Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar-Kataka Commissionerate Police returned stolen mobile phones to their owners Tuesday at a special event called ‘Mobile Handover Mela’, held at the Commissionerate Police headquarters Thursday. Most of the phones were reportedly stolen during the festive period between Rath Yatra and Durga Puja....
Bhubaneswar: Odisha will introduce 'AI for All' as a value-added course for students enrolled in the Apprenticeship Embedded Degree Programme (AEDP), replacing the Good Citizenship course in the second semester of the 2026-27 academic session, an official said Thursday. The course aims to equip students...
Bhubaneswar/Koraput: Odisha's Congress unit Thursday demanded the formation of a dedicated council and a special financial package for the comprehensive development of the Kotia cluster of villages in Koraput district, which is also claimed by neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. The dispute between the two states dates...
Bhubaneswar/Brahmapur: Nearly 300 villages in Odisha’s Ganjam district remain surrounded by floodwaters, with about 2,000 people stranded, after exceptionally heavy rainfall triggered flooding in the aftermath of Cyclone Arnab. Speaking at a news conference at Secha Sadan, Engineer-in-Chief Dillip Kumar Raut said authorities had not...
Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) has intensified safety measures, cancelled nine trains and diverted 14 others following cyclonic storm 'Arnab' and heavy rainfall that triggered a sharp rise in water levels in the Bahuda River in Odisha's Ganjam district, disrupting train services on the Howrah-Chennai...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha witnessed widespread rainfall, including exceptionally heavy downpours in several southern districts, as the remnants of Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 'Arnab' continued to weaken while moving northwards, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Thursday. The depression, which is the remnant of Cyclone Arnab, moved...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Higher Education Department has completed the refund of Rs 69.23 crore in excess admission fees to 1,11,678 students for the first phase of undergraduate admissions for the 2026-27 academic session. Students who have not yet received their refunds have been advised to...
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, Thursday said he had spoken with the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Odisha and Chhattisgarh in the wake of Cyclone Arnab and assured them of all possible assistance to mitigate the hardships faced by people affected by...
SUSHANT KUMAR JENA, OP Kataka Sadar: The Odisha Police Headquarters has directed all police districts to take steps to make the Closed User Group (CUG) phone numbers of police stations publicly accessible, enabling people to contact their nearest police station during emergencies. The move comes...
Bhubaneswar: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) seized 8,295 bottles of packaged drinking water and 500 labels bearing the ISI mark from a unit in Kusupur area in Puri district for allegedly using the mark without a valid licence. The BIS team found the establishment...
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