Bhubaneswar: Odisha has emerged as the top-performing state in the country in completion of houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U 2.0), with the state consistently ranking number one since March 2025, officials said.Since the launch of PMAY-U 2.0 in Sept 2024, Odisha has shown steady progress in providing affordable housing to urban beneficiaries. From…
Bhubaneswar: To fast-track the Bargarh-Nuapada new line project work, the railways issued tenders for construction of bridges on rivers Jeera and Ong and a major portion of the railway line. It also started disbursing compensation to people who have given their land for the project.This important railway project of western Odisha, sanctioned by the ministry…
An Andhra official conducts Census at a Kotia village on Thursday Koraput: Just two days after state ministers visited the disputed Kotia region under Pottangi block in the district to reaffirm the state’s administrative presence and speed up development works, Andhra Pradesh on Thursday reportedly began its own Census process in the villages, claimed by…
Cuttack: The petition seeking termination of a minor rape survivor’s 31-week pregnancy took a new turn on Thursday with the counsel for the petitioners informing Orissa high court that the family is now willing to continue with her pregnancy until full term after AIIMS Bhubaneswar flagged health risk to the minor in event of an…
Bhubaneswar: Fresh controversy has erupted over the data presented before the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal, with the Mahanadi Banchao Andolan (MBA) alleging that figures submitted jointly by Odisha and Chhattisgarh were misleading and detrimental to the state’s interests.Addressing a press conference, MBA convener Sudarshan Das on Thursday said the data, prepared by a joint expert…
The study comes at a time when Odisha is set to face more frequent and intense localised flooding in the upcoming monsoon season Bhubaneswar: In a breakthrough for weather forecasting, researchers from IIT Bhubaneswar have developed an ensemble-based spatial attention artificial intelligence (AI)-based model that can predict rainfall at the district level far more accurately…
CM Mohan Charan Majhi at the investors’ meet in Vadodara on Monday Bhubaneswar: Odisha secured investment intents worth Rs 48,330 crore during a three-day roadshow ending Thursday in Gujarat led by CM Mohan Charan Majhi, signing eight MoUs and 63 investment intent forms with a projected 67,838 jobs, officials said on Thursday.Addressing mediapersons in Vadodara,…
BHUBANESWAR: Family members of government railway police constable Soumya Ranjan Swain, who was lynched by a mob in Balianta area here on Thursday for his alleged daylight rape attempt on a 24-year-old woman on the road, have demanded the suspension of police officers present at the scene, alleging that they failed to rescue him. Sources…
This aims to provide organised parking spaces and rest facilities for truck drivers and helpers Bhubaneswar: The state govt will construct 23 modern truck terminals along national highways across Odisha, equipped with parking facilities and hotel amenities to ease congestion and improve logistics infrastructure, transport minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena said on Thursday.The terminals, aimed at…
Trees being cleared for Park project in Baripada Cuttack: National Green Tribunal’s east zone bench has issued notices to multiple authorities on allegations of illegal tree felling and land clearing for a proposed Rs 28-crore urban development project at Jubilee Park in Mayurbhanj district’s Baripada municipality.The order, dated April 30 and uploaded on May 6,…
