BHUBANESWAR: As the world famous ‘Car Festival’ of Puri looms, ‘Maharanas’, ‘Chandua’ makers and other decorators are in full swing to complete all preparations before the festival. Chandua artistes of Pipli, who have been creating draperies for the three chariots since ages, have begun their...
Bhubaneswar: After revealing about her same-sex relationship a couple of days back, ace Indian sprinter Dutee Chand Tuesday accused her elder sister Saraswati of blackmailing her. Addressing media persons at a press conference in a city hotel here, the national 100m record holder also said...
Bhubaneswar: Apparently, the Commissionerate Police have failed to curb increasing incidents of snatching occurring frequently across the city. Unknown miscreants robbed two students of a local institution of their mobile phones at Vani Vihar under Sahid Nagar police station limits Monday evening. The snatchers also...
BHUBANESWAR: Even as a fortnight has passed since the extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani wreaked havoc in Odisha and both the government and the civil society organisations are on their toes to accelerate the relief and rehabilitation process, there are a number of lacunae which...
Following the announcement of 10th Matric results earlier in the day, Orissa Post interacted with city students to gauge their reactions. Excerpts: Sagarika Mallick, Govt Girls High School, Unit-IX 560/600 (94%) I am not satisfied with my marks at all. After consultation with my teacher,...
BHUBANESWAR: Members of the Fire Safety Team of Vedanta Ltd, Jharsuguda, trained some of their brave women employees to identify potential fire hazards, respond to fire calls, take appropriate and effective action in case of fire, and improve fire safety conditions in the region, in...
Balasore: A student of Pundarungi village in Basta block in this district allegedly committed suicide Tuesday after learning of his failure in the High School Certificate (HSC) examinations conducted by Board of Secondary Education (BSE) Odisha. The deceased has been identified as Sankarsan Sethi, a...
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Monday put the losses incurred by it due to the destruction caused by the severe cyclonic storm Fani at around Rs 230 crore. The assessment revealed that damage to the internal road networks and the drains associated with it...
Bhubaneswar: With no letup in the prevailing heat wave condition across the state, especially in western Odisha, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Monday issued a yellow warning for 10 districts of the state till May 22. Speaking to reporters, Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre’s weather scientist Sashikant said...
Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the devastation caused by Cyclone Fani in Odisha, GAIL (India) Limited Monday contributed Rs 5 crore to Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) as support towards relief and rehabilitation efforts in the state. A cheque of Rs 5 crore was...
The Supreme Court stating on 5 October that it has not approved any modifications to Form 6 being used by...
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India’s air-power shortcomings are becoming harder to ignore. Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, very publicly, flagging Pakistan’s collaboration with China...
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By Aakar Patel While Gandhi Jayanti is still fresh on our minds and the right to peaceful assembly is in...
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By Dilip Cherian A 10-officer reshuffle at the Additional Secretary level may look like routine housekeeping, but if you look...
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