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Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorm with lightning and light to moderate rain is likely to affect some parts of Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Khurda, Cuttack and Dhenkanal districts of Odisha during the next three hours due to western disturbances, the Bhubaneswar regional center of India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast on Wednesday morning. In addition, rainfall is expected in Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Koraput, and Gajapati districts today. Dry weather is likely to prevail in the remaining districts of the state. According to the MeT office, no major change in…

Bhubaneswar: Traffic in the capital city Bhubaneswar and several other parts of Odisha was scant on Wednesday morning as many private public transport vehicles remained off the roads in support of the all-Odisha indefinite strike call given by the Driver Ekata Mahamancha from today. Most private buses and autorickshaws remained off the road on Wednesday causing problems for matric examinees and people commuting to work. However, the strike call failed to affect the movement of trucks on the state and national highways. Many agitators were seen staging demonstrations at Tomando…

Puri: The Shree Jagannatha Temple Managing Committee at its meeting today approved the layout plan for the establishment of the proposed Adarsh Gurukul here. “We had a meeting of the managing committee today. The meeting had a single agenda to approve the layout plan for the Gurukul. The layout plan was discussed in today’s meeting and the same has been approved,” informed V V Yadav, Chief Administrator, Shree Jagannatha Temple Administration (SJTA) briefing reporters after the meeting. Yadav said that now that the layout plan of the Gurukul has been…

Bhubaneswar: With overcast skies and rain in a few Odisha districts during the last 24 hours, the weather in most parts of Odisha has changed. Smouldering heat with rising temperature has taken a downward turn under the influence of western disturbance. Light to moderate rain or thundershower is likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Nayagarh, Khurda, Puri and dry weather is likely to prevail over the rest districts…

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today congratulated officers and personnel of Odisha Fire Service, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) and the Puri district administration for the tireless efforts in containing the massive fire at the Laxmi Market Complex in Puri and saving precious lives. This was stated in a tweet by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) today. Meanwhile, Odisha Fire Service Director General Santosh Upadhyay the firemen who were engaged in the fire fighting operation at the Laxmi Market Complex will be rewarded for their efforts. The Fire Service…

Bhubaneswar: Fire Services personnel finally doused the fire at the Puri market complex after 36 hours of struggle on Friday morning. In the meantime, 43 shops at the complex were reduced to ashes. It may be noted that a massive fire broke out at Laxmi Market Complex in Puri Marichikot Chhak on Grand Road on Wednesday. Three fire brigades and Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRF) personnel were engaged to douse the fire and rescue people. “More than 10 teams are engaged in rescue operations and are underway to douse…