Puri:23/4/23: The construction of chariots for this year’s Rath Yatra started on the occasion of Akshaya Trutiya in Odisha’s Puri city today. The day also marked the commencement of the 21-day Chandan Yatra of Lord Jagannath at Narendra pond in the Holy City. The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) made elaborate arrangements for Rath Anukula or the ceremonial beginning of ...

Bhubaneswar:23/4/23: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy on Sunday successfully conducted a maiden flight trial of a sea-based endo-atmospheric interceptor missile off the coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal. The purpose of the trial, which was conducted on April 21, was to engage and neutralise a hostile ballistic missile threat thereby elevating India ...

Bhubaneswar23/4/23: The Meteorological Department has issued orange warning various districts predicting intermittent rain under the influence of norwester. It also further forcasted lightning, thunder and hailstorm accompanied by wind up to 40 to 50 km per hour. The Regional Meteorological Department has predicted 7 to 11 cm of rain in the State Orange warning has been issued to 11 districts ...

Bhubaneswar :22/4/23: The mortal remains of martyr Debasish Biswal were cremated with full state honour at his native village Alagum Khandayat Sahi near Sakhigopal in Puri district on Saturday. The body of the slain jawan arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in the morning. On arrival, Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal, senior army officials, police commissioner S Priyadarshi paid floral ...

New Delhi:Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy successfully conducted a maiden flight trial of sea-based endo-atmospheric interceptor missile off the coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal on April 21, 2023. The purpose of the trial was to engage and neutralize a hostile ballistic missile threat thereby elevating India into the elite club of Nations having ...

Koraput:22/4/23:The two days Bharateeya Paramparik Kreeda Mahotsava organized jointly by the Central University of Odisha and Kreeda Bharati began on 21st April 2023. The inaugural session of this programme was held at main Sports Ground of CUO. The Kreeda Mahotsava was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Education, Dr. Subhas Sarkar. The University organized an event of ...

Dhamra, 22/04/2023: 79th National fire service week was celebrated in the premises of Adani Dhamra Port. On this occasion, Mr Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Chief Operating Officer, Adani Dhamra Port and Mr Pankaj Singhal, Head, Safety Department, APSEZ paid their tributes to martyrs, who served in the fire service. This year’s theme was ‘Awareness in fire safety for growth of national ...

Keonjhar:20/4/23:  Principal Secretary RD, Sri Sanjay Kumar Singh, IAS has inspected the ongoing HL Bridge (10 x 30.63 m c/c) over river Baitarani at 3rd Km on Uchabali to Uttaraposi Road via-Padampur in Champua Block of Keonjhar District. Collector Keonjhar, EIC Rural Works and CE(Bridges) were present during his inspection. Principal Secretary instructed the Agency to complete the work in ...

Jharsuguda:18/4/23: BJD candidate Dipali Das today submitted nomination papers for the by-poll to Jharsuguda Assembly segment which fell vacant after the death of her father and former Minister Naba Das. She came in a grand procession and reached the Manmohan school grounds after offering prayers at the Pataneshwari temple in Jharsuguda city. From the schools ground, Dipali reached the office ...

New Delhi:17/4/23: Ganjam district of Odisha brought glory to the state by winning maximum awards at the National Panchayat Awards-2023. Ganjam, which is home district of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, bagged the Best District Panchayat award under the Nanaji Deskhmukh Sarvottam Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar category at National Conference on Incentivization of Panchayats-cum-Award Ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi ...