Berhampur: Gajapati district administration on Tuesday claimed to have foiled a bid to marry off a minor girl in Goshani block to a man aged over 30 from a nearby village. The wedding was scheduled for April 29.Acting on a tip-off, a team comprising officials of the district administration, police, block child marriage prevention officer,…
Neelakantha lake in Jeypore Koraput: Resentment is increasing among residents over the inordinate delay in completion of the rejuvenation project of the 250-year-old Neelakantha lake in Jeypore.The Jeypore municipality signed an MoU with the National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd (NBCC) in Aug 2021 to develop the historic lake into a major tourist hub at an…
Koraput: The Koraput administration on Monday completed the Census operations in the 21 disputed villages of Kotia panchayat under Pottangi block, an area claimed by both Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Officials said the exercise was conducted smoothly despite geographical challenges and earlier resistance in some villages.According to charge officer-cum-tehsildar of Pottangi Debendra Dharua, the house…
The couple nabbed by forest personnel at Debrigarh wildlife sanctuary Bhubaneswar: A couple was arrested by Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary personnel late on Sunday night while they were cooking peahen meat. They hunted the peahen from inside Debrigarh forest using a synthetic-made thread snare.Wildlife officials said they seized cooked peahen meat, eggs, mud balls, feathers, axes…
Members of Odisha Govt Outsourcing Employees Federation stage a dharna in Bhubaneswar on Monday Bhubaneswar: Odisha Govt Outsourcing Employees Federation, along with MLAs and MPs, have written letters to chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi regarding the conditions of outsourced employees engaged across various departments in the state.These employees are facing multiple challenges, including job insecurity,…
Employees of the private firm protest in Bhubaneswar on Monday Bhubaneswar: Employees of a private firm, formerly engaged at the dial-112 Odisha police helpline centre in Bhubaneswar, staged a protest outside the office on Monday, opposing their sudden termination.“We were denied entry to the office (state emergency response centre) and told our services were no…
Bhubaneswar: Japan’s ambassador to India, Ono Keiichi, praises dalma, a signature Odisha dish, during the announcement of a joint venture between JSW and Japan’s JFE Steel at Rengali in Sambalpur district recently.CM Mohan Charan Majhi, who was present at the programme, welcomed the envoy along with senior officials and industry representatives. As part of the…
Bhubaneswar: Summer vacations in schools across the state started on Monday, with the school and mass education department rolling out a summer learning programme for students of Sishu Vatika to Class VIII.In the guidelines issued by the school and mass education department, it stated that, in a shift from earlier practices of assigning only holiday…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Law Commission has recommended amending the Shri Jagannath Temple Act, 1955, to enforce a strict dress code for devotees at the 12th-century shrine, including a ban on women wearing shirt and jeans or trousers inside the temple.The proposal also prescribes traditional attire for men. Although dress guidelines were attempted in the…
For representative purposes Bhubaneswar: A team from six institutions, including IIT-Bhubaneswar and NIT-Rourkela, began field work under Samudra Manthan project — which will help the govt create a systematic database of Odisha’s marine bioresources — by collecting samples from Bahuda river mouth in Ganjam. A review of the project, implemented under Odisha Marine Biotechnology Research…
