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Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has approved the project proposal report (PPR) for the development of the Bhubaneswar-Kataka-Puri-Paradeep Economic Region (BKPPER). The meeting of the State-Level Project Monitoring Committee (SLPMC), chaired by Chief Secretary Anu Garg, Monday discussed taking the ambitious project forward under the External Aided...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has asked five districts that ranked low in the number of female births for every 1,000 males born to intensify inspections, ensure verification of all records and undertake intensive awareness efforts to improve the sex ratio at birth. The State Supervisory Board,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's opposition parties, the BJD and the Congress, Monday said the BJP's defeat in the Bankipur Assembly bypoll in Bihar reflects the mood of the nation, even as the ruling party termed the result a "stray incident". As Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor...

Pattamundai: A 47-year-old woman has gone missing after she went to a river for her morning ablutions in Kendrapada district Monday, with family members and residents suspecting that she was dragged away by a crocodile. The woman, identified as Suchitra Das of Damodar Patana village...

Bhubaneswar/Kataka: Asserting that youths are the greatest asset of India, President Droupadi Murmu Monday said universities have the responsibility of shaping citizens guided by integrity, discipline, sensitivity and a commitment to the national interest. Murmu said this after inaugurating the Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj University in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Monday announced a monthly stipend for Post Graduate (PG) and PhD students of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT). The scheme will be applicable to all regular PG and PhD students pursuing agriculture and allied subjects at OUAT. Deputy Chief Minister...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday announced an initial assistance package of Rs 110 crore for flood-affected people as the state government launched a survey to assess the damage caused by the calamity in which at least six people were killed and 3,567...

Bhubaneswar: The flood situation in Odisha has improved "significantly", with water levels in major rivers steadily declining and no fresh rainfall reported in the Mahanadi catchment, Engineer-in-Chief (Water Resources) Dilip Raut said Monday. "The absence of rainfall in both the upper and lower reaches of...

Bhadrak: As floodwaters slowly began receding, a farmer's desperate attempt to check whether his paddy field had survived ended in tragedy. Abhimanyu Mallick, who set out with the hope of saving his crop, drowned while crossing a flood-swollen canal to reach his farmland in Odisha's...

Sundaragada: A traffic inspector of Odisha Motor Vehicles Department (OMVD) posted at the Regional Transport Office (RTO) in Sundaragada was arrested by Odisha Vigilance Monday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a truck owner, officials said. The accused, identified as Mukesh Kumar...