Manas Mangaraj at opposition leaders meeting in the chamber of Congress president and leader of opposition Bhubaneswar: Manas Mangaraj, BJD parliamentary party leader in the Rajya Sabha, attended two meetings of INDIA bloc floor leaders with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge — one on Friday and another on Saturday — fuelling speculation of the Naveen Patnaik-led…
Cuttack: Coming down heavily on the misuse of public interest litigation (PIL) once again, Orissa high court has dismissed a plea over an alleged village forest land in Kendrapada district as “a mere fancy litigation” and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the petitioners.A division bench of Chief Justice Harish Tandon and Justice M…
Cuttack: More than 40 consumers have allegedly been cheated by a gas agency at Madhupatna since March, with many claiming they received delivery confirmation messages despite not getting LPG cylinders.Cuttack collector Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde has assured the aggrieved residents of action. “We will investigate the complaints thoroughly and take strict action against those found responsible….
Bhubaneswar: There were no band, ‘baja’ or a grand ‘baraat’, instead, a blood donation camp, lines of saplings waiting to be planted, and stacks of neatly folded clothes for distribution among needy — this was the scene at the wedding of Odisha’s Subhashree Subhasmita and Karnataka’s Deepak Kumar N, who have chosen purpose over pomp…
Bhubaneswar: Amid rising daytime temperature, collectors in nine districts have announced closure of anganwadis and all educational institutions, both govt and private, even as the state govt rolled out a standard operating procedure (SOP) to tackle the heat.India Meteorological Department has warned of a severe heatwave in five districts of Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Balangir, Nuapada and…
Bhubaneswar: One in four people in Odisha has non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) — termed metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) — according to the data of the health and family welfare department. “The prevalence of MASLD is 25-30% in the state,” said an official source.With World Liver Day being marked on Sunday, doctors have…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s capital city will host India’s first advanced 3D glass semiconductor packaging unit, with chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi set to lay the foundation stone for the Rs 1,943crore project on Sunday.The facility will be set up by Heterogeneous Integration Packaging Solutions, also known as 3D Glass Solutions. The state govt said the project…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha govt will soon establish the State Institute for Transformative Initiatives (Siti)-Odisha as an apex policy research and strategic advisory body, with chief minister heading its governing council.A resolution to this effect has been issued by the planning and convergence department — under whose administrative control it will operate — positioning Siti-Odisha as the…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha govt will soon establish the State Institute for Transformative Initiatives (Siti)-Odisha as an apex policy research and strategic advisory body, with chief minister heading its governing council.A resolution to this effect has been issued by the planning and convergence department — under whose administrative control it will operate — positioning Siti-Odisha as the…
On March 29, popular Bengali actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee (43) drowned while shooting for a TV serial at Talasari beach. The incident brought into focus safety, awareness and accountability on beaches in Odisha.Frequent drowning incidents have cast a shadow over the state’s beaches. According to statistics, between Jan and March this year alone, six tourists…
