Daringbadi: Authorities in Kandhamal and Ganjam districts have sealed Gazalbadi Ghat road at both ends as a precaution against possible landslides amid fears over Cyclone Arnab. Acting on Kandhamal Collector Vedbhushan’s instructions, Daringbadi BDO Pritiranjan Rath, tehsildar Dhiraj Patra and police IIC Sangram Keshari Jena reached Baimala check gate on the Ganjam-Kandhamal border and closed the route....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to provide the necessary financial assistance for extending the Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar scheme to households in Kotia and form a participatory committee involving local residents to address their demands and guide the region’s development. The decisions were discussed at a high-level review meeting on Kotia’s comprehensive development, chaired by Revenue...

SUNIT MISHRA, OP Bhubaneswar: The plight of thousands of elderly women, known as Habisyalis, who have arrived in Puri during the holy month of Kartik to seek the blessings of Lord Jagannath and observe the Radha-Damodar vrata, has exposed the state government’s mismanagement, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) alleged. In a press statement, party spokesperson Lenin Mohanty...

TRINATH MOHANTY, OP Bhubaneswar: Despite Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi directing police personnel to treat people visiting police stations with courtesy, allegations of police high-handedness and assault continue to surface across Odisha. According to information available from the DGP’s office, more than 40 police personnel across the state have faced complaints of assault and abuse of power....

Kataka: Parents of children undergoing treatment at Sardar Vallavbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics (SVP PGIP), otherwise known as Sishu Bhawan in Kataka are facing difficulties as saline nasal drops and paracetamol have reportedly been unavailable at the hospital for nearly a week. As a result, parents are being forced to purchase these essential medicines from...

Bhubaneswar: The 45th General Council Meeting of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Tuesday, witnessed heated exchanges over sanitation tenders, street lighting and procedural issues. Mayor Sulochana Das suspended Ward No. 37 Corporator Bandita Pal from the meeting after she allegedly continued livestreaming the proceedings on her mobile phone despite repeated objections. The meeting was chaired by BMC...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha CEO Tuesday said none of the 3,041 voters from Bhadrak’s Dhamnagar area, whose names were in question, were deleted from the final electoral roll. The clarification came in response to a social media post by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who alleged irregularities in the electoral roll revision process. “As more skeletons tumble out of the...

The angry young generation is rising in protest in India, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland and Serbia, to name a few countries. The common thread that binds them is the demand that their respective governments fulfil their basic needs and aspirations. As they choose the streets and also the ballot papers to vent their ire and frustration...

Jeremy Adelman Luiz Inácio Lula da Sil va’s victory in Brazil’s presidential election is a blow to Donald Trump’s plan for the Western Hemisphere. The US president was hoping to huddle with client states to the south who mimic his business and ma no dura (iron fist) posturing, while further betraying liberal partners. That plan, within reach...

Melvin Durai I recently had my annual checkup, and my doctor told me that the creatinine levels in my blood are slightly elevated. I just nodded and pretended that I knew what “creatinine” meant. It didn’t sound bad. It sounded like something a creative person might have. (I googled it later and found out that “creatinine” is...