Cuttack Dahibara Aludam Day on March 1 Cuttack: The district administration is all set to celebrate ‘Cuttack Dahibara Aludam Day’ on March 1, highlighting the city’s most loved street delicacy.The festival, being celebrated for second year, will be held on lower Baliyatra ground. Over 50 popular ‘dahibara’ vendors from different parts of the city will…
Asian Athletics Association and Athletics Federation of India officials in Bhubaneswar on Friday Asian Athletics Association (AAA) officials inspected the indoor athletics track at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Friday regarding India’s willingness to host the 2028 Asian Indoor Athletics meet.Athletics Federation of India (AFI) had submitted its bid to host the event last year…
Sonepur railway station, one of the stations covered under the project The Khurda Road–Balangir new railway line was first surveyed on Jan 1, 1947, with the original alignment, largely parallel to the Mahanadi, being planned as a 286-km route with an estimated cost of Rs 4.98 crore and a rate of return (ROR) of (-)…
An elephant overpass between Adenigarh and Charichhak stations. Odisha, on an average, reports 85 elephant deaths annually, according to govt data Khurda Road-Balangir new railway line – a 301km-long project conceived even before India became independent, is finally nearing full completion by early next year. One of the country’s oldest pending railway projects, it passes…
Cuttack: Orissa high court on Friday dismissed an election petition filed against BJP MLA and minister Pradeep Bal Samanta, upholding his 2024 victory from Sukinda assembly constituency.Former MLA Pritiranjan Ghadei of BJD, who lost to Samanta by a margin of 9,577 votes, filed the election petition. Ghadei had questioned Samant’s election to the assembly, alleging…
Bhubaneswar: A 25-year-old man was arrested in Angul district on Friday for the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in the district.The girl, a Class VIII student, had gone missing on Thursday after leaving home to pluck spinach from a nearby field. Her body was discovered the following day in an isolated area,…
CM Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurates Odisha Bhawan in New Delhi Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday laid the foundation stone for the new Rs 93.27-crore Odisha Bhavan in New Delhi, a modern complex featuring three basements, seven floors and 45 suites.Majhi said the new building in Chanakyapuri, replacing the old one, will reflect…
The move will improve the quality of life of tribal families by ensuring uninterrupted power supply for lighting, education, healthcare and livelihood activities Cuttack: In a major push towards sustainable development, all remote tribal villages in Cuttack district will be solar powered by the year-end, said collector (Cuttack) Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde on Friday.The initiative aims…
Commuters shield against the sun Bhubaneswar: The IMD forecast on Thursday said both day and night temperature would witness a gradual rise by two to three degrees Celsius in the state during next three days.Such forecast came amid slight fall in night temperature in some pockets of the state. Hill station G Udayagiri in Kandhamal…
Kendrapada: A 26-year-old mason from Jajpur district was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping and impregnating a 17-year-old girl, who worked as a daily labourer with him.The survivor’s mother lodged an FIR on Wednesday, alleging that the accused had been sexually exploiting her daughter for the past five months, resulting in the pregnancy. “Acting on…
