Bhubaneswar: Three persons were arrested by Similipal Tiger Reserve authorities on Thursday for allegedly being in possession of a rare melanistic tiger skin. All three were caught in a coordinated operation carried out jointly by Similipal (south) and Baripada forest divisions.Since it is a melanistic skin, Similipal authorities don’t rule out hunting of such a…
Keonjhar: Three workers were killed and a minor worker was critically injured after a tent collapsed on them during a thunderstorm at Naranpur village under Town police limits here on Thursday afternoon. CM Mohan Charan Majhi expressed condolences to the bereaved families and announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh each from the Chief…
Bhubaneswar: The capital city sweltered on Thursday with season’s highest temperature at 42.2°C, with real feel — a measure of how heat feels on skin — soaring to a blistering 52°C by mid-afternoon. A high humidity of 76% (recorded at 8.30am) added to the woes. However, a thundershower in the evening brought the much-needed relief,…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha director general of police (DGP) Y B Khurania has instructed senior officers to draw up a foolproof crowd-control plan for the upcoming Rath Yatra in Puri on July 16.A preparatory meeting held in Cuttack on Thursday placed crowd management at the top of the agenda, especially in light of last year’s stampede on…
Women protect themselves from heat with umbrellas Bhubaneswar: The capital city sweltered on Thursday with season’s highest temperature at 42.2°C, with real feel — a measure of how heat feels on skin — soaring to a blistering 52°C by mid-afternoon. A high humidity of 76% (recorded at 8.30am) added to the woes. However, a thundershower…
Koraput: A demand has been raised to name the newly proposed train service between Koraput and Puri as Deomali Express while also seeking direct rail connectivity from Koraput to New Delhi. A representation in this regard was submitted to railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw by zilla sarpanch mahasangh, Koraput, members through the district administration on Wednesday.The…
Bhubaneswar: No maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) unit operates at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) though the state govt has been paying a monthly rent of Rs 30 lakh for almost a year to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for taking a big hangar on rent to develop the MRO. The AAI charges…
Bhubaneswar: For Ganjam-based taxi driver Akhila Sadangi and his wife Chandana, their years of sacrifice and perseverance yielded results on Wednesday when AHSE-2026 results were declared.Their son Anshuman (18) cleared the AHSE with an impressive 99.17%, scored 595 marks out of a total of 600 in the examination.“Our prayers have finally been answered. All our…
Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will build a stadium at Daruthenga village on city outskirts though it is a panchayat and not under its administration.Daruthenga is the village that BMC used for years to dump waste. But the civic body no more dumps the waste there but promised peripheral development to the villagers. “We will…
Bhubaneswar: The pass percentage in the Annual Higher Secondary Examination (AHSE) this year has gone up by 3% compared to the previous year. Conducted by Council of Higher Secondary Examination (CHSE), the AHSE-2026 saw an overall pass percentage of 85.85% against last year’s 82.77%. Also, girls outperformed boys in all four streams — arts, science,…
