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Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police arrested Thursday the estranged boyfriend of software engineer Sweta Utkal Kumari for abetting the latter’s suicide in August last year. Sweta died by suicide by hanging herself with a stole from the ceiling fan of her room at an apartment in Sailshree...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday stressed the need for farm mechanisation and crop diversification besides asking farmers to adopt the latest technology. If cultivators use technology properly in the farm sector, it will benefit farmers and their state, the chief minister said while...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 1,000 cold storage facilities will be set up in Odisha to strengthen agricultural infrastructure, Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment Department Secretary Arabinda Padhee said Thursday while speaking at Krushi Odisha 2023 event in Bhubaneswar. The storage capacity of each unit will be...

Bhubaneswar: The women's wing of the ruling BJD in Odisha staged a dharna here Thursday demanding removal of Jaynarayan Mishra from the post of the Leader of Opposition for allegedly misbehaving with a woman police officer in Sambalpur. Mishra Wednesday stirred controversy by allegedly pushing...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police Thursday arrested Soumyajit Mahapatra--alleged boyfriend of deceased software engineer Sweta Utkal Kumari--from his residence in Sambalpur. Police arrested Soumyajit in connection with Sweta’s death after five months after the latter’s alleged suicide. A police team from Chandrasekharpur Police Station in Bhubaneswar...

Bhubaneswar: The ongoing three-day protest of BJP over the deteriorating law and order situation has turned violent in Sambalpur as Leader of Opposition Jayanarayan Mishra faced off with a lady police IIC. When the BJP workers led by Mishra took out a huge rally from...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is investing more than Rs 2,500 crore in building sports infrastructure, which include 90 indoor stadia in urban local bodies (ULBs), Sports Secretary R. Vineel Krishna said Wednesday. Speaking at the senior officers' conference in Konark, Krishna said the state government is building...

Bhubaneswar: Challans have been issued against 2,674 vehicles in Odisha without high-security registration plates (HSRP) and colour-coded stickers in last 11 days by State Transport Authority, Odisha (STA), an official notification said Wednesday. According to the notification the challans have been issued between February 1...

Bhubaneswar: As many as four new medical colleges will be set up and 147 hospitals will be upgraded in Odisha to strengthen health infrastructure, Health Secretary Shalini Pandit said Tuesday while speaking at Senior Officers' Conference in Bhubaneswar. As part of the Odisha government’s ‘Ama...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Tuesday began its 3-day state-wide demonstration near Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar to resist Rs 20,000 crore reduction in paddy procurement and closure of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY). A group of BJD workers including ministers and lawmakers joined...