Bhubaneswar: Visitors at Odisha’s famed Chilika Lake were left stunned Friday after a massive tornado-like formation appeared over the water, creating a rare and dramatic spectacle. Eyewitnesses said the towering spiral of wind and water, resembling a waterspout, was seen in the southwestern direction of...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has urged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to take stern action against those involved in the alleged gangrape of an Odisha girl studying at a private medical college in Durgapur. In a post on X, Majhi said,...
New Delhi: Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav picked up four wickets collectively as India tightened their grip in the second Test by reducing West Indies to 140/4 in 43 overs at stumps on day two, trailing by 378 runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Shai...
Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: In a major political development ahead of the Nuapada by-election, Jay Dholakia, son of late BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday. Dholakia is likely to contest the bypoll on a BJP ticket, a source said. The induction ceremony saw...
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday virtually laid the foundation stones for two fishery projects worth around Rs 160 crore in Odisha. He laid the foundation stones for the fishery projects while launching the Rs 24,000-crore Pradhan Mantri Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PM-DDKY) and a...
New Delhi: India declared their first innings at 518 for five against West Indies on day two of the second Test here Saturday. India's innings was headlined by centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal (175 off 258 ) and skipper Shubman Gill (129 not out off 196),...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has set a target of procuring 93 lakh metric tonnes of paddy from farmers during the 2025-26 Kharif Marketing Season (KMS), an official said. The government aims to get around 63 lakh metric tonnes of rice from 93 lakh metric tonnes of...
Bhanjanagar/G Udayagiri: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) authorities to restore traffic as soon as possible on Kalinga Ghat road along the National Highway-157 in Kandhamal, which had been destroyed in a heavy rain-triggered landslide. Majhi also...
Angul: Panic gripped the outskirts of Angul town Friday after a herd of about 45 elephants entered Kangula, Bentapur and nearby areas, damaged houses and destroyed crops on farmlands. For the past 10 days, the herd has been roaming in and around Bentapur, Gopinathpur, and...
Rourkela/Bondamunda: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths Friday arrested a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a woman scrap dealer at Bisra Chowk in Rourkela. Officials seized the chemically treated currency notes from the accused,...
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