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Bhubaneswar: A man was arrested from Andhra Pradesh by the Odisha Police's Economic Offence Wing (EOW) in connection with its investigation into an inter-state job fraud racket, officials said. Akashpu Veera Chaitanya, a resident of West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, was produced before a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday approved a proposal to hike the monthly remuneration of Urdu teachers from Rs7,400 to Rs15,000. These teachers are engaged in Upper Primary (UP), Middle English (ME) and government-fully aided and newly aided high schools of the state. A...

Bhubaneswar: Furthering its industrialisation process, the Odisha government Monday approved 22 projects worth an investment of Rs4,066 crore. The proposals got the state government's nod at the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) meeting chaired by Chief Secretary PK Jena. The projects are in...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday imposed a ban on the use of single-use plastic in national parks, tiger reserves, wildlife sanctuaries and eco-tourism sites in the state from April 1. Chief Wildlife Warden Susanta Nanda said in an order, "In exercise of the power conferred...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology-Bhubaneswar, in a bid to provide inclusive and quality education to visually impaired students in the state. The Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department signed the agreement with the...

Bhubaneswar: The last rites of an eight-year-old Subhajit Sahu were conducted with state honours at a crematorium in Bhubaneswar's Satya Nagar locality. Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Police Commissioner Sanjeeb Panda and Bhubaneswar DCP Prateek Singh were present at the ceremony. Subhajit's family decided to donate eight of his...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 35 companies of the BSF will be deployed in Odisha for the upcoming simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and the state Assembly, a senior official of the force said Monday. Border Security Force DIG Dhirendra Kumar, while addressing reporters here,...

Bhubaneswar: BJD MLA Premananda Nayak and two former legislators Monday joined the BJP ahead of simultaneous Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly polls. Former BJD MLA from Dhamnagar Rajendra Das and ex-Congress legislator from Bhadrak Naren Palei crossed over to the saffron camp. They joined the...

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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court Monday annulled the election of Congress MLA Mohammed Moquim for allegedly failing to furnish detailed information regarding criminal cases against him in an affidavit during the filing of nomination for Cuttack-Babarati constituency in 2019 Assembly polls. The court ruling has...