Odisha bracing for flood as Mahanadi swells after incessant rainOdisha bracing for flood-like situation in several districts, with the water level of the Mahanadi river swiftly rising following heavy rai...
16 Aug, 2022, 10.19 AM IST
Southern Odisha pounded by torrential rain; red alert issued for few districtsThe districts of Nabarangpur, Koraput, Kalahandi and Malkangiri, Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal bore the brunt of heavy to very heavy rain ...
08 Aug, 2022, 05.11 PM IST
Heavy to very heavy rain expected in Odisha, Bengal as depression loomsA low pressure area, which formed on Saturday, concentrated into a well-marked system over the northwest Bay of Bengal, off the coasts of O...
07 Aug, 2022, 11.35 PM IST
Orange alert of very heavy rain in OdishaOdisha is staring at another spell of intense rain as the Met office on Thursday warned of very heavy showers over the next three days.
21 Jul, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
Odisha halts COVID-19 vaccination drive in 1,035 sites due to its acute shortage18 Apr, 2021, 10.09 AM IST
Lease of Life: Once dead, the freshwater lake in Cuttack is now a haven for birdsSituation had become so dire that by 2007, nearly all of the 182-hectare lake in Banki in Cuttack district was covered by the weeds except ...
23 Feb, 2020, 09.26 AM IST
Monsoon fury in Kerala, Karnataka; death toll rises to 153 in 2 statesThree rain-related deaths were reported in Madhya Pradesh, where heavy downpour was witnessed.
14 Aug, 2019, 08.34 PM IST
Odisha's identifies 4 more districts as drought-hit, total 16A day after Naveen Patnaik announced Rs 1,000 crore package for farmers hit by drought, Odisha government identified four more districts fa...
15 Oct, 2015, 04.39 PM IST
Central team to visit Odisha to assess drought situationA team comprising officials from ICAR and other government departments will soon visit Odisha to take stock of the drought situation and su...
22 Sep, 2015, 08.47 PM IST
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to launch ration card distribution programme on October 2As many as 3.26 crore people of the state's total population of 4.21 crore would get benefit from the NFSA, said food supplies and consumer...
16 Sep, 2015, 07.40 PM IST
Naveen Patnaik seeks report on drought-like situation in OdishaThe worst hit districts were identified as Bargarh, Balangir, Boudh, Dhenkanal, Kandhamal, Khurda, Keonjhar and Subarnapur.
14 Sep, 2015, 09.56 PM IST
BJP criticises Naveen Patnaik's government over 10 incidents of 2013Terming the 2013 as a dark year for Odisha, BJP today called upon people to fight against corruption and injustice in 2014.
01 Jan, 2014, 03.38 PM IST
- BJD sweeps urban local body polls in Western Odisha
Ruling BJD today swept the second phase of urban local body (ULB) polls in western Odisha by winning a clear majority.
23 Nov, 2013, 09.14 PM IST
- 'Don't enter Odisha', DGP warns Maoists from other states
Giving details of the encounter, Mishra said the police had specific information on movement of a group of Maoists from Chhattishgarh to Ma...
14 Sep, 2013, 06.18 PM IST
- Odisha, L&T sign pact to set up mega lift irrigation schemes
Odisha government today entered into an agreement with Larsen and Toubro for setting up 28 mega lift irrigation schemes with an investment ...
07 Aug, 2013, 11.08 PM IST
- 27 deaths in Orissa flood, relief operations intensified
With seven more deaths, the toll in the current spell of Orissa flood rose to 27, as the state government today intensified relief operatio...
27 Sep, 2011, 04.15 PM IST
- Naveen faces heat on Sidhol Hydro-power project, appeases people with lift irrigation
Even as the people in Western Orissa are against NHPC Ltd's plan to set up three hydropower plants,Naveen Patnaik is trying to woo proteste...
28 Jul, 2011, 05.52 PM IST