New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Monday arrived at Satya Niketan to oversee the second day of search and rescue operations, where a decades-old multi-storey building collapsed, leaving 6 dead and several injured. Gupta, who visited the site Sunday as well, was accompanied by senior officials from the Delhi government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha chess professional Aparajita Gochhikar has been appointed as a Fair Play Expert and member of the Fair Play Panel for the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026, scheduled to be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from September 14 to 28. Gochhikar is the first Indian woman to get the opportunity to serve twice on the Fair Play...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has sent 814 notices to several buildings in 2026 for violations of fire safety norms. The notices included 258 residential buildings, 110 educational institutions, 114 other establishments, 34 assembly halls, 68 commercial establishments, 32 business establishments, 63 industrial units, 16 storage buildings, 26 hazardous buildings, 13 group-occupancy buildings and 172 hotels. Odisha Fire...

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Science Centre, Bhubaneswar, in collaboration with JSW Foundation, Sunday launched a Mobile Science Exhibition (MSE) programme aimed at taking experiential science education to students in rural and underserved areas of Odisha. The MSE van was flagged off by department of Science and Technology Additional Secretary and Odisha Bigyan Academy Secretary Sibani Mohanty, in presence...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) organised a City-level awareness meeting, tree plantation drive and rally near the Hatiasuni Resource Centre Sunday as part of the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)-2026 Week. BMC Mayor Sulochana Das, Deputy Mayor Manjulata Kanhar, BMC Commissioner Chanchal Rana, Odisha State Pollution Control Board Member Secretary Manoj V Nair, BMC ambassador and...

Bhubaneswar: Prevention must be at the heart of juvenile justice. We must address vulnerabilities at the grassroots so that children do not come into conflict with law or enter institutional care, said High Court of Orissa Chief Justice Harish Tandon while addressing a state-level stakeholders’ consultation on ‘Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015: A...

Bhubaneswar: The second evening of the five-day 32nd Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra (GKCM) Award Festival unfolded at Rabindra Mandap  Sunday with a captivating confluence of classical music and dance. Renowned Sarod maestro Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar mesmerised the audience with his recital, while acclaimed Odissi dancer Lipsa Satpathy presented an evocative solo performance. The festival is being organised...

Bhubaneswar: The ‘Save Our Sainik School Campaign’ has threatened to resume its agitation if the entry of municipal garbage vehicles into the dumping yard near Sainik School, Bhubaneswar, is not stopped immediately. At a meeting held Sunday, members of the campaign expressed concern that municipal garbage vehicles were continuing to enter the dumping yard adjoining the school...

Kendrapada: Kendrapada Town High School, one of the district’s oldest educational institutions, is struggling with inadequate infrastructure, a shortage of teachers and staff and poor basic facilities despite its 163-year history. The institution began as a Middle Vernacular School in Kendrapada in 1863 and was converted into the district’s first High English School in 1883. Started under...

Tehran: Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei has said that his country would announce a restricted zone outside the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days and place any ship attempting to transit the area on Tehran's sanctions list. In an interview with state-run IRIB TV, which was broadcast Sunday night (local time), Rezaei said...