Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday strongly criticised the BJP-led (Odisha) “double-engine” government over the rising prices of petrol, diesel, LPG and other essential commodities, alleging that the continued increase in fuel prices is placing a severe burden on common people despite a decline...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet Monday approved two schemes with a total outlay of Rs 2,000 crore over a period of five years to boost tourism in the state. The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has approved 10 proposals of five different...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance Monday found another 703 gram gold from a bank locker of a government engineer, who was arrested June 7 for allegedly possessing assets worth crores of rupees, including more than Rs 2 crore in cash, five multi-storey buildings, 14 high-value plots,...
Sambalpur: The Congress party and its students' wing will hold a protest demonstration at Sambalpur, the Lok Sabha constituency of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, June 10, to demand his resignation over the alleged NEET question paper leak incident, OPCC president Bhakta Charan Das said...
Rourkela: Odisha Police have busted an inter-state gambling racket in Rourkela and arrested two persons, besides seizing cash, gold ornaments and vehicles from their possession, officials said Monday. Acting on a tip-off, police raided a gambling den at Luakera village on the Odisha-Jharkhand border under...
Berhampur: Two persons were killed and at least 32 injured in separate accidents in Odisha's Ganjam district over the last 24 hours, police said Monday. In the first accident Sunday night, two persons were killed and 20 injured when a pickup van overturned near Anda...
Bhubaneswar: A scooter rider sustained critical injuries after being struck by an ‘Ama Bus’ near Rama Devi University in Bhubaneswar Monday. According to source, the accident occurred when the bus allegedly rammed into the two-wheeler from behind while both vehicles were moving along the same...
Bhubaneswar/Baripada: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday inaugurated a new 650-bed hospital of Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and launched different developmental projects worth over Rs 430 crore in the tribal dominated Mayurbhanj district. During his one-day visit to Mayurbhanj, the chief minister said...
Rourkela: Odisha Police Monday demolished houses of six drug peddlers in Rourkela city as part of the 'Nasha Mukt Odisha Drive', an officer said. Rourkela police and local administration carried out the joint eviction and demolition drive at Meena Pada within Plant Site police station...
Baripada: Days after a big cat killed a man in Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday asked people living near the Park not to enter the forest alone. Majhi said this while addressing a gathering, where he stated...
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The ongoing visit of Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing to India is fraught with geopolitical significance. India's reputation as a...
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