Jharsuguda: To protect workers from the ongoing heatwave and sunstroke in the district, the labour department has issued a notice to Chakradharpur railway division for engaging labourers in outdoor activity from 11 am to 3:30 pm, in violation of govt guidelines.According to department officials, assistant labour officer Tarun Kumar Mohanty inspected the under-construction railway overbridge…
Bhubaneswar: Jharsuguda town on Friday recorded 44.8°C, the hottest in the state as there was no relief from the intense heat in this pocket, said an official report from the IMD. On Wednesday, the industrial town was hottest in the country at 44.6°C. Friday’s record temperature in industrial town was 3.6°C more compared to normal.IMD…
Bhubaneswar: A special one-day session has been scheduled in the assembly on April 30 to discuss women’s participation in democracy, a provisional calendar issued by the assembly secretariat revealed on Friday.The single-agenda session comes in the backdrop of the defeat of the women’s reservation Bill in Parliament on April 17, when the Constitution (131st Amendment)…
Bhubaneswar: JSW Steel and Japan’s JFE Steel Corporation on Friday announced the formation of a joint venture company – JSW JFE Steel – in Sambalpur with chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi hailing the partnership as one that would significantly strengthen Odisha’s capacity in high-grade and speciality steel.The JV entails an investment of over Rs 30,000…
Bhubaneswar: At least seven forest personnel, including a forester and two forest guards, were injured in a mob attack at Fekalsahi village under Baripada forest division in Mayurbhanj district on Thursday night after an elephant of Similipal Tiger Reserve strayed into a nearby village, damaging houses and crops. The forest department has lodged a police…
Bhubaneswar: Summer vacations in all govt, govt-aided and private schools across the state are set to begin from April 27, nearly a week ahead of their schedule, amid severe heatwave in Odisha and its impact on children, CM Mohan Charan Majhi announced on Friday. Usually, the summer vacations in Odisha schools start from May first…
Cuttack: Orissa high court has come to the rescue of 104 workers whose jobs had not been made permanent since 1994 due to administrative apathy, directing the govt to regularise them retrospectively and provide them with all benefits within three months.Calling the prolonged delay — during which 21 of the employees have passed away —…
Kendrapada: A special Pocso court in Jajpur on Friday sentenced a 26-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a teenager in a village last year.The additional district judge-cum-special judge (Pocso), Abhilash Senapati, also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict. In the event of default, he will have…
Berhampur: A massive fire broke out inside Chilika, Asia’s largest brackish water lake, under Tangi range on Thursday night.Though the exact cause of the fire was not known, wildlife officials suspected the mishap was man-made. “Some miscreants might have set afire the Nala grass inside the lagoon, which has dried in summer. We will investigate…
Berhampur: Odisha Rail Infrastructure Development Limited (ORIDL), a joint venture company of the state govt and railway ministry, has started preparing the detailed project report (DPR) for the 258-km-long railway line from Gopalpur to Rayagada, sources said. The railway sources added that the DPR for another line from Gopalpur to Sambalpur (via Rairakhol and Phulbani)…
