BIRC 2025: Padma Shri awardee Umashankar Pandey calls for water conservation in agriculture

Oct 30, 2025

Environmentalist and Padma Shri awardee Umashankar Pandey has underscored the urgent need for water conservation, emphasising the immense quantity of water required for agricultural...

"Want Shaista Parveen to run for mayor": BSP MLA Umashankar Singh

Apr 24, 2023

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Umashankar Singh on Sunday said his party wants Shaista Parveen, wife of slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, to run for...

Met issues heatwave warning for Odisha, Baripada simmers at 43.5 degrees Celsius

Apr 14, 2023

"Baripada recorded 43.5°C, which is the highest temperature recorded in Odisha this month," Umashankar Mishra, a senior scientist at India Meteorological Department (IMD), told...

Odisha: IMD predicts heavy rainfall over next 48 hours

Sep 07, 2023

According to Umashankar Das, senior scientist of IMD, Bhubaneshwar, under the cyclonic circulation's influence, Odisha triggered widespread heavy to very heavy rainfall (7-20 cm)...

Bhojpuri actors Sudeep Pandey, Deepa Pandey join NCP

Oct 13, 2020

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 13 : Bhojpuri actors Sudeep Pandey and Deepa Pandey on Tuesday joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Mumbai.

Odisha: Heatwave continues in Odisha, Angul records 44.7 degrees Celsius

Apr 27, 2024

Senior Scientist IMD Umashankar Das said that 14 stations have recorded 43 degrees Celsius and above in Odisha. Bhubaneswar recorded 44.6 degrees Celsius and...