Cyclone ‘Dana’ to bring winds up to 120 km/h: IMD 

Bhubaneswar, October 20: A cyclonic storm named Dana is likely to form over the east-central Bay of Bengal by October 23 and could bring wind speeds of 100-120 km/h along Odisha’s coast by October 24, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, IMD Director General, has predicted that the storm could bring […]

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Work on 13.2-MTPA steel project in Jagatsinghpur will commence soon: Sajjan Jindal

Bubaneswar: The Integrated Steel Plant Project of JSW with a capacity of 13.2 MTPA at Jatadhar in Jagatsinghpur district will come up soon. This was revealed during a meeting of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik with JSW CMD Sajjan Jindal through Video Conference on Monday. The State Government has allocated land, water and power for the project. The […]

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Odisha first in country to implement Tsunami Ready

Bhubaneswar: UNESCO-IOC has approved the recognition of two communities – Venkatraipur in Ganjam district and Noliasahi in Jagatsinghpur district as Tsunami Ready Communities. With this recognition, India is the first country to implement Tsunami Ready in the Indian Ocean Region and Odisha is the first State, said an official release. To confer the UNESCO-IOC’s Certificate […]

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PM Modi, Shivraj, Raghubar to address rallies tomorrow in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: A host of BJP heavyweights like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das, Union Minister Raj Kumar Singh to address election rallies in different parts of Odisha on Tuesday While Chouhan will address rallies in Rahama and Raghunathpur in Jagatsinghpur district, Jharkhand CM Das will […]

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Relief for Damodar Rout as Orissa HC quashes ‘Harijan’ case

Cuttack: In a big relief for former Minister and Paradip MLA Dr Damodar Rout, the Orissa High Court on Wednesday quashed a case registered against him for using word ‘Harijan’ while addressing a public gathering at Kujang in Jagatsinghpur district in 2010. Rout was charge-sheeted for referring to the then Jagatsinghpur MLA and senior BJD […]

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