Bhubaneswar: Pandemonium continued in Odisha Assembly for the second day Tuesday as opposition BJP and Congress members created ruckus in the House over the issue of ongoing protests by the primary school teachers. Thousands of primary school teachers from across the state are on an...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik met members of the Kulta and Bhulia Samaj, who are dominant in Padampur sub-division of Bargarh, ahead of the assembly by-poll there December 5 and assured them of meeting their demands. Patnaik assured the Kulta Samaj members Monday of...
Puri: A 23-year-old YouTuber from Bangladesh was arrested here for allegedly taking photos of Shree Jagannath temple's sanctum sanctorum on phone, in violation of the ban imposed on gadget use at the shrine, and posting those on social media, a police officer said Tuesday. A...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has estimated to spend nearly Rs 1,100 crore for organising the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup in January 2023. The state government had invested only Rs 66.98 crore in hosting the last Hockey World Cup in 2018. However, this time, the...
Bhubaneswar: Indian Railways is planning to launch ‘Jagannath Express', on the lines of the Ramayana Express, during the Rath Jatra festival in Puri next year, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Saturday. Semi high-speed Vande Bharat Express trains will also be launched in Odisha soon, he...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday urged the Centre to withdraw GST being imposed on kendu leaf trade in the interest of livelihoods of about eight lakh poor people. Patnaik dashed a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, barely three days after announcing...
Bhubaneswar: With the Met department forecasting a further dip in mercury in Odisha over the next few days, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced winter assistance of Rs 146 crore for the needy. As many as 48 lakh beneficiaries of the Madhu Babu Pension Yojana and...
Bhubaneswar: A Capacity Building Workshop for Municipal Officials about rejuvenation and mapping of Urban Water bodies was organised by Housing and Urban Development department in collaboration with National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) at Xavier Institute of Management Auditorium, here Friday. Officials from 21 ULBs...
Bhubaneswar: Apprehending that BJD MLA Susant Singh might come under attack in bypoll-bound Padampur, with two BJP leaders, who had earlier allegedly assaulted his brother, camping in the segment, the ruling party of Odisha Friday urged the chief electoral officer (CEO) to enhance his security....
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday said his government is providing cashless health service to over 70,000 patients every month and spending Rs 70 crore on this. Addressing a virtual orientation programme for the newly recruited 203 assistant professors in the Health Department, Patnaik...
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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