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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday urged the vigilance department to take steps for infusion of new technology and engage more professionals with domain expertise. Patnaik, during a function organised on the occasion of Vigilance Awareness Week, also asserted his government has adopted a...

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police arrested two persons for illegally stocking firecrackers worth crores of rupees, a source said Monday. The accused persons were identified as Chhabi alias Chhabindra Kumar Subudhi and his brother Pabi alias Pabitra Kumar Subudhi. Based on intelligence inputs, cops got to know...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday launched 'Habishyali Kartika Brata 2023' scheme through video conferencing. 5T and Nabin Odisha chairman VK Pandian conducted the program. Following the launch, habishyalis welcomed the scheme and three of them interacted with the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday directed Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marandi to visit neighbouring Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district where a train accident has killed 14 people. According to a statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), Patnaik also asked Marandi to meet...

Bhubaneswar: Governor-designate Raghubar Das arrived in Odisha Monday, and visited the 12th-century Jagannath temple in Puri ahead of his swearing-in ceremony a day later. Das, the former chief minister of Jharkhand, reached Puri by train in the early hours. He was received at the station...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police has arrested Right to Information (RTI) activist-turned-politician Pradip Pradhan in connection with a mental harassment case filed by sprinter Dutee Chand in 2021. The Mahila police station under the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police Sunday arrested Pradhan, who is also the secretary of...

Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) Sunday said a human error could have resulted in the collision of two trains in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district. At least eight people were killed and 20 others injured in the collision of the Visakhapatnam-Palasa Passenger train with the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday felicitated Odisha gymnast Pranati Nayak, with a cash award of Rs 23 lakhs. Nayak has been facilitated for her remarkable accomplishments at the 37th National Games in Goa. According to a press release issued by the Chief Minister’s...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Sunday said it will organise 'sankirtan satyagrahas' near all the Jagannath temples of the state November 9 to press for the reopening of the four gates of Puri's Jagannath temple. OPCC president Sarat Pattanayak announced this during a...

Bhubaneswar: Odia actor Arindam Roy Sunday opened up about the controversy surrounding the two-year-long ban of actor Manoj Mishra by the producers’ association. Addressing a press conference, Arindam appealed Manoj Mishra to resolve the dispute. "I have been calling and texting you, but have not...