Bhubaneswar: Flash floods triggered by heavy rain fall due to Cyclone Arnab have affected as many as 62,500 people in Ganjam and Gajapati, the worst-hit districts in South Odisha, Chief Secretary Anu Garg said Thursday. Garg reviewed the situation at the office of the Special...
New Delhi: Having undergone a complete overhaul as far as the coaching staff is concerned, a bigger and trickier call for the Mumbai Indians' decision-making group will be deciding on a possible captain, with the two likely options being the tried and tested Rohit Sharma...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday approved 22 industrial investment proposals worth Rs 3,855 crore, which are expected to generate 7,765 jobs, officials said. The proposals were cleared by the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA), headed by Chief Secretary Anu Garg, an official statement...
Kataka: The Orissa High Court Thursday issued notices to five BJD MLAs in a case filed by the regional outfit seeking their disqualification for allegedly defying the party's collective decision and cross-voting in the March 16 Rajya Sabha elections. Justice M S Sahoo directed the...
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...
Bhabanipatana: Dogs and monkeys are often considered natural enemies, but an unusual friendship between a dog and a baby monkey in Bhabanipatana has captured public attention, challenging this age-old perception. The heartwarming sight has been attracting onlookers near Ghodaghat Square in Kalahandi district, where the...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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