News Bulletin

-------  IMD forecasts heavy rainfall across Odisha in next 24 hours. -------  BrahMos missile test-fired successfully from Chandipur Integrated Test Range today at 10.19am today. -------  Process for discharge of Separated Conjoined…

------  Mahanadi Water Row: Hearing a petition, NGT directs Chhattisgarh government to submit all facts by August 20. ------  Bhubaneswar finds place in the list of 50 smart cities across globe announced by Singapore based Eden Strategy…

ONI Bureau:  -----  Girl drowns while trying to save 8-year-old brother in Khadakhai river of Rairangpur, Mayurbhanj; villagers recover body of elder sister Heena, boy still missing. -----  A joint team of Cuttack and Khordha flying…

------  Heavy downpour expected during Ratha Jatra in Puri: IMD. ------  731 pilgrims including 298 women from Odisha to go on 45-day Haj Pilgrimage from mid-July. ------  Former Bhawanipatna MLA Dusmanta Naik quits Congress, citing…

-----  Met Dept forecasts thunderstorm,lightening and heavy rains in 11 districts including Kendrapara, Puri, Keonjhar, Angul, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur and Cuttack till 6.15 PM today. -----  140…

ONI Bureau:  ----- Separated conjoined twins Jaga Kalia recovering well at AIIMS, Delhi. ----- Erik Solheim, UN Environment head hails Odisha Govt for taking steps to ban use of plastic from Oct 2 in 6 cities & in the entire state in…

ONI Bureau:  ---- Odisha ranked 14 in Ease of Doing Business rankings released by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry today. Odisha finds place in the list of "achievers" with a score of 90-95%. ---- District & Sessions Judge…

----  Supreme Court directs Odisha govt to appoint Lokayukta within two months. ----  Odisha CM announces ban on the use of plastic polythenes in Odisha from October 2 on Gandhi Jayanti. ----  Bhartruhari Mahtab and Tathagat Satpathy…

----- Engine of Puri-Cuttack passenger train leaves behind three bogies at Puri station and travels 5 kms; returns 28 minutes later to pick the carriages. ----- Odisha Govt to present detailed report on the progress made for appointment…

ONI Bureau: -----  Kendrapara SDJM court allows Odisha Crime Branch STF to take gangster Tito on another 4-day remand; Crime Branch likely to seek court permission to attach gangster Tito's properties. -----  Storm in a Teacup: MP…