Bhubaneswar:22/10/24: Retired IPS officer Lalit Das has been appointed as the Chairman of Odisha Subordinate Staff Selection Commission (OSSSC), it was officially announced on Tuesday Das, who was an Odisha cadre IPS officer of 1992-batch, served as Chief of Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC) of the state police. Promoted to the rank of Special DG of Police in March 2024, ...

Bhubaneswar:22/10/23: Odisha Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja on Tuesday chaired a secretary-level meeting to review the state’s preparedness to deal with the impending cyclone ‘Dana’. The meeting was attended by Satyabrata Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department; Deoranjan Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department and Special Relief Commissioner; Surendra Kuma, Additional Chief Secretary, PA&PG Department; G. Mathivathanan, ...

Bhubaneswar:22/10/24: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for heavy rainfall in seven districts of Odisha as Cyclone Dana nears the coast. The districts under the red alert include Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Cuttack, and Jagatsinghpur. The cyclone is expected to make landfall on October 24, bringing with it severe weather conditions. IMD officials have warned ...

Bhubaneswar:21/10/24:Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has announced a three percent increase in dearness allowance (DA) for state government employees. As a result, the DA of government employees increased from 50 percent to 53 percent. It will come into effect on a rolling basis from July 2024. This increased dearness allowance will be available in cash form in this October ...

Bhubaneswar21/10/24: Odisha   Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi chaired a high-level meeting at Lok Seva Bhawan to deal with a possible Cyclonic Storm and advised to ensure ‘Zero Casualty’. Along with this, the Odisha CM ordered officials to identify all the vulnerable areas and ensure 100% evacuation of people. The Low-Pressure Area persists over the East-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining ...

Bhubaneswar:21/10/24:In view of impending Cyclone ‘Dana’, the Odisha government today declared the closure of schools in 14 districts for 3 days, from 23 to 25 October. As per the announcement, schools will closed in Ganjam, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Anugl, Khurda, Nayagarh and Cuttack districts that are likely to be affected with wind action as ...

Bhubaneswar:21/10/24: The study, titled “Augmenting the Real-Time Rainfall Forecast Skills Over Odisha Using Deep Learning Techniques,” published in ‘Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment’, addresses the challenges posed by complex and non-linear weather patterns. A further compelling illustration regarding the benefits of employing an advanced hybrid technology (i.e. the integration of conventional physics-based dynamical models with artificial intelligence frameworks) to ...

Bhubaneswar: 210/10/24:A cyclonic storm is very likely to hit the Odisha coast on October 24, according to the India Meteorological Department. The cyclonic circulation over  North Andaman Sea now lies over North Andaman Sea and adjoining areas of east-central & southeast Bay of Bengal at 1730 hrs IST today, the 20th of October 2024. Under its influence, a low-pressure area ...

Bhubaneswar:20/10/24:Odisha government has decided to cancel the leave of its staff in anticipation of a potential cyclone forecasted to develop over the Bay of Bengal around October 23, informed Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Deo Ranjan Singh on Sunday. Addressing the media after a review meeting chaired by Chief Secy Manoj Ahuja, SRC Singh stated, “All leaves for state government employees ...

Puri:20/10/24:The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal dedicated key maritime projects to the nation during the 2nd Indian Lighthouse Festival here today. At the valedictory session here, the Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal also announced that the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW), Govt of India, would take necessary steps to enable coastal communities around the Lighthouses ...