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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday announced a new monthly pension scheme for the weavers and handicraft artisans. The 'Mukhyamantri Baristha Bunakar Sahayata Yojana' will replace the existing 'Baristha Bunakar Sahayata Yojana' for the weaver community. The government has included handicraft artisans in the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday laid the foundation stones for two green fuel projects worth Rs 35,000 crore at Gopalpur Industrial Park. He also participated in the ground-breaking ceremony for the state-owned IDCO's utility corridor in Ganjam district. Acme Cleantech Solutions is setting...

Cuttack: Several passengers were injured after a private bus named 'Chandan' overturned on NH-16 near Gopalpur Chhak in Cuttack Wednesday, a source said. Following the mishap, the injured persons were rescued and taken to SCB Medical and Hospital in Cuttack. According to the source, the...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Wednesday informed that as many as eight districts of Odisha are very likely to experience light rain or thundershower over the next 24 hours. Upto 8:30am of February 15: As per the Yellow Warning (be updated), dense...

Noida/ Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police has been honoured with the award for excellence in "cyber initiative" by the Future Crime Research Foundation (FCRF) and IIT-Kanpur's AIIDE Centre of Excellence (CoE). Alongside Odisha Police, the department of Information Technology and Electronics of the West Bengal government has...

Bhubaneswar: Keeping Valentine’s Day in view, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), India has come up with an innovative campaign using themes from Valentine’s Week to encourage young people to choose vegetarianism by quitting non-vegetarian foods. The organisation has placed billboards near universities...

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha Wednesday announced that it will support BJP's Ashwini Vaishnaw in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in the state. Earlier in the day, the candidature of Union minister Vaishnaw was announced by the BJP. Soon after the development, Chief Minister...

New Delhi: The BJP Wednesday named Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and L Murugan its Rajya Sabha candidates from Odisha and Madhya Pradesh respectively. If elected, a near certainty, it will be the second Rajya Sabha term for the two ministers. From Madhya Pradesh, the BJP...

Bhubaneswar: ODM Public School’s Satyendu Kar secured top rank in the state in the JEE Main 2024 (SessionI) Examinations, the results of which were declared, Tuesday. Several students of the school also demonstrated excellent performances by scoring top ranks across the state. Kar scored 99.98...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY), a flagship scheme of the Odisha government, has been conferred with National SKOCH (Gold) award for 2023. Chief Executive Officer of State Health Assurance Society (SHAS) Brundha D along with Additional Secretary Health & Family Welfare Department and Joint...