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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday said that his government has set a target of planting 7.5 crore saplings across the state this year under the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign. Addressing the sixth state-level 'Van Mahotsav' here, Majhi said nearly 6.69...

Jajpur: The executive officer of Vyasanagar Municipality in Odisha's Jajpur district was allegedly held captive by some local councillors in his office June 26, an official said Monday. The incident came to light after the officer complained to the Jajpur district collector Sunday. As per...

Puri: Servitors Monday performed ‘Adhar Pana', a ritual of offering sweet water to the deities on their chariots, a day before their return to the Jagannath temple in Puri, which will mark completion of the Rath Yatra festival. The idols of Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has resolved more than 10,000 public grievances during 11 rounds of hearings since assuming office, the CMO said Monday. According to a statement from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), 10,132 out of 10,894 grievances received so far have...

Phulbani: Three Maoists, including two women, hailing from Chhattisgarh Monday surrendered before security forces in Odisha's Kandhamal district, police said. The surrendered Maoists were identified as Made Beti alias Champa, a divisional committee member of the BGN (Bansadhara-Ghumsur-Nagabali) division of the CPI (Maoist) outfit, Raju...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik was Monday discharged from a private hospital in Mumbai, where he underwent a spine surgery for cervical arthritis, a party leader said. The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Odisha assembly underwent the medical procedure June 20. “The LoP was...

Bhubaneswar: Manmohan Samal is set to be re-elected as Odisha BJP president as he was the lone person to file a nomination paper for the post Monday. Samal, the incumbent state party president, filed the nomination paper for the post before Odisha BJP Election Officer...

Bhubaneswar: Senior leader of opposition Biju Janata Dal, Lekhasri Samantsinghar, Monday approached the State Commission for Women (SCW), Odisha, demanding the arrest of BJP MLA from Nilgiri constituency Santosh Khatua for allegedly passing extremely derogatory and sexist remarks against Samantsinghar a couple of days back....

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Jindal (India) Ltd Monday said the company has received a letter of approval from the Odisha government for its proposed greenfield project in the state to be set up with an investment of Rs 3,600 crore. The company plans to invest Rs 15,000...

Bhubaneswar: To provide quality healthcare to people living in remote Nabarangpur district, Odisha government Monday airlifted a team of doctors from SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, for a four-day health camp. As part of the camp, being held under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Bayu Swasthya...