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Bhubaneswar: The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy successfully flight tested the vertical launch short range surface-to-air missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Tuesday. The flight test was carried out from an Indian Naval Ship against a high-speed unmanned aerial target for demonstration […]

Bhubaneswar: With heavy rainfall in the upper and lower catchment areas of Mahanadi river, flood-like situation is looming over 10 districts of Odisha, officials said on Tuesday. Holding a review meeting on the situation, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik asked the collectors of the 10 districts to remain alert and take all possible steps to tackle […]

Hyderabad: Two students of the Government City College have won medals in the Junior National Fencing competitions held at Cuttack, Odisha. P Vamshi and Baby Reddy, from first year BA, won the gold and silver medals respectively. Government City College Principal Dr. P Bala Bhaskar who felicitated the students on Tuesday said games and sports […]

Hyderabad: An Inter-State Declaration of Intent to collaborate in the fight against human trafficking was signed by six States — Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha and Tamil Nadu, here on Saturday. The two-day Southern Regional Consultation to Combat Human Trafficking, hosted by the Telangana Government in collaboration with the nonprofits Prajwala and Shakti Vahini, […]

Bhubaneswar: Wearing masks was made mandatory for devotees coming to see the annual Ratha yatra festival in Puri on July 1 amid rising COVID-19 cases in Odisha, a senior official said on Monday. Around 10 lakh people are expected to gather for the festival in the temple town from across the country, and some foreign […]

Hyderabad: A 21 year-old man died under suspicious circumstances in Jubilee Hills. Satyaraj Jena, a native of Odisha was working as bartender at a local bar and restaurant in Jubilee Hills. On Saturday, he was found hanging to the ceiling in a room in the bar. The Jubilee Hills police said, “from enquiries we came […]

Balasore: India on Friday successfully test-fired the Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from an Indian Naval Ship (INS) off the coast of Chandipur in Odisha. “Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) is successfully flight tested today by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy. The launch […]

New Delhi: The BJP parliamentary board on Tuesday named Draupadi Murmu, a tribal leader of the party from Odisha, as the ruling NDA’s candidate for the presidential election. BJP president J P Nadda announced her name at a press conference following a meeting of the party top brass. Murmu (64), a former Jharkhand governor, will […]

New Delhi: Security has been beefed up in several states on Monday amid protests against the Centre’s new Agnipath recruitment scheme. After the policy, which allows Indian youths to serve in the regular cadre of the Armed Forces for a period of four years, was announced on June 14, protests erupted in various states including […]

Visakhapatnam: In view of suspected agitation at Visakhapatnam railway station and agitations in various zones, several trains are cancelled and a few diverted or rescheduled. Trains cancelled were train No. 18045 Shalimar-Secunderabad East Coast Express leaving Shalimar on June 19, train No. 17240 Visakhapatnam-Guntur express leaving Visakhapatnam on Saturday, No. 17239 Guntur –Visakhapatnam express leaving […]

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a minor boy in Odisha’s Keonjhar district allegedly killed his mother for not giving him money to purchase new clothes, police said on Friday. This incident occurred at Uparabarada village under Nayakote police station of the mineral-rich Keonjhar district on Thursday. The accused, a 10-year school dropout had requested his […]

By Arun Sinha There is a clear pattern in the way governors have been behaving with the governments in States. The governors in the BJP-ruled States have a warm, lovey-dovey relationship with their governments. In States where opposition parties friendly to the Modi government are ruling — such as Odisha and Andhra Pradesh — the […]

Mumbai: After Delhi’s Anupam Tripathi, who rose to global prominence playing a Pakistani immigrant in the ‘Squid Game’, the world of Korean entertainment will have another Indian face — that of Shreya Lenka from Jharsuguda, Odisha, who has become the newest member of the K-pop band, Blackswan. Going by the name of Sriya, 18-year-old Shreya […]

Bhubaneswar: A Hero Photon Electric scooter in Odisha reportedly caught fire while it was being charged and the incident has left the scooter partially damaged. According to media reports, the incident was first reported on Wednesday, and the cause is thought to be a short circuit at the power socket from where the electric scooter […]

Balasore: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the maiden flight test of the indigenously developed Naval Anti-ship missile launched from Seaking 42B Naval Helicopter from ITR Balasore in Odisha on Wednesday at 8:50 am. This firing is a significant step towards achieving self-reliance in niche missile technology and reaffirms the Indian Navy’s commitment […]

Amaravati: The severe cyclonic storm formed in the Bay of Bengal ‘Asani’ has changed its course. Initially it was thought that the cyclone would cross the coast between north Andhra and Odisha state but it is now found moving menacingly towards Machilipatnam where it is expected to cross the coast by Wednesday evening bringing heavy […]

New Delhi: Asani, the severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal, packing gale force winds up to 120 km per hour, was moving towards coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha at a speed of 25 km per hour on Monday, but expected to weaken gradually over the next two days, the weather office said. The […]

Balasore: A middle-aged married woman was allegedly raped repeatedly by a ‘tantrik’ for 79 days in front of her two-and-half-year-old son in Odisha’s Balasore district, police said on Saturday. Police rescued the woman and her child from a locked room on Friday but the accused  managed to escape and a manhunt has been launched to […]

Hyderabad: The upcoming plenary of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) will unveil the party’s policy outlook towards the national politics. Besides discussing issues pertaining to the State as well as the country, the party will present Telangana’s model of development before the people of the country in order to trigger a discussion why not replicate […]

Hyderabad: Marri Laxman Reddy Institute of Technology (MLRIT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HIDS Technologies Private Limited, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, to work and offer an AR VR course and training services besides setting up an AR VR Lab to train students and faculties on various technology devices. Meanwhile, HIDS Technology Consultant representatives organised […]