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Bhubaneswar: The push to drop India and keep only Bharat as the country's name should not be politicised, and everyone should support it, senior BJD MLA Amar Prasad Satpathy said Wednesday. His remarks came after invitations for a G20 dinner sent out by President Droupadi...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has notified a new Public Private Partnership (PPP) Policy, 2023 to attract private investment in the construction of public infrastructure. The new policy notified by the state Finance Department will be applicable to all infrastructure projects including roads, bridges, ports, railways,...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha crime branch arrested another accused in connection with the Rs 4.13-crore bank loan fraud case, a police official said Wednesday. The accused Md. Sarfaraj Jawed was arrested here Tuesday. An EOW official said the ex-branch manager and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has called upon BJD workers to work towards improving the party's performance in Lok Sabha and assembly elections, due next year, as compared to 2019. The BJD also decided to train 200 party workers in each assembly segment to...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to send five meritorious BTech pass-outs to Australia for higher education, the chief minister's office said in a statement. The five engineering students, including a woman, have completed BTech in mining engineering from Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar. They...

Bhubaneswar: Third-line between Haridaspur and Byree railway stations in Odisha on the Howrah-Chennai main line was commissioned Tuesday, an official said. The 16.80km Haridaspur-Byree line is part of the ongoing critical Bhadrak-Nergundi third-line project. The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), South Eastern Circle, Kolkata, recently...

Bhubaneswar: Thousands of school teachers staged a protest here Tuesday to press for their demands including equal pay for equal work, pension and other service benefits. Wearing black badges, the teachers under the banner of Odisha Secondary School Teachers' Association (OSSTA) took out a protest...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rains are likely to lash Odisha till September 7 with a low-pressure area forming over the Bay of Bengal, the IMD said Tuesday. The low-pressure area is located off the coast of south Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh, it said. Under its influence,...

Cuttack: Sibo Sankar Mishra and Ananda Chandra Behera were sworn in as new judges of the Orissa High Court Tuesday by Chief Justice Subhasis Talapatra. With this, the number of judges in the high court rose to 22, against a sanctioned strength of 33. The...

Bhubaneswar: In a world marked by unprecedented challenges, the role of educators has never been more pivotal. The theme for this year, ‘Teachers at the Heart of Education Recovery’ is not just a theme; it's a testament to the remarkable spirit of those who've weathered...