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Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Wednesday raised strong objections over Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's phone conversation video with the Durgapur gang rape victim being made public. Senior leaders of Biju Mahila Janata Dal (BMJD), the women's wing of the BJD, at a press...

Bhubaneswar: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar and Simulator Development Division (SDD) of the Indian Army have signed an MoU to collaborate on advanced research, training, and innovation in Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, and other emerging technologies. The MoU...

Balasore: A fire in a four-storey supermarket in Odisha's Balasore town Wednesday damaged the structure, officials said. However, no casualty was reported in the fire at the building along the FM College Road, they said Ten fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the...

Police arrested a man in Odisha for sending a letter in the name of Maoists to extort Rs 35 lakh from his father. Read more.

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is planning to provide an additional 5 kg rice to the poor under the Public Distribution System (PDS), a minister told reporters in Bhubaneswar Wednesday. "We are thinking of providing an additional 5 kg rice to all 3.25 crore people who are...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha leaders, including Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik, Wednesday paid rich tributes to former President APJ Abdul Kalam on his birthday. Taking to social media, Kambhampati said: "Remembering #bharatratna Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the...

Kolkata: The father of the Durgapur gangrape victim Wednesday has demanded an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the case. Speaking to a section of media persons here, the victim's father said the central agency probe will help mete out exemplary punishment...

Bhubaneswar/Keonjhar: Odisha government will set up its second Regional Plant Resource Centre (RPRC) at Sanaghagara in Keonjhar district, officials said Wednesday. The decision was taken at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in Bhubaneswar Tuesday evening. The project, envisioned...

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJP in Odisha Wednesday nominated Jay Dholakia as its candidate for Nuapada assembly bypoll, voting for which will be held along with the second phase of Bihar polls November 11. Dholakia, son of former BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia, joined the BJP October...

Bhubaneswar: After keeping himself away from public events for several months due to health issues, opposition BJD president Naveen Patnaik is all set to reappear in public on his 79th birthday October 16 and join the party's annual Jan Sampark Padyatra. On the day, Odisha's...