Bhubaneswar: General Manager of East Coast Railway (ECoR) Parmeshwar Funkwal Tuesday conducted a detailed inspection of the Sonepur–Purunakatak railway section that has been completed as part of the Khurda Road–Balangir new project. Senior officers from ECoR headquarters, construction officials and those from Sambalpur Railway Division...
Bhubaneswar: At a time when rivers in the state are facing threats from pollution, illegal sand mining, and industrial exploitation, Mahanadi Banchao Andolan (MBA) has planned to organise a river protection conclave at Red Cross Bhawan here June 13. The event, under the leadership of...
Keonjhar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi visited Mayurbhanj district Tuesday morning and offered prayers at the revered Maa Kichakeswari temple in Khiching. Travelling by road from Keonjhar, Majhi reached the temple around 6:30 am under tight security. Accompanied by his wife, he performed rituals and...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Tuesday demanded immediate release of dues worth around Rs 4.41 crore to farmers in the Raighar block of Nabarangapur district. Holding a press conference here, OPCC president Bhakta Charan Das claimed that 344 farmers of Raighar block sold...
Bhubaneswar: Altogether 55,362 out of 80,324 candidates, who had appeared for the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE), 2025, have secured ranks in all the disciplines, except Nursing. This was revealed from the OJEE results declared by Skill Development and Technical Education (SD&TE) Minister Sampad Chandra...
Bhubaneswar: Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati highlighted the alarming issues of low haemoglobin levels among women and adolescent girls and increasing vision problems in children during his visit to the State Institute of Women and Children (SIWC) here Tuesday. Emphasising the need for regular testing and...
Jajpur: One person died and 300 others fell ill in an outbreak of diarrhea in Odisha's Jajpur district, officials said Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sanat Patra, 34, a resident of Mayurbhanj. Patra was engaged as a contract worker at a plant in Kalinga...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday inaugurated the newly constructed office building of the DCP, Bhubaneswar here. The four-storey office building has been constructed over an area of 2,272 square metres for Rs 7.80 crore. Majhi said the new building will help in...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha vigilance Tuesday arrested two engineers for accepting bribes from complainants in two separate cases, an official said. They are Suchismita Parija, assistant engineer, Lamtaput block in Koraput district, and Susmita Oram, junior engineer, Gaisilet block in Bargarh district, the vigilance said in a...
Balasore: A junior mining officer was allegedly assaulted by miscreants while inspecting a sand mining site in Odisha's Balasore district Tuesday, police said. The incident occurred at Kathasingda under Remuna police station in the district when the officer, Tapas Kumar Behera, along with another person...
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