An IMD illustration showing the path of cyclone Dana The landfall process of severe cyclonic storm Dana began on Thursday (October 24, 2024) night and was expected to continue till Friday morning, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The storm moved north-northwest at a speed of 15 kmph over the past six hours before making … Read more
Lakhs of people in Odisha’s coastal districts, especially Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak and Balasore, and in West Bengal are bracing for a harrowing night as the severe cyclonic storm Dana is set to make landfall shortly after midnight on Thursday (October 24, 2024). The landfall process is likely to continue till early morning on Friday. Cyclone … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: ANI Three months after the All India Congress Committee (AICC) dissolved the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) in the wake of the party’s poor performance in the 2024 elections, the Congress has begun deliberating on leadership and organisational reforms to revitalise the State unit. The AICC has appointed Charan Das … Read more
Chief Minister of Odisha Mohan Charan Majhi addressing IAS and IPS officers in Bhubaneswar on September 28, 2024 | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout Close on the heels of a massive controversy that erupted around the alleged custodial abuse of an Army officer and his fiancée in a Bhubaneswar police station recently, Chief Minister Mohan Majhi … Read more
The draft of the Odisha Grama Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas Rules, 2023, which was issued 27 years after the enactment of the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) (PESA) Act, 1996, is expected to be presented before the State Legislative Assembly in the next session. Odisha is among 10 States having Fifth Schedule areas where … Read more
The Odisha government has transferred 18 senior IAS officers, a notification issued by the General Administration department said. Satyabrata Sahu was appointed Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Home department while D K Singh was appointed Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management department. Mr. Sahu is also allowed to hold additional charge of ACS, Forest, Environment … Read more
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former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s close aide V.K. Pandian. File | Videograb: PTI The ruling BJP in Odisha has started an investigation into the alleged extensive use of government choppers by former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s close aide V.K. Pandian during the BJD regime, a Minister said. Mr. Pandian, who announced his retirement from active … Read more
Former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik with his close aide and bureaucrat-turned-politician V.K. Pandian in Bhubaneswar. File photo | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout Whirlwind tours of various districts in 2023 by V.K. Pandian, a close aide of former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, caused quite a stir for which Mr. Patnaik had to defend these visits on the … Read more
A picturesque view of the Sunkarametta trek near Araku in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The mist-clad peaks and meandering streams of the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh and bordering Odisha transform into a charming beauty during the monsoon. As the monsoon rolls in, giving a break to one … Read more