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Severe Heatwave Warning issued in Coastal Odisha for 3/4 Days
Bhubaneswar on Thursday sizzled with a temperature of 44.2 degree Celsius by 1 PM. Around 17 other places recorded above 40 degrees. Other towns as Titlagarh, Sonepur, Bhawanipatna, Talcher and Bolangir are recorded over 40 degrees.…
Odisha CM dedicates 100 Rural Drinking Water Supply Projects in the State
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik dedicated 100 rural drinking water supply projects in the state. The projects will benefit 1,72,000 people residing in 107 villages across the state.
Patnaik said, there had 459 drinking water…
Breach in Odisha’s Indravati Dam; 100 acres of agricultural land submerged
Nearly 100 acres of agricultural land in Paraja Nagafeni area of Jayapatna block in Odisha's Kalahandi district was submerged due to a breach created in Indravati dam.
The artificial flood has damaged total crops in the fields. The…
Bhasha Andolan pays Homage to Utkal Gourab Madh Babu
The members of Bhasha Andolan on Thursday remembered Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das on the occasion of his 168th birth anniversary by paying floral tributes at his statue in Bhubaneswar.
Bhasha Andolan has recently called a clarion call to…
Aparajita Gochhikar wins Silver at World Amateur Chess Championship, Greece
Odia Chess star Aparajita Gochhikar has won silver medal in the women’s category in World Amateur Chess Championship held in Greece recently with a score of 6.5 points. Gochhikar also bagged bronze in the open category.
Aparajita has won…
A Tribute to Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das
By Hemanta Pande: Madhusudan Das, popularly known as Kulabruddha (Grand Old Man),Utkal-Gourab (Glory of Odisha), was the architect of the province (now state) known as Orissa ( now Odisha). He was a visionary par excellence and a tireless…
Marijuana Cultivation declines in Odisha
In another development of excise enforcement activities, the illegal cannabis cultivation has declined in the State during the current crop year particularly in the districts like Angul, Deogarh Sambalpur wherethese plants were…
Sudarsan Pattnaik wins Gold in Sand Art contest in Russia
The renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik from Odisha has won gold medal in an International Sand Art Championship held at Russia. The Championship had started on April 21 at Kolomenskoye, Moscow.
He has participated the ninth Moscow…
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik urges Centre to fill up 8 vacant HC Judge posts
After returning from Delhi, today Naveen Patnaik said to media persons that he had urged centre to fill up 8 vacant High Court Judge posts.
Chief Minister urged for filling of eight Judge posts in the Orissa High Court at the joint…
Minor fire breaks out at Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s Chamber
A minor fire broke out in the chamber of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik due to electrical short-circuiting. No one reported injured or no document in the chamber was damaged. Only a television set and set-top box were damaged.…