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Cyclone over Bay of Bengal: Low pressure forms near Sri Lanka; IMD yet to assess impact on Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- A developing weather system over the south-west Bay of Bengal and the adjoining Sri Lanka coast has intensified into a low-pressure area as of Thursday morning and is expected ... Read More


Missile test off Odisha coast likely: India issues NOTAM; declares 1400 km over Bay of Bengal as no-fly zone

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- India has declared a temporary no-fly zone covering a large stretch of the Bay of Bengal for three days next month, indicating a likely missile test off the Odisha coast betwee... Read More


Odisha private bus owners call off December 1 strike after government assurances

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- The All Odisha Bus Owners' Association (AOBOA) on Thursday announced that it has called off a planned statewide agitation on December 1 following assurances from government off... Read More


Cuttack administration withholds salary of officers for poor grievance redressal

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- The Cuttack district administration has taken a strict measure against officers who failed to address public grievances on time, withholding their salaries for November 2025. T... Read More


MLAs, MPs cannot recommend teacher transfers: High Court strikes down Odisha govt letter

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- The Orissa High Court on Thursday set aside a state government letter that authorised MLAs and MPs to recommend transfers of government school teachers, ruling that political i... Read More


Odisha Assembly winter session begins; President Murmu to address House today at 4:30 PM

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- The winter session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly commenced on Thursday with an obituary reference to former members of the House. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi moved ... Read More


PEO 'siphons off' pension money in Balasore; returns funds to beneficiaries after MP's intervention

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- A Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) in Balasore district has partially returned siphoned pension money to beneficiaries after he was caught allegedly forging thumb impressions ... Read More


BJD suffers major jolt in Talcher as civic Chairperson, 13 councillors resign; likely to join BJP

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday faced yet another political devastation with the resignation of the sitting Chairperson of the Talcher Municipality, Pabitra Bhutia and 1... Read More


Cyclone 'Senyar' forms near Bay of Bengal; IMD says no direct impact on Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 26 -- A new tropical cyclone named 'Senyar' has officially formed over the Malacca Strait region and adjoining northeastern Indonesia, after a deep depression drifting westward over ... Read More


17 years on, 26/11 Mumbai terror attack remains a wound but India now not the same under PM Modi

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 26 -- Seventeen years after the night that changed India forever, the memory of 26 November 2008 still stings like a fresh wound. The gunfire that ripped through Chhatrapati Shivaji ... Read More