Cyclone Dana to make landfall between Bhitarkanika-Dhamara in Odisha, confirms IMD

Bhubaneswar, October 23: Cyclone Dana will make landfall between Bhitarkanika in Kendrapara district and Dhamara in Bhadrak district during the night of October 24 and the early hours of October 25, said India Meteorological Department. As per the latest IMD bulletin, The cyclonic storm “DANA” (pronounced as Dana) over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards […]

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Odisha initiates its foray into houseboat tourism

Bhubaneswar: In order to diversify its tourism offerings by exploring the potential of the various waterbodies and wetlands that dot its landscape, besides its pristine 482 km long coastline, the Tourism Department organised a three-day familiarisation trip to Bhitarkanika National Park and Chilika Lake in its maiden outreach to owners and operators of luxury houseboats […]

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