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Bhubaneswar: Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY), the health insurance scheme of Odisha, scripted a record growth in terms of the number of partner hospitals, even as the number of claims raised by the empanelled hospitals crossed 12.11 lakh by December 15, a source said Friday....

Bhubaneswar: Joining the nationwide protest against the suspension of a large number of opposition MPs, the Odisha leaders of the INDIA group took out a rally here Friday. Senior opposition leaders, including state Congress chief Sarat Pattanayak, former party presidents Prasad Harichandan and Jaydev Jena,...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has directed the state government not to form any new districts without its consent. Hearing a writ petition filed by president of Rairangpur Bar Association Akshaya Kumar Mohanty Thursday, a division bench of Acting Chief Justice BR Sarangi and Justice...

Bhubaneswar: As the coldwave intensified in Odisha with 16 places recording temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius, the IMD Friday warned of dense fog in 13 districts of the state. The IMD in a yellow warning (be updated) said that dense fog is very likely to...

Cuttack: Orissa High Court Friday upheld the Assistant Section Officer (ASO) examination merit list published by Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC). The merit list has as many as 1,104 candidates for the post of ASO. The court said that there were no irregularities in the...

Puri: At least 12 tourists were injured when a van in which they were travelling hit a tree and overturned near Konark in Odisha's Puri district Friday, police said. According to the police, the van carrying more than 20 tourists from the Tihidi area of...

New Delhi: Preliminary analysis of seized evidence during the searches at places related to Boudh Distillery Private Ltd (BDPL) reveals records of unaccounted sales of country liquor, systematic details of undisclosed cash receipts and references for movement of unaccounted cash, said the Central Board of...

New Delhi: There are a total of 10 black tigers in India, all exclusively found in Odisha’s Similipal, the government informed the Parliament Thursday. Union Minister of State for Environment Ashiwini Kumar Choubey told the Rajya Sabha that melanistic tigers have been documented only in...

Bhubaneswar: A couple, allegedly involved in duping several people to the tune of around Rs 100 crore on the pretext of supplying cars at subsidized prices, was arrested by the Commissionerate Police here, Thursday. The accused, Akshay Gouda and Usharani Gouda, hailing from Aska town...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday launched four irrigation projects worth Rs 3,160 crore in Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Balasore districts. While Patnaik inaugurated two projects worth Rs 822 crore in Keonjhar district, he laid foundation stones for two other projects worth Rs 2,337.5 crore...