A city-based special NDPS Court in Mumbai on Tuesday granted bail to two youths from Odisha, who were arrested in the sensational drug bust on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).As per reports, the NCB had nabbed Manish Rajgaria with 2.4 grams of Ganja on the latter’s arrival…Continue Reading
The Odisha Government has initiated several schemes and projects with an aim to boost farming in the State. However, the ‘tall’ claims of the government seemed to have fallen flat. Reports of citizen feedback from farmers under the Mo Sarkar initiative have exposed the truth on how the much-hyped government initiatives have failed to wipe the…Continue Reading
In a week from now, it will be nearly twenty months to the outbreak of one of the biggest crisis ever faced by the people, particularly in Odisha. The once-in-a-century pandemic caused by a certain SARS-CoV-2 virus battered the entire state like never before bringing everything to a standstill. Fast forward a year and a half, much…Continue Reading
Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly, Pradipta Naik on Tuesday wrote to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik demanding an investigation by the CBI to uncover the mystery behind the sudden disappearance of a lady teacher of Sunshine Public School, Mamita Meher and alleged sex racket at the school. “The sordid saga of the sudden disappearance of…Continue Reading
The Odisha government on Saturday directed school authorities to undertake hazard hunt exercise as part of preparatory arrangements for the reopening of Class VIII and XI for the academic year 2021-22. “The School Management Committee (SMC) members and teachers/head-teachers will do a hazard haunt exercise to map different potential hazards like hole, open ponds, hanging…Continue Reading
Ahead of the Panchayat Elections in Odisha, the State government on Saturday released the draft reservation list for the post of Zilla Parishad president in all the 30 districts of the State.Amid a state-wide backlash over inadequate representation of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for the other posts in the three-tier elections to the Panchayati…Continue Reading
Amid the long-pending border dispute over Kotia panchayat of Pottangi block in Odisha’s Koraput district, a heated exchange of words reportedly ensued between Pottangi MLA Pitam Padhi and Andhra Pradesh officials on Wednesday.As per reports, Parbatipuram PA–ITDA today held a meeting at Phagunsineri to sabotage the upcoming panchayat elections in Odisha. On getting information about the…Continue Reading
There is likelihood of a low pressure area forming over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal & adjoining north Andaman Sea in the next 48 hours. According to the Bhubaneswar Centre of the India Meteorological department, the low pressure area is likely to form as the cyclonic circulation over north Andaman Sea & neighbourhood persists. The low…Continue Reading
A political wrangle has erupted in Odisha over allegations of inadequate representation to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the reservation of seats for the upcoming three-tier Panchayat elections. Reports collated from various places in Bhadrak, Bargarh, and from Malkangiri to Mayurbhanj, voices of dissent against neglect to OBCs reservations in the draft list for Zilla…Continue Reading