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Massive fire guts 20 shops in Bhubaneswar's Unit-1 market

Massive fire guts 30 shops in Bhubaneswar’s Unit-1 market

Bhubaneswar: A fire broke out at the Unit-I Haat, the largest daily market in the Odisha capital, here Wednesday, destroying around 30 shops and damaging property worth crores of rupees, officials said. There were no reports of casualties or injuries in the incident, which required...

Nuapada Bypoll

2,000 armed policemen to be deployed for Nuapada bypoll

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Around 2,000 armed policemen would be deployed to ensure free and fair elections in the bypoll to the Nuapada Assembly constituency, a senior officer said Wednesday. The 2,000 armed policemen would be deployed in addition to the district police personnel, the officer said. This...

Bahanaga train tragedy

Orissa HC seeks report on Cuttack college student facilities

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of the glaring lack of basic facilities for differently-abled girl students at Shailabala Women’s Autonomous College, Cuttack, the Orissa High Court has directed college authorities to submit a detailed report on the measures being taken to address the issue. The college, currently...

Naveen Patnaik

Naveen Patnaik condemns attack on BJD woman worker in Jagatsinghpur

Bhubaneswar: BJD chief and former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday condemned the alleged assault on party worker and social media activist Rashmi Parija in Jagatsinghpur district and demanded strict action against those responsible. "Such incidents of increasing violence against women are unacceptable. The atmosphere...

Odisha bypoll: BJP seeks rejection of Congress nominee for hiding cases

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Tuesday, complained with the Election Commission against Ghasiram Majhi, the Congress candidate for the upcoming Nuapada by-election, demanding rejection of his nomination papers for allegedly concealing his criminal record in the affidavit filed with the poll panel. According to...

ISKCON says global single-date Rath Yatra ‘not possible’

Bhubaneswar: The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has told the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC) chairperson that it would "not be possible" for it to conduct the Rath Yatra on one specific date across the globe. The SJTMC chairperson, Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb,...

 

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