Bhubaneswar: At least four people, including two women, were killed after the car they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck parked on the roadside on National Highway 16 in Khurda district Thursday, police said. The accident took place early during the day in...
Bhubaneswar: Primary school teachers agitating outside the Odisha Assembly put their stir on hold till December 20 after the government announced that it has formed a committee to look into their demands. United Primary School Teachers' Association (UPSTA), under the banner of which thousands of...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is fast emerging as a fulcrum of trade, commerce and industrialisation in eastern India and the Bay of Bengal region, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said here Wednesday. Patnaik said this while addressing the national executive council of the Federation of Indian Chambers...
Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the Make In Odisha Conclave, the Naveen Patnaik government has approved at least seven different policies to attract investment in the state and boost the economy. The decision regarding the State Cabinet approving seven policies and other decisions was announced by Revenue...
Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) and Angul-Sukinda Railway Limited (ASRL) signed an agreement for operations and maintenance (O&M) of 98.70 km broad gauge single railway line between Budhapank station (Angul) and Baghuapal station (Sukinda). Managing Director of ASRL Dilip Kumar Samantaray and Chief Commercial...
Bhubaneswar: Adding momentum to BJD's campaign for bypoll to Padampur assembly segment, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will be canvassing for party candidate Barsha Singh Bariha December 2, sources in the state's ruling camp said. BJD vice-president Prasanna Acharya said Patnaik's campaign schedule has almost...
Bhubaneswar: Arrangements are in place for the five-day 'Make In Odisha Conclave' beginning Wednesday, which is likely to see participation of several corporate honchos, including L N Mittal, Kumar Mangalam Birla and Anil Agarwal, officials said. Representatives from partner countries like Japan, Norway and Germany...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in a bid to boost the state's 'Mission Shakti' scheme, has announced that his government would hike the upper limit for interest-free loan provided to self-help group members from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh, starting April next...
Bhubaneswar: With several alleged incidents of violence being reported in bypoll-bound Padampur assembly seat in Odisha, the BJD Tuesday charged the BJP with "importing" the culture of poll violence from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, while the saffron camp accused the ruling party of attacking its...
Khurda: Brown sugar and ganja worth Rs 9 crore were destroyed by the Odisha Police Tuesday, officials said. The drugs -- 8.74 kg of brown sugar and 217.4 kg of ganja -- were destroyed at a designated incinerator in Tangiapada in Khurda, they said. The...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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