Puri: As the preparations for the sacred Rath Yatra continue in full swing, the holy city has embarked on the second consecutive year of a comprehensive environmental management initiative to make the spiritual celebration clean and plastic-free. Spearheaded by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) and Anandana...
Keonjhar: Unable to repay his installments on his vehicle loan due to dwindling business, a 31-year-old truck owner allegedly committed suicide by jumping on a railway track near Kadagada village in Keonjhar district Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Lokanath Deo at Gobardhan village...
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Wednesday announced a 12-hour bandh and ‘Black Day’ protest in Raighar block of Nabarangpur district June 12, over the non-payment of dues to 344 farmers. At a press conference at Sankha Bhawan here, BJD leaders Uday Narayan Nanda, senior...
Jajpur: Following the death of six more people, the state health machinery Wednesday launched a war-footing operation to tackle the diarrhoea outbreak in Jajpur district, the officials said Wednesday. District Collector P Anvesha Reddy said that over 500 people have been admitted to various hospitals...
Puri: After the ‘Sahan Mela’ or public darshan, the sibling deities were taken back to the sanctum sanctorum of the 12th-century shrine and placed in the ‘Anasara Ghar’ (isolation room), where they will remain for 14 days due to illness following the ceremonial bath. During...
Bhubaneswar: Five people were arrested Wednesday for allegedly submitting fake documents to secure Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) jobs in Odisha's Bolangir district, an official said. The arrest was made by the Crime Branch after a complaint was lodged by Rajendra Kumar Pattnaik, the superintendent of...
Bhubaneswar: A day after Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik's ‘long speeches do not make development' jibe, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday claimed that the BJD head read write-ups instead of speaking to the people directly when he was the CM. Majhi made the...
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a grand event scheduled to be held at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar June 20 to celebrate the first anniversary of the BJP government in Odisha. “The state government is completing one year in office, and the central government...
Puri: An 83-year-old servitor of the Jagannath temple in Puri was allegedly murdered Wednesday, police said. The body of Jagannath Dikshit (83), who was a 'supakar' (cook) at the temple, was found in a pool of blood at Rabeni Choura in Gudia Sahi, they said. Dikshit...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has suspended Dhiman Chakma, a 2021 batch IAS officer of the Odisha cadre, following his arrest by the state's Vigilance Department on alleged corruption charges, according to an order issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department. "Whereas, a Vigilance...
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