Koraput: The week-long Subhadra Shakti Mela and Entrepreneurs Mela 2026, hosted by the district administration, ORMAS and the Mission Shakti department, recorded a business turnover of more than Rs 2.5 crore during the seven-day event held at the Dussehra Ground in Jeypore from March 8 to March 14.Officials said the mela, organised in connection with…
Bhubaneswar: Two people, including a woman, died and 29 others were injured as a nor’wester hit four villages in Mayurbhanj district’s Karanjia block, damaging several houses on Sunday. Police Naik (45), who hailed from Keonjhar district, and Malati Mohanta (50) of Tato in Karanjia block died after being stuck in a tornado while they were…
Rahul Garabadu, a second-generation Odia settled in the US, is all set to contest the Georgia State Senate District 7 election to be held later this year. He speaks to Arunika Mohapatra about his plans for the immigrant communityWhat made you decide to contest the election?I am running for the state Senate because District 7…
Bhubaneswar: The family of a 73-year-old woman has donated her liver after she was declared brain-dead, helping save the life of a 50-year-old man suffering from end-stage liver failure at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar.Urmila Harichandan, a native of Khurda district, was admitted to the hospital on March 7 following a stroke, after which the…
BHUBANESWAR: The ongoing shortage of commercial LPG cylinders has begun to weigh on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), prompting many to adopt a cautious approach to production. Industries that rely on LPG for heating, soldering, welding, casting and engineering fabrication processes, particularly in the engineering sector, have slowed down operations amid limited or unavailability…
Highlanders Will Be Back At Their Home Venue After More Than A Year & Will Hope To Earn Their First Win Of Season Against Red-hot Jamshedpur FC After 409 days, NorthEast United will be back at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday and take on in-form Jamshedpur FC in their first home match…
Bhubaneswar: The Centre is mulling a Namo Bharat rapid rail service between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack on the lines of the Delhi-Meerut corridor.Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said this in Rajya Sabha, adding that the govt is examining the possibility of this service.The minister told the Rajya Sabha that a new railway line is being sanctioned, under…
Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD and Congress on Saturday accused the ruling BJP of making horse-trading attempts ahead of Monday’s Rajya Sabha elections, even as Congress MLA Sofia Firdous publicly questioned her party’s understanding with the BJD in backing a common independent candidate. The BJP, meanwhile, strongly denied the allegations.Responding to media queries outside the assembly, BJD…
Bhubaneswar: The ongoing shortage of LPG cylinders, which continues to disrupt the operations of restaurants and other eateries in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, has left gig workers associated with food delivery platforms worried. As there has been a reasonable dip in food orders in the last few days, they fear things are going to get worse…
Bhubaneswar: Though many non-resident Indians (NRIs) from West Asia are lining up to return to India, a few Odia women who are in Odisha on a vacation want to return, as per their schedule, to their second home Dubai, where they have built a life for themselves and their families.Many had planned to come to…
