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Bhubaneswar: A fresh low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal could intensify into a depression and cause heavy rainfall across Odisha from Wednesday, coinciding with the Durga Puja festivities, the IMD said. The low pressure area formed over west-central Bay of Bengal around 5.30 pm, it said in a bulletin on Tuesday evening. "It is likely to move north-westwards and intensify into a depression over west- central and adjoining north-west Bay of Bengal by morning of October 2 and cross south Odi ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted that a fresh low-pressure area is likely to form over central parts of the Bay of Bengal on October 1. "A cyclonic circulation is currently lying over Odisha and the adjoining north Andhra Pradesh coast in the west-central Bay of Bengal. Under its influence, another cyclonic circulation is likely to emerge over north Andaman on September 30. This may lead to the formation of a low-pressure area o ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Dussehra will likely be marred by heavy rains in the state as a fresh low-pressure area is expected to form over the Bay of Bengal this week. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday said an upper air cyclonic circulation will likely emerge into the north Andaman Sea on Tuesday. Under its influence, a low-pressure area is expected to form over the north and adjoining central Bay of Bengal around Wednesday. As per the regional met office, many places in the state will ex ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is expected to experience a rain-soaked Dussehra this year as a low-pressure area is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued yellow warnings for thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds between October 1 and 3. According to the IMD, an upper air cyclonic circulation is likely to develop over the north Andaman Sea on September 30. Under its influence, a low-pressure system is expected to form over the north and adjoining ce ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: With the low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal becoming well-marked and moving westwards towards the south Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh coasts, The system is expected to further move westwards and concentrate into a depression over north-west and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal off south Odisha-north Andhra Pradesh coasts and cross the same region on Saturday morning. While Nabarangpur is likely to receive heavy to very heavy rains (64.5 mm to 204.4 mm), thunderstorms, ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR/JHARSUGUDA: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday directed officials to be fully prepared to deal with the situation arising out of continuous rains due to a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal, and take all precautionary measures. Reviewing the preparations at a high-level meeting at Jharsuguda, in which 17 district collectors took part through video conference, the chief minister said due to heavy rains many districts may face flood-like situation. He directed the collectors ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 27 (PTI) A depression over the Bay of Bengal crossed the south Odisha coast close to Gopalpur in Ganjam district early on Saturday morning, bringing heavy rain in several districts of the state, IMD said. The India Meteorological Department's report comes on a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Odisha, during which he will unveil development projects worth more than Rs 60,000 crore in sectors such as telecommunications, railways and higher education, of ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday directed collectors of 17 districts to remain vigilant and prepared to handle any emergencies arising from heavy rainfall triggered by a fresh low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal, cautioning that the downpour could cause flash floods in urban and other low-lying areas of their districts. CM Majhi issued directions during a high-level review meeting held in Jharsuguda via video conference with collecto ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, September 26: Several parts of Odisha on Friday experienced heavy rainfall amid the formation of a fresh low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said that a well-marked low-pressure area over northwest and adjoining central Bay of Bengal is very likely to move westwards and intensify into a depression off South Odisha - North Andhra Pradesh coasts during next 24 hours. Since Friday morning, coastal and souther ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday put the collectors of 18 districts on high alert after the IMD forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in the State when a possible depression crosses its southern coast on September 27, officials said. The instructions to the districts were issued through a video conference by Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Deoranjan Kumar Singh. All the collectors of the southern and coastal region participated in the conference. The State government's move came ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The southwest monsoon, which has become vigorous over Odisha, along with back-to-back low-pressure areas may dump more rains in the state for 4 days. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), the low-pressure area over north Odisha and adjoining areas of northwest Bay of Bengal & Gangetic West Bengal persisted over the same region at 8.30 am. It is likely to persist over the same region and become less marked during the next 12 hours. It further stated that the cyclonic ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The venue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public meeting during his scheduled visit to Odisha on September 27 has been shifted to Jharsuguda from Berhampur in view of heavy rainfall warning, sources said on Tuesday. The state is likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall till September 29 under the influence of back-to-back low-pressure areas over the Bay of Bengal. The IMD has warned of heavy rain along with thunderstorm/lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40- ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: IMD forecast on Saturday said that a yellow warning for heavy rainfall would continue in eight districts over south and interior Odisha over the next two days. The affected districts are Nawarangpur, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Ganjam and Gajapati. Light to moderate rain is also expected at several other places until Monday. The rainfall is being caused by a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to move west-northwestwards across south ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure area over Bay of Bengal is expected to bring rain across Odisha today, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a yellow warning for all districts. Heavy rainfall is predicted in six districts, including Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Kalahandi, Rayagada, and Nabarangpur. The IMD has forecast heavy rainfall in these districts today, while Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, and Rayagada are expected to experience heavy rainfall tomorr ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: IMD forecast on Saturday said that a yellow warning for heavy rainfall would continue in eight districts over south and interior Odisha over the next two days. The affected districts are Nawarangpur, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Ganjam and Gajapati. Light to moderate rain is also expected at several other places until Monday. The rainfall is being caused by a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to move west-northwestwards across south ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Heavy rainfall is likely to occur in several districts under the influence of a well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to turn into a depression on Tuesday, IMD said on Monday.A red warning for heavy to very heavy rain was issued for Koraput, Nabarangpur and Malkangiri districts with isolated places likely to get extremely heavy rainfall along with thunderstorm and lightning, accompanied by gusty surface wind speeds reaching 30-40kmph.An orange warning ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A well-marked low pressure area formed over the west central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal and north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coasts is likely to move west-northwestwards and concentrate into a depression within the next 12 hours, informed the India Meteorological Department. The system is expected to cross the south Odisha-north Andhra Pradesh coasts around forenoon on August 19, 2025. Under its influence, several Odisha districts are likely to experience very heavy to ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to experience extremely heavy rainfall on Monday under the influence of a well-marked low-pressure area over west central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal and north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coasts. The system is likely to move west-northwestwards and concentrate into a depression during the next 12-hours and cross south Odisha-north Andhra Pradesh coasts around the forenoon of August 19. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red warning fo ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Normal life was disrupted in southern Odisha Monday as low-pressure-induced rain lashed Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Gajapati and Koraput districts, officials said. Due to continuous downpour over the last two days, many low-lying areas in Malkangiri district have been inundated by floodwaters. Water was flowing four feet above Pottaru, Kangurkonda, Kalimela Kanyashram bridges, they said. Similarly, Malkangiri-Motu-Jeypore National Highway 326 remained out of bounds for vehicles as w ...Read More >
New Delhi: Traffic in central Delhi will be affected on Thursday as the traffic police has issued an advisory due to the Janmashtami and Tazia processions.According to police, the traffic movement in Paharganj is likely to be affected from 1.30pm in view of the shobha yatra for Janmashtami and the Tazia procession.The Janmashtami procession will start from Mandir Shri Banke Bihari Ji in Paharganj's Sangatrasan Bazar and pass through Desh Bandhu Gupta Road, Chuna Mandi, Main Bazar, Munja Chowk an ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: State govt on Wednesday conferred 'Suraj Samman' on 24 organ donors posthumously on the occasion of Organ Donation Day. A cash reward of Rs 5 lakh each was received by family members of the awardees.Health minister Mukesh Mahaling presented the awards after paying homage to the organ donors and their immediate family members. "Enlivening others in the aftermath of one's death through organ donation is a higher order of noble acts," he added.Mahaling said that because of the noble ac ...Read More >
Tura (Meghalaya), Aug 4 (PTI) An official of the Meghalaya Agriculture Department was swept away by strong currents of the Ganol River in West Garo Hills district while attempting to cross the water body during a family picnic, police said on Monday. The missing official, identified as Teseng M Sangma, was posted at Ampati in South West Garo Hills district and resided in staff quarters near Dolampong in Araimile police station area in Tura. Teseng had gone to Sella Wari near Ganol River for a ...Read More >
BERHAMPUR: In a grisly crime, a 37-year-old man was tortured and murdered brutally over witchcraft suspicion at Rataguda village within Mohana police limits in Gajapati district on Saturday evening. The deceased was identified as Gopal Mallik. Police on Sunday recovered Gopal's mutilated body with missing organs from Harabhangi dam and arrested 14 villagers of Rataguda for their involvement in the chilling murder. Gajapati SP Jatindra Panda said on Saturday, the deceased's sister-in-law inform ...Read More >
Puri, August 4: A shocking incident has come to the fore from Odisha, where a 35-year-old man was brutally killed and his genitals mutilated by a group of villagers in Malasapadar in Gajapati district on Saturday night, August 2. According to a report, the victim was allegedly attacked over suspicions of practising witchcraft. His body was later dumped in the nearby Harabhangi Dam. The victim was identified as Gopal, and his body was recovered by police on Sunday morning, August 3, according to ...Read More >
In a tragic incident at a Bapatla district quarry in Andhra Pradesh, six migrant workers from Odisha died and three were injured when a granite rock collapsed on Sunday. Police suspect water seepage caused the accident during mining operations. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has ordered a thorough investigation and directed officials to provide medical assistance to the injured. Six migrant workers were killed and three injured after a massive granite rock fell on them at a quarry in Bapatl ...Read More >
Berhampur: A 35-year-old man was allegedly throttled to death and bobbitised by a group of villagers on the suspicion of practising witchcraft at Malasapadar in Gajapati district on Saturday night, police said.After killing Gopal Mallick near the Harabhangi dam, the accused tied a stone slab to his body and dumped it in the reservoir, police said."A police team rushed to the spot and recovered the body with the help of firefighters on Sunday," said inspector in-charge of Mohana police station, B ...Read More >
MUMBAI: After the transfer of Mahadevi, an elephant belonging to a Jain shrine in Kolhapur, to Vantara, an animal rescue and rehabilitation initiative by the Reliance Foundation in Jamnagar, those who were unwilling to let go staged a march on Sunday. Thousands of locals and leaders from the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Kolhapur marched for 45 km from the shrine to the collector's office, demanding that Mahadevi be brought back, following which CM Devendra Fadnavis said he would hold a meeting on ...Read More >
Addanki: Six migrant workers died and more than eight were injured when a massive granite slab fell on them in a quarry run by Sathya Sai Krishna Granites at Konidena village in Ballikurava mandal of Bapatla district on Sunday. According to fellow workers and the Bapatla district police, heavy rain on Saturday night destabilised the heavy granite block which fell on a group of workers on duty at around 11:00 AM on Sunday. The boulder killed four workers on the spot and injured several people. T ...Read More >
Ballikurava/Berhampur, Aug 3 (PTI) Six migrant workers from Odisha were killed and at least three others injured after a massive granite rock fell on them at a quarry in Andhra Pradesh's Bapatla district on Sunday. According to the police, the accident occurred around 10.30 am when 10 to 15 workers were engaged in mining works. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed grief over the accident and announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh for the next of kin of each deceased. "All victims a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 1: India launched the first phase of four development projects across nine partner countries as part of its 'India-UN Global Capacity Building Initiative'. The programme aims to deepen South-South cooperation in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The launch event was presided over by Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Tanmaya Lal, and attended by heads of missions from participating countries, UN Resident Coordinator in India Shombi Sharp, dip ...Read More >
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