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Bhubaneswar: Odisha has recorded the highest achievement in the country under the utility-led aggregation scheme, a rooftop solar initiative under the PM Surya Ghar-Muft Bijli Yojana, reflecting its implementation strategy and risingconsumer participation in renewable energy adoption.The achievement was highlighted during the 29th board meeting of power distribution companies responsible for electricity supply in different…
KENDRAPADA: From beatings to kneel downs and standing on one leg, punishment in school used to be varied. But a headmaster of a govt school in Jajpur district has gone many steps ahead by putting stinging nettle inside the trousers of 10 students. Their alleged crime — creating disturbance in class.The incident, which took place…
Bhubaneswar: Adding another chapter to India’s tiger dispersal story, a male Royal Bengal Tiger has entered Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve after supposedly covering nearly 1,500km.Though wildlife experts are yet to find out the habitat from where it may have dispersed, initial assessments suggest it may have come from the central India landscape, possibly the Vidarbha…
Mayor Sulochana Das and MLA Ananta Narayan Jena inaugurates resting kiosks in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation on Tuesday announced a series of heatwave measures, including rest sheds for sanitation workers in all wards and 120 temporary drinking water kiosks across the city, to provide relief to commuters, residents and frontline civic staff…
Bhubaneswar: Two Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers, part of a delegation to Lok Bhavan on a courtesy meeting with governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, were allegedly evicted by the staff and forcibly taken to Capital police station on Thursday. The incident has triggered a backlash with Lok Bhavan ordering a probe.The alleged high-handedness was detailed in…
Bhubaneswar: Yet another destination has dropped off the radar, dealing a big blow to the state’s aviation sector. On Sunday, air connectivity between Bhubaneswar and Jharsuguda, an industrial hub in western Odisha, was snapped after the lone carrier, Star Air, withdrew its service, leaving passengers and officials worried over shrinking air links with the state…
The unrest centres on a proposed 3km road that the locals view as a precursor to mining in the ecologically sensitive Sijimali hills. KORAPUT/BHUBANESWAR: Tribals armed with axes and other sharp farming tools clashed with police Tuesday over the construction of a road linked to an upcoming Vedanta Group bauxite mining project in Odisha’s Rayagada,…
The Supreme Court has upheld the Orissa High Court’s decision to grant full grant-in-aid eligibility to employees of aided educational institutions under the 1994 order. The apex court dismissed the state government’s appeals, reinforcing the High Court’s directive to extend benefits to schools recommended before the scheme’s repeal. This ruling resolves a protracted dispute, impacting…
A woman has been detained after setting fire to petrol bottles near the Orissa High Court boundary wall in Cuttack CUTTACK: An SUV and three other vehicles were damaged in a fire that broke out at the boundary wall of Orissa high court on Tuesday in Cuttack. Police have detained a 38-year-old woman in connection…
The consecration ceremony was held over 4 days in Sydney Bhubaneswar: Over 1,000 people attended the four-day ‘pranpratistha’ (consecration) ceremony of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra at Sri Durga Devi Devasthanam, Regents Park, in Sydney, Australia, from March 24 to 27.The ceremony, organised by Shree Jagannatha Consciousness ANZ, was conducted by Surya Narayan…
