Bhubaneswar: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has moved a step closer towards removing sand from the sealed Jagamohan of the Sun Temple at Konark, Odisha’s only World Heritage Site.The national conservation body has started digging a passage between the first and the second ‘pidha’ on the western wall of the Jagamohan for removal of…
Jharsuguda: Western Odisha’s industrial hub has emerged the hottest city in the country on Wednesday, recording a maximum temperature of 44.6°C, the highest so far this summer. According to IMD, Jharsuguda topped the national temperature chart, with Wardha in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region following closely at 44.2°C.Records show that Jharsuguda had also led the list of…
Photo for representation only Bhubaneswar: Lecturers appointed through the State Selection Board (SSB) and working in non-govt aided colleges in Odisha are facing a salary crisis, with payments delayed and, in some cases, withheld since Dec last year. The lecturers allege that the disruption is linked to non-compliance with non-academic tasks related to the Higher…
Mayor Sulochana Das and MLA Ananta Narayan Jena inaugurates resting kiosks in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation on Tuesday announced a series of heatwave measures, including rest sheds for sanitation workers in all wards and 120 temporary drinking water kiosks across the city, to provide relief to commuters, residents and frontline civic staff…
The tribunal asked ORERA to rehear the matter on May 4 Bhubaneswar: In a first, the Kantabada panchayat has approached the Odisha Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (OREAT), challenging the Bhubaneswar Development Authority’s (BDA) decision to grant building plan approval to a private housing project allegedly falling within the panchayat’s jurisdiction, despite lacking the statutory power…
Kendrapada: Bhitarkanika National Park will remain shut for tourists from May 1 to July 31. It is the mating and nesting season of saltwater crocodiles and they might get disturbed by visitors, said Manas Kumar Das, assistant chief conservator, Bhitarkanika National Park.Das said the noise from mechanised boats can disrupt nesting activity, resulting in human-crocodile…
Cuttack: Amid a relentless heatwave pushing temperature beyond 40°C, over 50% of public drinking water coolers installed by Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) have in a deplorable condition, raising serious concerns over the city’s preparedness to tackle the summer crisis.Out of 58 water coolers set up across the city to provide relief to residents, as many…
Berhampur: A fast track court in Phulbani on Tuesday sentenced a 36-year- old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl about six months ago inside a forest in Kandhamal district.Kailash Chandra Swain, the additional district judge-cum-judge of the fast track special court (FTSC) also imposed Rs 20,000 fine on the…
Kendrapada: A 23-year-old woman, who went missing from her village in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday evening, a day after her engagement, was found dead in a field on Tuesday evening, police said.The woman had left home to visit a friend in the village but did not return at night. After a search yielded no results,…
BHUBANESWAR: A DSP-rank officer in Nayagarh district has been booked on charges of alleged sexual harassment of a woman complainant, prompting the SP to remove him from the post of sub-divisional police officer of Khandapada on Tuesday.The action follows a complaint lodged on April 13 by the 31-year-old woman from Nayagarh district. In her complaint,…
