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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has been taking all measures to create awareness about AIDS and has set a goal to ensure no new cases of HIV infection by 2030, a minister said Sunday. Odisha has recorded around 50,000 active AIDS cases so far, Health and...

Bhubaneswar: Preparations are in the last stage for the upcoming Navy Day celebrations at the Blue Flag Beach of Puri December 4. Puri district Collector Siddharth Shankar Swain Sunday said that December 4, an operational Demo will be organised here on the occasion of Navy...

Bhubaneswar: The 59th all-India DGP-IGP conference, which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, among others, concluded in Bhubaneswar Sunday amid tight security. City Police Commissioner Suresh Devadatta Singh said, "Amid potential threats, a foolproof security blanket was ensured...

Bhubaneswar: Former Union minister and Congress leader in Odisha Srikant Jena Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, opposing the central government's move to merge the Waltair division of ECoR with the new South Coast Railway (SCoR) zone. He also urged the PM to take...

Bhubaneswar: The relationship manager of a private bank was arrested in Odisha's Cuttack for allegedly transferring Rs 2.30 crore from the account of an elderly woman, and also changing her registered mobile number so that she wouldn't get alerts about the fund transfer, police Sunday....

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha minister and BJP MLA Jaynarayan Mishra has alleged that he has been sidelined in the saffron party and feels like having no significance in the organisation. Mishra, while speaking at a meeting to condole the demise of veteran BJP leader Samir Dey...

Mahakalapara: In the wake of frequent disturbances in supply of potatoes from neighbouring West Bengal, the Odisha government is weighing its options to procure the essential tuber from other states. At this juncture, the state’s ability to fulfil its own needs by becoming self-sufficient in...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government hiked the allocation for midday meals to school students, an official said Sunday. State Nodal Officer for PM-Poshan Raghuram R Iyer informed the decision of the government to the district collectors Saturday. The material cost for primary school students (classes 1...

Bhubaneswar: Fourteen persons, including five former sarpanches of Mayurbhanj district, were convicted by Vigilance courts in Odisha for corruption, Saturday. According to the anti-corruption wing sources, the Special Vigilance court in Baripada convicted five former sarpanches—Sita Baskey, Mohadev Tudu, Basen Marandi, Jatindra Singh and Budhiram...

Keonjhar: Forest officials Saturday recovered the carcass of a makhna (male Asian elephant without tusks) from a farmland near Kantalai village under Telkoi forest range in Keonjhar Forest Division. A team of veterinarians conducted a post-mortem of the carcass and Forest officials launched an investigation...