reshuffle in the top level of bureaucracy, according to a notification. Singh, a 1993 batch IAS officer, was presently serving as the additional chief secretary (ACS) in the Revenue & Disaster Management...

Malkangiri: The Odisha government Thursday announced a financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh for the family of the tribal woman who was killed over a land dispute and house damage assistance up to Rs 75,000 in a subsequent clash in Malkangiri district last month. The government has also decided to implement a series of measures to resolve...

Dhaka: India and Bangladesh Thursday began joint water measurement on the Padma and the Ganga rivers as the 30-year Ganges Water Sharing Treaty entered its final year. Water measurement began at a point 3,500 feet upstream of the Hardinge Bridge on the Padma River in Bangladesh and also at the Farakka point on the Ganga River in...

Kolkata: A total of 263 people were arrested and around 1,301 cases were filed for traffic violations during the New Year's celebrations in Kolkata, police said Thursday. According to Kolkata Police sources, to maintain law and order on the New Year's Eve, an active operation was conducted across the city, resulting in the arrest of 263 people...

Berhampur: A group of scientists has for the first time recorded the goby fish (Bathygobius meggeti) in Indian waters, from Aryapalli near Gopalpur in Odisha's Ganjam district. Although the species is found in the Indo-West Pacific region, including Japan, Australia, East Africa and the Persian Gulf, it had not been reported in India before, said Anil Mohapatra,...

Bhubaneswar: Alcoholic drinks including India-made foreign liquor (IMFL), beer and country-made liquor, worth Rs 32.55 crore, were consumed in Odisha's capital city of Bhubaneswar during the last week of 2025, officials said Thursday. They said that 2.80 lakh litres of IMFL worth Rs 28.04 crore, 1.78 lakh litres of beer (Rs 3.56 crore) and 2.35 lakh litres...

New Delhi: In the financial year 2025-26, till the end of December, the defence ministry has signed capital contracts amounting to Rs 1.82 lakh crore for the modernisation of the armed forces, the government said Thursday. Also, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved capital acquisition proposals worth more than Rs 3.84 lakh crore since January 2025...

Kendrapara: The authorities in Odisha Thursday arrested 10 marine fishermen from Andhra Pradesh on the charge of illegally fishing within the prohibited turtle congregation zone in Gahirmatha marine sanctuary of Kendrapara district, said forest officials. The fishing equipment of the 10 individuals, hailing from the Vizianagaram district of the neighbouring state, was seized. Later, they were remanded...

New Delhi: Southern and central India are expected to witness good rainfall from January to March, while the northwest region comprising Punjab and Haryana is likely to get below-normal showers, the weather office said Thursday. However, the mixed rains forecast was unlikely to have an impact on the rabi crop as the northwestern parts of the country...