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Bhubaneswar: Engineers are indispensable to development of infrastructure and living conditions in a society, said State Finance Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha at the 78th annual conference of Odisha Diploma Engineers Service Association here Tuesday. Joining the event as the chief guest, Arukha said that from...

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Centre asked states and Union Territories to maintain constant vigil amidst an uptick in Covid-19 cases, state Director of Health Services Bijay Kumar Mohapatra Tuesday informed media that the state government is keeping a close watch on emergence of JN1,...

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has come down heavily on a Special Vigilance Judge for denying bail to two persons accused in a corruption case and sending them to police remand despite the HC granting them anticipatory bail. According to the case details, the two...

Bhubaneswar: Of late, Mo Bus, operating in regions like Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, has drawn flak for causing ‘inconvenience’ to its passengers. Several Mo Bus passengers have alleged that they are fed up with the unruly behaviour of drivers and conductors on certain routes. Ananya Dasgupta,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday decided to organise a World Odia language conference in February next year to further strengthen, spread and popularise the language in the state and outside. The decision of 'Biswa Odia Bhasha Sammilani' (World Odia Language Conference) was taken at the...

Bhubaneswar: INDIA bloc leaders Tuesday sought the intervention of President Droupadi Murmu over the suspension of 141 opposition MPs from Parliament. They demanded that the MPs be allowed to participate in the remainder of the winter session. Forty-nine Lok Sabha MPs were suspended from the...

Bhubaneswar: The cold wave continues to sweep Odisha with 11 places in the state recording minimum temperatures below 10 degree Celsius, the IMD said Tuesday. G Udaygiri in Kandhamal district was the coldest place in the state at 6.5 degree Celsius followed by Kirei in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Raghubar Das has drawn the attention of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to certain issues faced by the people of Angul and Dhenkanal districts. Das undertook a visit to Angul and Dhenkanal districts from December 5 to 7. In a letter to Patnaik...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday claimed that the dropout rate in Class-X was 27 per cent in the state in 2021-22 and not 49.9 per cent as stated by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in the Lok Sabha a day before. Odisha School Education Programme...

Bhubaneswar: A 46-year-old person was arrested after heroin worth more than Rs1 crore was seized from his possession in Odisha's Keonjhar district, police said Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Special Task Force of the Crime Branch conducted a raid near Jodiaghati...