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Bhubaneswar: About 50,000 households in cyclone-hit areas of Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Balasore districts in Odisha are yet to get back power supply, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Sunday. Briefing media persons here this evening after reviewing the post-cyclone situation, Majhi said the restoration work...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissionerate in Odisha has asked all personnel of police station reception desks to wear body cameras to check the behaviour of both police and visitors. The police commissionerate has taken this move following the alleged sexual harassment of a woman and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday undertook an aerial survey of the areas affected by Cyclone Dana. Majhi was accompanied by Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari and Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja. The CM undertook the aerial survey of coastal areas of...

Bhubaneswar: Personnel of the Odisha forest department spotted a wild cat near the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar, a day after a woman claimed to have sighted a leopard near the facility's dump yard area, an official said Sunday. The forest department had launched...

Bhubaneswar: A total of 35.95 lakh people in Odisha have been impacted by Cyclone Dana and subsequent flooding in 14 districts, the state's Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said Sunday. Pujari also said as many as 8,10,896 people were evacuated to 6,210 cyclone...

Bhubaneswar: Delivering a special address at the conclave on ‘Opportunities and Challenges in Regional Media’ organised by the Editors Guild of India at the Press Club of Odisha here Saturday, former Supreme Court Judge Justice Ananga Patnaik said political power is such that the entire...

Bhubaneswar: Dharitri and OrissaPOST Editor Tathagata Satpathy said the concept of ‘national media’ is a misnomer given the fact that every newspaper, or media, is based in some part of the country or the other. In his welcome address at the opening session of the...

Bhubaneswar: President of the Editors Guild of India (EGI) and Editor of ‘The Caravan’ Anant Nath called for collective efforts to ensure the safety of journalists from vengeful government actions. Recounting some recent victories of the EGI in protecting journalistic freedom, including the withdrawal of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has launched an evacuation drive in Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts due to flooding in some areas and risk of more localities getting inundated owing to rise in water level in Budhabalang River caused by heavy rain triggered by Cyclone Dana, Chief...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 28 people, including 13 women and a doctor, were hospitalised after being bitten by snakes during Cyclone Dana, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Saturday. Briefing the media after taking stock of the post-cyclone situation in the state, Majhi said all...