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New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJD MLA Prafulla Samal's son along with some others were allegedly involved in misappropriation of funds worth crores of an educational society, the Enforcement Directorate said Saturday. Ten locations in Bhadrak and Bhubaneswar were searched by the central agency February 15...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Cabinet has approved creation of as many as 7,142 Accountant-cum-Data Entry Operator posts in the state. The decision was taken during the Cabinet meeting that took place Friday. “7,142 Accountant-cum-Data Entry Operators – Accountant cum-DEO— will work under the administrative control of the...

Bhubaneswar: Former Congress MLA Anshuman Mohanty joined the ruling Biju Janata Dal in Bhubaneswar. Mohanty, who was also the Congress Kendrapara District president, had quit the party two days ago. Many of his supporters also joined the BJD in the presence of senior leaders including...

Bhubaneswar: Integrated Infrastructure Complexes (Shradhalayas) for persons with disabilities (PwDs) have become operational in eight districts while the State Institute for Disability Rehabilitation (Manodaya) is functional at three places in the state. This was revealed during the Third Meeting of the State Advisory Board on...

Bhubaneswar: In a first of its kind in the state, Dinabandhu Sahoo, a marine scientist and senior professor at Delhi University, and Sanjukta Sahoo, a civil engineering faculty at KIIT, have deployed several ‘artificial reefs’ in the coastal waters of Odisha after several months of...

Bhubaneswar: Remnants of a Buddhist site dating back to the 9th century CE were discovered near Ganeswarpur village of Cuttack district by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) team recently. The site, scattered with Buddhist archaeological remains, was found near a...

Bhubaneswar: Ten years after the chilling triple murder of a doctor, his assistant and the latter’s minor son in Khandagiri area sent shockwaves across the state, the District and Sessions Court here Friday sentenced the solitary accused to rigorous imprisonment for life. Judge Debasis Rout...

Bhubaneswar: The state Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, approved an outlay of Rs 1412.79 crore under ‘Integrated Development of Heritage Monuments and Tourist Destination (IDHMTD)’ in a bid to preserve and revitalise heritage monuments and temples. Official sources said 159 projects have been...

Bhubaneswar: State government’s historic rural-to urban connectivity scheme, Location Accessible Multimodal Initiative (LAccMI), now covers 20 districts with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launching the affordable bus service in six more districts – Khurda, Puri, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Jajpur and Nayagarh, Thursday. As many as 238 buses...

Bhubaneswar: An Election Commission of India (ECI) delegation led by its chief Rajiv Kumar held Friday meetings with representatives of various political parties, district collectors and officials here to discuss poll preparedness in Odisha, an official said. During the meeting, the commission sought the views...