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  • Rain and storm: Orange alert issued for 11 districts

    Rain and storm: Orange alert issued for 11 districts

    Bhubaneswar: The Meteorological Centre here today issued an orange warning for rain accompanied by thunderstorms with lightning over 11 districts of Odisha.

    Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph with hailstorms very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Kalahandi, Rayagada, Koraput, Kandhamal, Ganjam, Cuttack, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Angul, Boudh till tomorrow morning, informed the weatherman.

    Meanwhile, the people of the above-mentioned districts have been advised to keep watch on the weather and take safe shelter during the thunderstorm activity to protect from lightning and follow traffic advisories in urban areas. Harvesting of Rabi crops may be regulated judicially.

    Likewise, yellow warning for thunderstorms with lighting and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Angul, Boudh, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Kandhamal, Koraput, Rayagada, Nuapada till 8.30 AM tomorrow.

    Similarly, thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the rest districts of Odisha.

  • Clash at cinema hall over car parking in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar

    Clash at cinema hall over car parking in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar

    Bhubaneswar: Tension prevailed on the premises of Maharaja Cinema Hall between two groups on Saturday night.

    Report says, two groups had come to watch a movie at Maharaja cinema hall. They had an intense argument regrading car parking and later it turned to a physical altercation.

    As per the video, a girl was seen sitting on top of the car bonnet and started hitting it. A youth who was along with the girl broke the windows of the car.Later, the opponent group then dragged the girl down from the car and had physical fight.

    Following which, a large number of people who had come to watch movie gathered at the spot for nearly half an hour

    On getting information, police rushed to the spot and detained several members of both the groups.

  • Tathagata Satpathy’s ‘I am independent, not in BJD’ comment sparks political debate

    Tathagata Satpathy’s ‘I am independent, not in BJD’ comment sparks political debate

    Bhubaneswar: Former Dhenkanal MP Tathagata Satpathy sparked a political debate in Odisha politics after he said, ‘I am independent, not in BJD.’

    While speaking to the media persons on the occasion of the inauguration of the Sankha Bhavan, the new office building of BJD in Bhubaneswar, Satpathy said, “I am independent, not in BJD and have come here as a journalist. I came because the BJD president invited me. The Sankha Bhavan is looking great.”

    “I have no interest to contest in the 2024 elections,” he added.

    It is to be noted here that Tathagata Satpathy was a member of the 12th, 14th, 15th and 16th Lok Sabha. He represented the Dhenkanal constituency and was re-elected for the fourth time in 2014. He was also the Biju Janata Dal’s chief whip in the lower house of the Parliament. He did not contest the 2019 election and had announced not to stay away from politics and work as a journalist. Since then he was not seen in any of the programs of the State ruling party.

    However, his attendance at the inauguration of the Sankha Bhavan today has now become a subject of discussion in Odisha politics.

    Several senior politicians and BJD leaders and workers from across the State attended the inauguration of the Sankha Bhavan.

  • Naveen Patnaik inaugurated Bajra Shakti Cafe at Lok Seva Bhawan

    Naveen Patnaik inaugurated Bajra Shakti Cafe at Lok Seva Bhawan

    Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister inaugurated various people-centric projects including a Millet Shakti Cafe at Lok Seva Bhawan on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya and Krushak Divas today.

    With the inauguration of the Millet Shakti Cafe at Lok Seva Bhawan, till now as many as 142 millet outlets have been opened across the state.

    The state government has implemented the Millet Mission after realising the importance of Mandia and other millet food grains in controlling malnutrition.

    Later, the Chief Minister also inaugurated the Krushi Samiksha Kendra (KSK) virtually. The KSK, which is India’s first integrated command & control centre in the agriculture domain, has been set up under the 5T approach of the state government on the premises of Krushi Bhavan.

  • The mayor inspected the planning site in Pakki Phulwari locality

    The mayor inspected the planning site in Pakki Phulwari locality

    Daughter. The drainage system of Pakki Phulwari locality of Ward 5 of Municipal Corporation area will be further improved. People who have been facing water logging for years will soon get a big relief. Giving information after observing the location of the drain to be built by Mayor and junior engineer Manish Kumar in Pakki Phulwari, Municipal Corporation Mayor Garima Devi Sikariya said that from Ajay Tiwari’s house in the locality near Arun Kumar’s plot to NH 727 The construction of this RCC drain of total length of 616 feet will cost more than 19.22 lakhs.

    Mayor Sikariya also said that making the entire Municipal Corporation area water-logging free is one of his first priorities. Initiatives are also going on on the plan to treat the dirty water of the drain and make it suitable for reuse along with the best drainage system in the entire Municipal Corporation area. The Mayor informed that the initiative to publish tenders on the basis of ward-wise survey is going on. He said that in the upcoming rainy season, people do not have to face the problem of water logging anywhere, for this the municipal administration is working and taking other initiatives at many levels.

  • Scorching road accidents continue in the state, 4 killed in a day

    Scorching road accidents continue in the state, 4 killed in a day

    Bhubaneswar: Despite promotion of awareness about traffic rules by different agencies in Odisha, road accidents continue to take human lives as 4 persons were killed in separate mishaps on Saturday.

    In the first accident in the afternoon of the day, two youths were killed and one was injured after an SUV in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck in Bhadrak district.

    The mishap took place when the youths were coming in the SUV from West Bengal to Bhubaneswar on NH-16. As they reached Ranital under the Bhadrak Rural police limits, the driver crashed into the truck.

    The two youths died on the spot while the third person was critically injured. The locals informed the police.

    The police with the help of the locals brought the bodies of the deceased out of badly mangled vehicle. They also rushed the injured person to the district headquarters hospital (DHH). The identity of the victims has not been confirmed.

    In the other accident, a man and his three-year-old son were crushed to death after being run over by a truck in Talcher of Angul district.

    It may be noted that the Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) had decided to hold a programme in the schools on April 22 to promote awareness among school students about traffic rules and bring down road accidents.

  • Mobile internet services resume in Sambalpur; 7 hours relaxation in curfew

    Mobile internet services resume in Sambalpur; 7 hours relaxation in curfew

    Bhubaneswar: After a gap of 10 days since Hanuman Jayanti group clash, internet services resumed in Odisha’s Sambalpur town on Sunday with overall improvement in situation which also saw curfew being relaxed from 5 am to 8 pm.

    Internet had been suspended since April 13 in the western Odisha town as a precautionary measure to prevent spread of inflammatory messages and fake messages amid the unrest. While broadband and leased line services were resumed for a limited time period of seven hours from 10 am to 5 pm, the suspension of mobile internet was extended till April 22.

    A toll-free number was also issued for the public to report circulation of inappropriate messages or posts carrying hatred speech or false news.

    Eid was a low-key affair in the town on Saturday as Muslim community offered prayers at different mosques. There was no mass prayer at Eidgah at Sakhipara due to restrictions on gatherings imposed by the districts administration.

    Meanwhile, the Odisha unit of the BJP has sought a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to unravel the alleged conspiracy behind the clash that occurred on April 12 and 14.

  • New Covid cases cross 500 in Odisha state; Sambalpur Weekly Positivity Rate 48%

    New Covid cases cross 500 in Odisha state; Sambalpur Weekly Positivity Rate 48%

    Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID caseload in Odisha breached the 500-mark with 502 of 6,616 samples testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, the state health department informed on Sunday.

    While the test positivity rate (TPR) has surged to 7.5%, Odisha now has 2,926 active cases.

    This came amid a sharp fall in new infections in India, which logged 10,112 cases against 12193 the previous day.

    Odisha had reported 489 fresh cases on Saturday and 387 and 431 infections on Thursday and Friday respectively, 377 on Wednesday while the daily caseloads on Tuesday and Monday were 269 and 268 respectively.

    Between April 16 and April 22, Sambalpur recorded a weekly TPR of 48.03% followed by 25% in Sonepur, 20.99% in Sundargarh, 14.10% in Kalahandi and 13.94% in Nuapada, according to data shared by the Health Ministry.

    The state has been witnessing a steady rise in the number of patients complaining of high fever and soar throat. Since most of those being screened are testing positive for COVID, the health experts suspect that others with similar symptoms might also be infected with coronavirus.

    Amid a a spurt in cases in two bordering blocks of Nabarangpur in last two weeks, the Odisha government on Friday asked officials of districts bordering Chhattisgarh to keep a track on people coming from the neighbouring state and test them for COVID-19 if they show symptoms. A team of health officials led by Public Health Director Niranjan Mishra also visited Koraput, Malkangiri and Nabarangapur to review the preparedness.

    The state has so far reported 3 deaths due to COVID this year.

    Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has upgraded Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 to a COVID-19 “variant of interest” (VOI) due to its “sustained increase” and “growth advantage” reported from several countries.

  • Naveen Patnaik Dedicates BJD’s New Office ‘Shankha Bhawan’ To People Of Odisha

    Naveen Patnaik Dedicates BJD’s New Office ‘Shankha Bhawan’ To People Of Odisha

    Bhubaneswar: On the auspicious occasion of Akshay Tritiya, BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday inaugurated the office of ruling party, aptly named Sankha Bhavan, at Unit-6 area in Odisha capital.

    Sankha (conch) is BJD’s election symbol.

    Dedicating the building to its 4.5 crore denizens, the CM said that Sankha Bhawan will be a confluence point for all those striving for development of the state and protecting it dignity while building a new and empowered Odisha. “This will unite 4.5 crore people of the state. All the programmes of Shankha Bhawan will be dedicated to people of Odisha and aimed at protecting the interest of the state.”

    He further said that 1997 heralded a new era in Odisha politics with the formation of BJD by following the principles of legendary Biju Patnaik. The party, which served the people of Odisha, has now been transformed into a social movement, he added.

    Naveen said that Shankha Bhavan will not only be the centre of social, economic, cultural, and political progress, but also spiritual growth rooted in the principle of Jagannath culture. “It will continue to spread Jagannath culture across the globe while sending out the message of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam.”

    He attributed BJD’s success to consistency and peaceful disposition. “Righteousness has led to joy and peace to prosperity ,” he said, spelling out the success mantra of the party.

  • Continuation of road accidents in the state, 4 died in a day

    Continuation of road accidents in the state, 4 died in a day

    Bhubaneswar: Despite promotion of awareness about traffic rules by different agencies in Odisha, road accidents continue to take lives as 4 persons were killed in separate mishaps on Saturday.

    In the first accident in the afternoon of the day, two youths were killed and one was injured after an SUV in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck in Bhadrak district.

    The mishap took place when the youths were coming in the SUV from West Bengal to Bhubaneswar on NH-16. As they reached Ranital under the Bhadrak Rural police limits, the driver crashed into the truck.

    The two youths died on the spot while the third person was critically injured. The locals informed the police.

    The police with the help of the locals brought the bodies of the deceased out of badly mangled vehicle. They also rushed the injured person to the district headquarters hospital (DHH). The identity of the victims has not been confirmed.

    In the other accident, a man and his three-year-old son were crushed to death after being run over by a truck in Talcher of Angul district.

    It may be noted that the Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) has decided to hold a programme in the schools on April 22 to promote awareness among school students about traffic rules and bring down road accidents.