Odisha’s Cyclone Expert Takes Charge As Met DG

New Delhi: Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, who hails from Odisha’s Bhadrak district, took charge as the Director General of Meteorology of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday. Mohapatra and his team at the IMD’s Cyclone Warning…

Terror Alert For Jagannath Temple In Puri

Puri: Odisha police have received an intelligence warning on a possible terror threat to the Jagannath temple. Sources said the Intelligence Bureau (IB) recently sent an alert to the Puri SP in this regard. Despite the alert, no apparent…

13 Held For Assaulting Cop In Balasore

Balasore: Police detained 13 persons late on Wednesday in connection with the assault on Baliapal police station IIC in Odisha’s Balasore district on July 26. According to sources, they were picked up during a late night raid. The…

Odisha Cong Seeks Bharat Ratna For Madhusudan Das

Bhubaneswar: Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingha Mishra on Wednesday urged the state government to recommend the Centre for conferring Bharat Ratna posthumously on Madhusudan Das. He raised the issue in Odisha assembly during the…