Odisha

Jharsuguda: In order to facilitate take-off and landing operations of flights during inclement weather conditions, Instrument Landing System (ILS) will be installed at the Odisha’s Jharsuguda airport soon, said an official. The ILS will be installed at Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Jharsuguda within a time frame of two months and will cost around Rs [...]

Bhubaneswar: At least 11 districts in Odisha will witness rainfall and thunderstorm today, according to the Regional Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar. The districts are Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Angul, Cuttack, Khurda, Nayagarh and Puri, the met department predicted. Moderate thunderstorm with lightning and light to moderate rainfall are likely to occur at some places [...]

Bhubaneswar: The mortal remains of Sahid Naik Ajit Kumar Sahoo today reached Bhubaneswar. Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal paid his rich tributes and laid wreath on the mortal remains at the 120 Battalion (TA) here. Army jawan, Ajit Kumar Sahoo lost his life after sustaining injuries in an IED blast in Pulwama on June 18. [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Director General of Police Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma today reviewed the preparations for the world famous Ratha Yatra to be held on 4th July 2019 at Puri. In a high level meeting held at his camp office in Bhubaneswar, Dr Sharma stressed on better coordination between all the departments involved. An officer of [...]

Bhubaneswar: Good news for users of “Mo Bus’’ as Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) has achieved a consistent ridership of 60,000 passengers in a day by connecting 20 major routes in Bhubaneswar, Khurdha and Cuttack regions. However, while this ridership data makes the public transport company happy, at this juncture the company has appealed to [...]

New Delhi: Biju Janata Dal president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik supported the idea of ‘One nation, One election’ at the all-party chiefs’ meet here today. Naveen said that his party has been always supportive of whatever is being done in the interest of country and its people. “I supported the resolution for One [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) will announced the results of Plus II Arts and Commerce examinations at 3.30 PM on June 21, said Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash here today. The results of Vocational courses will also be announced on the same day.. The students can view their [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today congratulated all successful students of Odisha Joint Entrance Examinations 2019, the results of which were declared by the OJEE Cell for both online and offline examinations on Wednesday. Candidates can view their results on the official website www.ojee.nic.in. As many as 25,731 students gave the test in offline mode, [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today condoled the martyrdom of Odia Jawan Ajit Kumar Sahoo in an encounter with militants in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh to the next of the kin of the martyr. “Deeply saddened by the martyrdom of Odia Jawan Ajit Kumar [...]

Kendrapara: The Odisha Crime Branch today raided the residence of arrested gangster Syed Usman Ali alias Tito at Dilarpur here and detained his two brothers and relative. The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch carried the raid as part of an ongoing investigation against the gangster for his involvement in multiple illegal businesses. [...]