Historic Shishu Bhavan Building in Cuttack May Get New Life as Museum
Cuttack, Sept. 26 (UDN): A historic palace-like structure on the Shishu Bhavan campus in Cuttack, which once served as Odisha’s Raj Bhavan, could get a new lease of life as a museum instead of being demolished. The proposal has brought the heritage…
Four-Tonne Ganesh Laddoo Fetches Rs 17 Lakh at Talcher Auction
Talcher, Sept. 26 (UDN): A massive laddoo weighing around four tonnes and offered as prasad during the Ganesh festival was auctioned for Rs 17 lakh in Talcher, drawing enthusiastic participation from devotees despite heavy rainfall.…
Railway Crime Cases Plunge 83% at Solar CCTV-Monitored Locations Under ECoR
Bhubaneswar, Sept. 26 (UDN): Railway-related crime cases have dropped by nearly 83 per cent at locations covered by solar-powered CCTV surveillance under the East Coast Railway (ECoR), according to railway authorities. Representational Image …
Landslide, Collapsed Power Tower Disrupt Rail Traffic Near Maliguda in Koraput
Bhubaneswar, Sept. 26 (UDN): Train services on the Koraput-Kirandul route were severely disrupted on Friday after a high-voltage transmission tower collapsed near Maliguda railway station amid strong winds and heavy rain, triggering landslides that…
Only 294 of Odisha’s 3,000+ Heritage Monuments Enjoy Protected Status
Bhubaneswar, Sept. 26 (UDN): Despite Odisha being home to more than 3,000 identified temples and archaeological monuments, only 294 sites have been granted protected status by the state and central governments, the Assembly was informed on Friday.…
Bhakta Charan Das Falls Ill During Protest, Hospitalised in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar, Sept. 26 (UDN): Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das was hospitalised after falling ill during the party’s protest outside the Chief Electoral Officer’s office in Bhubaneswar on Friday.…
Manas Sahoo Pays Golden Tribute to Asian Games Champions Suruchi, Kamaljeet
Puri, Sept. 26 (UDN): Renowned sand artist Manas Kumar Sahoo has celebrated India’s latest Asian Games triumph with a special sand animation dedicated to shooters Suruchi Inder Singh and Kamaljeet. The artwork, created at Sahoo’s studio in…
Hirakud Dam Opens Three More Gates as Mahanadi Flow Rises; Indravati Gates Closed
Bhubaneswar, Sept. 26 (UDN): Authorities at Hirakud Dam have opened three additional gates following a rise in water flow in the Mahanadi river, bringing the total number of open gates to eight. Representational Image Of the eight gates…
Paradip Becomes East Coast’s First Mega Port Under Indian Ports Act, 2025
Bhubaneswar, Sept. 26 (UDN): Paradip Port in Odisha has been officially granted the status of a ‘Mega Port’ by the Union Government under the provisions of the Indian Ports Act, 2025, marking a significant milestone for India’s maritime…
Mantle Hits Back-to-Back All-Time Highs with 1,473 Tokenized Assets and $476M in Distributed Asset Value
DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Mantle, the open financial network connecting global market participants to institutional-grade capital market assets on-chain, today announced back-to-back all-time highs across two of the most closely…