Bhubaneswar/Pipili: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday laid the foundation stone for a state-of-the-art Pipili appliqué handicrafts hub in Puri district.The five-storey integrated facility, to be built over more than five acres at Jagannathpur under Pipili tehsil, will be developed at an estimated cost of Rs 80 crore by the department of handlooms, textiles and…

Bhubaneswar: Under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) programme, enumeration forms have been distributed to more than one crore of the total voters in the state within six days of the start of this exercise to make the voter list more transparent, updated and error-free, office of the chief electoral officer (CEO), Odisha, said this…

Bhubaneswar: Author, playwright, painter and former IAS officer Jagannath Prasad Das passed away late on Wednesday night at the age of 90, marking the end to an era in Odia literature and public life.CM Mohan Charan Majhi described his passing as an irreparable loss to literature and public service.“He was not only a great writer…

Bhubaneswar: Brics nations on Thursday called for coordinated action to embed disaster risk reduction into core development planning, cautioning that climate change, rapid urbanisation and rising transboundary risks are deepening vulnerabilities across Global South.At the second Brics technical meeting of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Group in Puri, delegates from Indonesia and Ethiopia to South Africa…

NDMA member and HoD Krishna S Vatsa addresses the Brics meeting in Puri on Thursday Puri: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) member and head of the department, Krishna S Vatsa, on Thursday cited Odisha as a model in disaster management, pointing to sustained investments in preparedness, early warning, community participation, evacuation planning and resilient recovery….

The duo was arrested and contraband seized Rourkela: Two inter-state ganja peddlers from Uttar Pradesh have been arrested by Sadar police in Sundargarh district on Thursday for illegally transporting over 89kg of ganja worth around Rs 10 lakh. The duo were identified as Kausal Srivastav (41) of Allahabad and Sunil Kumar Sahu (34) of Sultanpur.Based…

Koraput: Police have installed 14 CCTV cameras at the district headquarters hospital (DHH) in Jeypore. The surveillance system has been set up at key locations on the hospital premises, including the entry and exit points as well as parking areas. Four cameras each have been installed at the hospital’s main entry and exit gates, while…

Berhampur: Two childhood friends were killed when the bullock cart they were travelling in was hit by a speeding sand-laden truck coming from the opposite direction in Ganjam district’s Patapur police station limits in the early hours of Thursday.One of the bullocks, which was pulling the cart, also died on the spot, while another sustained…

Vehicles line up at a petrol pump in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: The state govt has asked all its departments to make advance payments to fuel stations as a precautionary move to ensure uninterrupted supply to govt vehicles amid growing uncertainty arising from the war situation in West Asia.According to an official communication on Wednesday, departments and…

Koraput: A day after officials from Andhra Pradesh visited villages in the disputed Kotia panchayat under Pottangi block to review census-related activities, a team of officials from the Koraput district administration on Wednesday visited the area to assess the situation and monitor the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) survey.The visit comes amid renewed focus on…