Bhubaneshwar: The saffron party is set to make a strong come back in Odisha. As per trends available so far, the BJP has crossed the majority mark in Odisha by leading in 76 of 145 seats, while Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is on 53. The Congress is leading only in 16…
Triple train accident in Odisha’s Balasore: Stranded Karnataka sub-junior volleyball players repatriated
June 4, 2023Eight players and coach from Mysuru; teams arrive in Bengaluru Mysore/Mysuru: In an unfortunate incident involving a train crash in Balasore, Odisha, a group of 38 sub-junior volleyball players from Karnataka found themselves stranded in Kolkata. However, collaborative efforts made by the State Government, officials and MLAs ensured the safe return of the players to…
Workers begin clearing train crash wreckage from tracks
June 4, 2023Toll nears 300; Change in electronic interlocking caused accident, says Railway Minister Bhubaneswar (Odisha): A collision between two passenger trains and goods train in Odisha’s Balasore has resulted in the tragic deaths of at least 290 individuals, with approximately 1,000 others sustaining injuries. Authorities are still working to clear the train crash wreckage from the…
Droupadi Murmu’s journey from Odisha to New Delhi
July 24, 2022By Dr. Manik A.V. Bengeri In the 2022 Presidential election, Droupadi Murmu defeated Yashwant Sinha. According to the official data, Murmu won a total of 6,76,803 votes against Sinha’s 3,80,177 votes. She would be the 15th President of the Republic of India. Even before the results were declared, victory became clear and as such, the…
Puri Jagannath to have a temple in Mysuru
July 11, 2021Neem tree idols of Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra and Sudarshana arrive from Odisha Inauguration likely during the last week of August 2021 Here is some good news for all those wishing to travel to Puri in Odisha to have the darshan of Lord Jagannath. Come August this year, the city of Mysuru will have a Lord…
Cesc Team feted for restoration works at cyclone Fani-hit Odisha
June 9, 2019Mysuru: As many as 15 CESC staff coming under the limits of N.R. Mohalla CESC Division were felicitated at a programme organised by the Division Office at KPTCL Community Hall in city on June 3 in recognition of their services to the people of cyclone Fani hit Odisha State. The team was in Odisha from…
CESC deputes teams to cyclone-hit: Odisha to assist power restoration works
May 24, 2019Mysuru: To lend a helping hand to Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU) to restore the power grid in cyclone Fani-hit areas in Odisha, Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) has deputed 18 teams of 204 staff to Bhubaneswar in Odisha. Each team will be under the supervision of an Assistant Engineer/Junior Engineer. The team left for…
CFTRI to supply 1 lakh meals to Fani-hit Odisha
May 5, 2019Mysore: Cyclone Fani has taken the lives of 16 people in Odisha so far and the Government mounted a massive restoration work across 10,000 villages and 52 urban areas ravaged by the storm that pounded coastal parts, affecting nearly one crore people. Coming to the rescue of flood-affected people, Mysuru-based Central Food Technological Research Institute…
Cyclone Musings
May 4, 2019Cyclone Fani made landfall in Odisha yesterday. She has been the strongest cyclone storm in 20 years to hit the country. While it is unfortunate that eight people lost their lives we must appreciate both the State Government of Odisha and the Central Government for learning lessons from what happened 20 years ago when over…
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