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Cuttack: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sunday paid tributes to Madhusudan Das, popularly known as Madhu Babu on his 176th birth anniversary. Soon after arriving at Bhubaneswar airport, Rahul visited the birthplace of Madhu Babu near Satyabhamapur in Odisha's Cuttack district. He paid floral tributes to...

Bhubaneswar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and BJP president JP Nadda will address election rallies in different parts of Odisha Sunday. Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address an election rally at Salepur in Cuttack district around 1 pm, and also visit Satyabhamapur to pay tributes to...

Bhubaneswar: The moment has come to reconsider our development policies that seek to benefit a few powerful ones at the cost of harming the environment, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk said here Saturday. Wangchuk was in the Capital to participate at an event organised by Lohia...

Bhubaneswar: The State Transport department is diligently adhering to all directives of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) for the smooth conduct of the general elections. To review the same, a meeting was conducted by the State Transport Commissioner, Amitabh Thakur with all high-ranking officials of...

Bhubaneswar: The future workforce must be equipped to handle new challenges of Artificial Intelligence (AI), which has generated both hope and fear in the human mind, said All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) chairman TG Sitharam, Saturday. Addressing ‘SOA Proxima 2024’, a two-day HR...

Bhubaneswar: BJD Saturday announced candidates for three more Assembly segments in Odisha, dropping two incumbent MLAs. Chief Minister and BJD President Naveen Patnaik nominated Begunia MLA Rajendra Kumar Sahoo from the Khurda Assembly seat which is now represented by Jyotirindra Nath Mitra. The party also...

Bhubaneswar: BJP Saturday announced the names of eight more candidates for the Assembly polls in Odisha, with four of them being former members of the ruling BJD who switched allegiance to the saffron party recently. These turncoats are Seemarani Nayak (Hindol), Arindam Roy (Salipur), Gitanjali...

Bhubaneswar: With heatwave sweeping across Odisha, the mercury touched 44.6 degree Celsius in the state capital Saturday, the highest during this summer. Bhubaneswar day temperature touched 44.6 degree Celsius during the day at 2.30 pm, weather scientist Umashaknar Dash told reporters in Bhubaneswar. He said...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP will benefit from the anti-incumbency against the Biju Janata Dal government, which is in power for an unbroken 24 years in Odisha and a strong Modi wave to dethrone Naveen Patnaik from the helm of the state, claimed senior saffron party leader...

Bhubaneswar: Raising concerns over the prevailing extreme heatwave conditions in the city, UG students of Rama Devi Women’s University staged a protest in front of the university gate demanding the postponement of fourth-semester exams Friday. “The state government announced early summer vacation in schools across...