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Bhubaneswar: In a major boost to Odisha's industrialisation, the state government Monday approved eight mega projects worth an investment of over Rs 1.51 lakh crore, which will create over 62,000 job opportunities, officials said. The industrial projects were approved at the High-Level Clearance Authority (HLCA)...

Bhubaneswar: Chairperson of the Sixth State Finance Commission, Dr Arun Kumar Panda, Monday called on Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and sought his suggestions for empowerment of local bodies. The Commission was mandated to recommend transfer of resources from the state government to Gram...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has adopted a zero-tolerance policy towards gender-based violence, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said here Monday. Parida was addressing a state-level workshop on 'gender-based violence and trauma-informed care of survivors' organised here by the Odisha State Commission for Women. Gender-based violence...

Kendrapara: A 45-year-old woman died after being attacked by a crocodile in Odisha's Kendrapara district Monday, a forest department official said. The incident took place at Tanladia village under Rajnagar forest range near Bhitarkanika National Park. The reptile dragged the woman to deep water when...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday said his government has facilitated employment for 73,346 youths in just 369 days since taking office. Speaking at the ‘Nijukti Mela' (employment fair), where appointment letters were distributed to 964 newly recruited youths, mostly junior engineers, Majhi...

Berhampur: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by around 10 people at an isolated place on Gopalpur beach, a renowned tourist destination in Odisha, police said. A case was registered at Gopalpur police station after the survivor, an undergraduate student of a private college, lodged...

Bhubaneswar: A central team, after inspecting diarrhoea and cholera-hit areas in Odisha's Jajpur, Monday said that cholera was at an endemic stage in the district. There is no cholera outbreak in the district; it is endemic with just a little surge in cases, Shibani Lahiri,...

Kendrapara: As the Crocodile Conservation Programme in India is all set to observe its 50th anniversary June 17, Odisha, the only state to house all three species of crocodiles, finds itself in a proud place in implementing the most successful conservation project of saltwater crocodiles....

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Congress Monday alleged that the BJP has failed to fulfil its poll promises made to the people of Odisha and that its 'double engine' government has "looted" the state and played with its identity. As the BJP government in Odisha completed its one...

Bhubaneswar: Ranarnaba Deb, younger brother of Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, died at the age of 67, family sources said Monday. Deb, popularly known as ‘Thata Raja' (part of the king's team), died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital. "He had been suffering from multiple...