The order said all parents should be sensitised to ensure that their children carry a water bottle while going to school Bhubaneswar: In view of the increase in day temperature, class timings in both govt and private schools have been rescheduled from Friday till the start of summer vacation. According to a govt order issued…
Berhampur: Forest officials in Ganjam district are taking strict measures to protect the eggs laid by Olive Ridley turtles near the Rushikulya river mouth in a rookery during the four-day mass nesting period that ended on March 20.The entire 5km-long stretch has been fenced to prevent the entry of wild animals, while forest staff are…
Cuttack: Police on Thursday arrested one of the two notorious criminals from Bihar, who escaped from the high-security Choudwar circle jail on Oct 3 last year. The arrested accused has been identified as Raja Sahani of Begusarai district in Bihar, who was caught from Rishikesh in Uttarakhand after nearly six months of intensive investigation and…
Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan Bhubaneswar: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday urged CM Mohan Charan Majhi to personally intervene to strengthen coal transportation and industrial road infrastructure in Angul district, citing rising coal output and increasing pressure on existing roads.In a letter to the CM, Pradhan proposed widening the Chhendipada-Angul stretch of State Highway-63…
The agreement was signed in New Delhi on Wednesday in the presence of Union coal and mines minister G Kishan Reddy Bhubaneswar: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited and Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Limited have signed a land lease agreement for a 2,000-tonnes per day coal-to-ammonium nitrate project at Lakhanpur in Jharsuguda district, marking a significant step…
Jharkhand-native Maoist Mongri Hunanga surrendered to Rourkela police on Monday Rourkela: Jharkhand-native Maoist Mongri Hunanga (19), whose recent surrender was questioned by her family members claiming she was not associated with the banned outfit, has issued a video statement asserting her parents are misleading the media. Hunanga, who surrendered to Rourkela police on March 30,…
Berhampur: A 20-year-old unmarried woman, who tried to self-immolate at her village house in Ganjam district’s Kotinada police station limits last week, succumbed to her burn injuries during treatment at MKCG Medical College and Hospital here on Wednesday night.The woman, a college dropout, doused herself in kerosene on March 28, a day after lodging a…
The modus operandi came to light after police intercepted a car carrying 31 kg of ganja Bhubaneswar: Police in Subarnapur district on Thursday uncovered a ganja trafficking tactic in which smugglers allegedly used women and a child as cover, posing as a family on a road trip to avoid police checks.The modus operandi came to…
Several food items requiring higher gas consumption have been removed from menus Puri: Shortage of cooking gas in Puri has started affecting the Puri’s tourism sector, with restaurants reducing items on the menu and increasing food prices by 30% to 40%. The situation has lead to a 10% to 20% decline in tourist arrivals, particularly…
Patra said PNG would offer a more reliable, cost-effective and convenient alternative to LPG, which is currently around 13% more expensive than piped gas Bhubaneswar: In a major shift in the state’s cooking gas landscape, food supplies and consumer welfare minister Krushna Chandra Patra on Thursday announced that piped natural gas (PNG) connections will be…
