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  • Tiger population drops from 28 to 20 in Odisha

    Tiger population drops from 28 to 20 in Odisha

    Bhubaneswar: The estimated tiger population in Odisha dropped to 20 from 28 according to Tiger Estimation Report released by Govt of India on International Tigers Day. 

    The Tiger Estimation Report was released today by GoI on the occasion of the “Global Tiger Day” at Corbett Tiger Reserve. It shows estimated number of tigers in Similipal Tiger Reserve to have increased to 16 from the previous estimated figure of 08 in 2018.

    Efforts of frontline forest personnel and forest fringe villages of similipal deserve appreciation. In fact, on this occasion, Late Mathy Hansdah, Forester n Late Bimal Kr Jena, FG who laid their life protecting TR have been posthumously felicitated by NTCA together with Sri Himanshu Sethi, FG.

    However, overall tiger estimated population is now 20 (ranging in between 17-24) from previous such figure of 28 (range then being 26-30). Aforesaid estimation is based on the field exercise done in 2021-22.

    As ordered by CM Naveen during last review of the departmental works in May, 2023, we will be carrying out the estimation ourselves in the State commencing from Oct 2023. This exercise will provide the updated status of the tigers in the State.

  • Odisha CM inaugurated 13 academic & 28 hostel buildings of OAVS

    Odisha CM inaugurated 13 academic & 28 hostel buildings of OAVS

    Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated 13 academic buildings and 28 hostel buildings of Odisha Adarsa Vidyalaya Sanghatan (OAVS) today and also laid foundation for 276 hostel buildings of Odisha Adarsha Vidyalayas. In a special function organised at Lokseva Bhavan convention centre .

    Addressing the gathering on this occasion Patnaik said that this magnificent infrastructure will pave way for development of quality education eco-system for our students.

    Highlighting the objective of Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya he said that it was established with the idea to reach out and provide quality education in English medium to each deserving child preferably from rural area and to make Odisha Adarsha Vidyalayas a role model for the country. Since its inception, Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya has been made operational in all 314 blocks of Odisha and one ICONIC OAV at Bhubaneswar to provide quality education to meritorious students, he added.

    Emphasizing on Quality education he said it  had been my Government’s priority all along. Our Vidyalayas are experiencing transformational changes under 5T initiative.

    Odisha Adarsha Vidyalayas are dedicated to provide quality Education to talented rural & Semi urban students at block level in CBSE pattern. OAVS has brought a number of innovative measures to improve the system of education.

    The Chief Minister also congratulated all the new entrants who are selected through OAV Entrance Test.

    He also felicitated meritorious students of CBSE 10th and 12th standard including those qualified for NEET, JEE Advanced and other National level competitions. He expressed hope that, the constant effort of teachers, parents, school management and local community in general would transform OAVs to Centers of Excellence in coming days.

    Among others minister school and mass education Sudam Mandry, Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena, Advisor OAVs Upendra tripathy also spoke on the occasion. School and Mass Education Department Secretary Aswathi gave the welcome address.

  • Low pressure area likely to be formed, Odisha to receive heavy rainfall for 5 days

    Low pressure area likely to be formed, Odisha to receive heavy rainfall for 5 days

    Bhubaneswar: The latest bulletin of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) revealed that a low pressure area likely to be formed over the northwest Bay of Bengal adjoining north Odisha and West Bengal coasts.

    The weather department also issued orange and yellow warning for heavy rainfall warnings for Odisha for the next five days.

    Valid from 8.3O AM of 25.06.2023:

    Orange Warning: heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Dhenkanal and Cuttack.
    Yellow Warning: Heavy rainfall (7 to 11 cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Angul, Deogarh, Sundergarh, Sambalpur, Boudh, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri.
    Valid from 8.3O AM of 25.06.2023 upto 8.3O AM of 26.06.2023:

    Orange Warning: heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) very likely to occur at a few places over the districts of Sambalpur, Angul, Boudh, Sonepur, Bargarh, Deogarh, Balangir, Sundergarh, Keonjhar and Jharsuguda with extremely heavy rainfall (>20cm) at one or two places over the districts of Sambalpur, Sonepur and Boudh.
    Yellow Warning: Heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) very likely to occur at one or two palaces over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Khurda, Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur and Nuapada.
    Valid from 8.3O AM of 26.06.2023 upto 8.3O AM of 27.06.2023:

    Orange Warning: Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 2ocm) very likely to occur at a few places over the districts of Bargarh, Balangir, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Boudh and Nabarangpur with extremely heavy rainfall (>20cm) at one or two p|-aces over the districts of Balangir, Kalahandi and Bargarh.
    Yellow Warning: heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Jharsuguda, Sundergarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Cuttack, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Malkangiri and Koraput.
    Valid from 8.3O AM of 27.06.2023 upto 8.3O AM of 28.06.2023:

    Yellow Warning: Heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Balangir, Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Sundergarh and Keonjhar.

  • Duleep Trophy: Odisha Opener Shantanu Mishra In East Zone Squad; Suryakant Pradhan On Stand-By

    Duleep Trophy: Odisha Opener Shantanu Mishra In East Zone Squad; Suryakant Pradhan On Stand-By

    Bhubaneswar: Odisha opener Shantanu Mishra has been named in the East Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy.

    The tournament will be played in Bengaluru from June 28 to July 16.

    The 29-year-old Shantanu had a good run in last season’s Ranji Trophy, scoring an unbeaten double hundred and a century besides three 50s.

    Another Odisha player Suryakant Pradhan, a medium-pacer, has been named as stand-by No. 1 for the Duleep Trophy, according to an Odisha Cricket Association press release.

    The Duleep Trophy will kick off the 2023-24 season. It’s the earliest start to the Indian domestic season, which has never got underway in June.

    With the south-west monsoon having arrived in the country, there is the possibility of rain disrupting some of the early-season matches.

  • Odisha: Wagons of good train gets detached near Keshinga

    Odisha: Wagons of good train gets detached near Keshinga

    Kalahandi: In a shocking incident, a goods train’s wagons parted away from its engine near Keshinga Railway station in Odisha’s Kalahandi district. The major accident was averted because of the presence of mind of the loco pilot as he stopped the train within 30 meters of the wagons getting detached.

    According to the sources, several wagons of the goods train carrying aluminum got separated from the middle when the train was crossing the station. The loco pilots noticed the detachment of the wagons and immediately halted the train. Later, the wagons were attached. The train was en route to Angul from Damanjodi.

    On being informed, the railway department officials reached the spot and started to investigate the matter.

    Further detailed reports related to the case are awaited.

  • Odisha CM distributes Rs 117.73 crores allowance to cook-cum-helpers

    Odisha CM distributes Rs 117.73 crores allowance to cook-cum-helpers

    Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday sanctioned a financial assistance of Rs 117.73 crores for the Cook-cum-helpers (CCH) (Pachika-Sahayikas) employed in the schools of the state. The CM also provided an allowance of Rs 500 for each of them towards sarees.

    Reportedly, Rs 117.73 crores have been sanctioned as financial assistance and Rs. 5.45 crores have been disbursed to the bank accounts of one lakh nine thousand pachikas of the state.

    Speaking on this occasion, Chief Minister Patnaik said that the role of mid-day meal is very important towards education among children. The CCHs are carrying this big responsibility. More than 45 lakh children are studying in more than 50 thousand schools. Like mother, you they have taken the responsibility of feeding these children. Hence, the entire society is indebted to them, the CM said.

    Expressing that the lunch program is going on through 4730 Mission Shakti groups, the Chief Minister said that like all other responsibilities, you are fulfilling this responsibility well.

    Commenting that the reputation of Mission Shakti is increasing day by day, the Chief Minister said that efforts will continue to empower women through Mission Shakti.

    Stating that the CCHs have been trained in food and hygiene, the Chief Minister hoped that they would maintain hygiene and food safety in the mid-day meal.

    It is worth noting that 45.55 lakh students from class I to VIII are getting benefited in 50,862 schools in the state. 1.09 lakh cook-cum-helpers of 4730 Mission Shakti groups are engaged in the preparation of the Mid-day meal.

    Earlier in 2017-18, they were sanctioned Rs 250 per person as Saree allowance.

  • Odisha train tragedy: Injured undergoing treatment at SCB succumbs

    Odisha train tragedy: Injured undergoing treatment at SCB succumbs

    Cuttack: One of the injured in the horrific Balasore train accident succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment in SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack.

    The deceased has been identified as Bijaya Paswan of Bihar. According to sources, after the accident, Bijaya was rushed to SCB Hospital in Cuttack. He was undergoing treatment at the central ICU ward of the hospital. However, he succumbed to injuries on Tuesday morning. He is the first among all the injured passengers to succumb.

    On the other hand, CBI is probing for the cause of the Bahanaga train accident. CBI is also looking at whether it is a human-made error or mechanical error or if is there a bigger conspiracy behind the triple train tragedy. The Central Investigation Agency will conduct a thorough investigation in this regard.

    It is to be noted here that 275 people were killed while over 1,100 others were injured following a triple train mishap at Bahanaga railway station in Odisha’s Balasore district on June 2. The three trains which were involved in the accident are the 12864 Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express, and a goods train.

  • Heatwave condition to continue for next 3-4 days in Odisha

    Heatwave condition to continue for next 3-4 days in Odisha

    Bhubaneswar: Heatwave to severe heat wave conditions are likely to continue in some districts of Odisha for the next three to four days, the regional center of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) here said in a bulletin on Sunday morning. After that, the temperature is likely to drop slightly.

    While six places in the state experienced severe heatwave conditions, three districts experienced heatwave conditions during the last 24 hours.

    The summer currents and above-normal temperatures experienced in various locations in the state during the last 24 hours areas are as follows:

    Severe heatwave:

    Hirakud: +7.2°C
    Keonjhar: +7.1°C
    Bolangir: +6.9°C
    Jharsuguda: +6.6°C
    Sambalpur: +6.5°C
    Heatwave

    Koraput: +6.0°C
    Sundergarh: +5.9°C
    Titlagarh: +5.5°C
    Bhavanipatna: +5.5°C

  • Yet again, goods train catches fire in Odisha!

    Yet again, goods train catches fire in Odisha!

    Balasore: A fire broke out in a goods train yet again in Odisha. A fire broke out in Jaleshwar under Balasore district of Odisha on Saturday.

    This incident has been reported from Rupsa station of South Eastern Railway. A fire allegedly broke out while the coal-laden goods wagon was standing at the station.

    While the cause of the fire is unclear, the Balasore Fire Department has reached the spot and is trying to douse the fire.

    An investigation has been started by the railways as to how the fire started.

    The passengers of the Durg-Puri Express were left panic-stricken near Khariar Road Station of Odisha’s Nuapada district on June 9, 2023 evening after a minor fire was reported in the train.

    According to sources, the brake pads of the AC coach of Puri-Durg Express caught fire due to certain glitches in the brake shoe.

    Trouble seems to have been mounting on the railway department as accidents in trains seem to have become frequent with each passing day.

    The recent tragic three-train mishap i Bahanaga station of balasore district in Odisha still haunts people. It is worth mentioning that the incident that took place on June 2, 2023 (Friday) was gut wrenching  and as many as 288 people lost their lives, more than 1000 were injured.

  • Casting Couch Slur Rocks Odisha Film Industry As Producer Sanjay Nayak & Actresses Prakruti & Jasmine Trade Charges; Check Chats

    Casting Couch Slur Rocks Odisha Film Industry As Producer Sanjay Nayak & Actresses Prakruti & Jasmine Trade Charges; Check Chats

    Bhubaneswar: Ghost of the casting couch returned to haunt Ollywood after WhatsApp conversations between actresses Prakruti Mishra, Jasmine Rath and other artists, in which they accused producer Sanjay Nayak aka Tutu Nayak of exploiting newcomers, went viral on Friday.

    Sharing her experience, Jasmine told the media that she was thrown out of a project for refusing to meet Tutu Nayak at a club in Bhubaneswar. “I had a professional meeting with him about 4-6 months and he was worried how I would be able to manage dates since I was doing a serial and was under contract. They then asked me to join at a club. Since it was already 10 pm and I was shooting for Manoj Mishra’s ‘Hi Krushan’, I declined. My friend, who is also his relative, called to assure him that there would be no problem. He was also the associate producer of the show I was doing and was therefore managing my dates,” she said while responding to the producer’s press brief in which he alleged that she lacked professionalism and asked her boyfriend to contact him on dates.

    Jasmine further alleged that this had hurt his ego and he went on a character assassination drive against her because of which she lost some more movies for which discussions were on.