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Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly elections, over 3,000 aspirants, including retired bureaucrats and doctors, have shown interest in contesting the twin polls in Congress tickets. This was revealed by Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Sarat Pattnayak here. While over 2,500...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday announced increase in monthly pension amount under Madhu Babu Pension Yojana (MBPY) by Rs500, a Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) press release read. This will have effect from this month and will be paid between February 20 and February...

Bhubaneswar: The JSW group Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Odisha government for establishment of an Integrated Electric Vehicle (EV) and EV Battery manufacturing project at an investment of Rs40,000 crore in the state. At Naraj in Cuttack district the JSW group will...

Bhubaneswar: Veteran BJD leader and 10-time Odisha MLA V Sugnana Kumari Deo died at a private hospital in Chennai Saturday while undergoing treatment, officials said. She was 87. Deo breathed her last at about 1am after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and other senior party...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday rushed to Chennai to meet ailing senior BJD leader V Sugnana Kumari Deo, who is under treatment at a private hospital there, CMO officials said. The 86-year-old former MLA from Khallikote in Ganjam district was admitted to the...

Bhubaneswar: AIIMS Bhubaneswar has saved the life of a 9-year-old boy by removing a four-cm-long stitching needle lodged in the child's lungs, doctors of the hospital said Friday. Paediatricians of the medical establishment performed a bronchoscopic intervention to remove the foreign body from the lungs...

Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha Friday released the admit cards for upcoming Class-X (matriculation) examinations that are scheduled to begin February 20 this year. Admit cards for the Annual High School Certificate (AHSC), HSC Correspondence Course, State Open School Certificate (SOSC) and...

Bhubaneswar: The rape allegation against defender Varun Kumar is a distraction for the men's hockey team and his absence from the FIH Pro League will be treated as an injury setback, India chief coach Craig Fulton said Friday. Varun, an Arjuna award recipient, withdrew himself...

Bhubaneswar: Corporate leader Santrupt Misra joined the ruling BJD in Odisha Friday. Misra resigned as the director of group human resources at the Aditya Birla Group in December after 27 years in the conglomerate. "I welcome Santrupt Misra to the Biju Janata Dal. He left...