DHENKIKOTE: At least 15 passengers were injured, three of them critically, after a Hyva hit a passenger bus on National Highway 20 near Sanmasinabila Square in Keonjhar district late Thursday night. Police said the bus, Maa Padmabati (OD 11 J 9464), was travelling from Bahalda...
Bhubaneswar: A cyclonic circulation formed over the South Andaman Sea is likely to intensify into a low-pressure area (Lopar) around May 12 or 13 that may trigger widespread rainfall and thunderstorms across Odisha over the next few days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) sources said Friday,...
Mayurbhanj: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Friday inaugurated a 33/11 KV power substation at Deuli in Mayurbhanj district through virtual mode. The substation will provide power to over 15,000 families across six panchayats in the district, such as Chuhata, Kanimahuli, Nuagaon, Jhaliamara,...
Balasore: Two students drowned in a pond while taking a bath in Odisha's Balasore district, police said Friday. The incident took place Thursday when they were bathing in the pond near their hostel in Balasore town, an officer said. The deceased, identified as Pratyush Kumar...
Thuamul Rampur: The district administration has reportedly initiated housing projects in the remote Kenduguda and Kandaguda villages under Sindhipadar panchayat in Kalahandi district’s Thuamul Rampur block, following reports on the lack of basic amenities in the area. Kalahandi Chief Development Officer (CDO) Soumya Ranjan Pradhan...
New Delhi/Balasore: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have successfully conducted the maiden flight-trial of Tactical Advanced Range Augmentation (TARA) weapon off the coast of Odisha, it was announced Friday. TARA, the modular range extension kit, is India’s first...
Koraput: Amid the ongoing border contention over Kotia panchayat in Koraput district, the Andhra Pradesh government Thursday reportedly began its census exercise in the disputed villages situated along the Odisha-Andhra border. According to local sources, teams from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh entered several border villages in...
Paralakhemundi: Andhra Pradesh government officials whitewashed Odisha’s census survey numbers in two border villages and replaced those with their own, sparking sharp reactions across Gajapati district, officials said Thursday. Odisha officials had earlier marked survey numbers on house walls in Manikpatna and Gudukhudi villages under...
Bhawanipatna: A Plus III second-year Political Science student of Maa Manikeshwari University in Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi district has been selected to represent Odisha at the national-level Viksit Bharat Yuva Parliament 2026. Smruti Rath, one of only three students chosen from Odisha for the programme, will...
Bhubaneswar: The Mahanadi Bachao Andolan (MBA) has alleged that data submitted before the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal on water availability and storage in the Mahanadi river basin was “misleading” and detrimental to the interests of Odisha and the river. Addressing a press conference here, MBA...
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The Pentagon’s announcement on 2 May to significantly reduce American troop presence in Germany marks a pivotal moment in the...
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