Bhubaneswar: In India, 62 million people, including 6 million children, are estimated to have serious health problems (dental and skeletal fluorosis) due to the consumption of fluoride contaminated water. Keeping the scale of this phenomenon in view, the city-based CSIR- Institute of Mineral and Material...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday launched AMLAN (Anaemia Mukta Lakhya Abhiyan) -- a multi-pronged approach for accelerated reduction of anaemia among targeted groups. Launching the programme on a virtual platform, the Chief Minister said it is the state's own programme for making the...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday bought the first ticket of the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 scheduled to be held in Odisha from January 13, 2023. He has paid Rs 500 for the ticket, officials said. Hockey India President Dilip Tirkey handed...
Bhubaneswar: Officials of the Enforcement Directorate, probing an extortion case in Odisha, Wednesday quizzed film producer Akshay Parija for the second consecutive day, and another accused Shraddhanjali Behera, sources in the agency said. Behera, an alleged associate of prime accused in the case, Archana Nag,...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced a special package for the welfare of kendu pluckers and other employees Wednesday and demanded complete withdrawal of GST on the collection of the leaf. The package was announced a day after the ruling BJD criticised the BJP-led...
Bhubaneswar: A sudden unexplained loud sound Wednesday flummoxed the people and created fear among them in Jajpur, Bhadrak and parts of Keonjhar district of Odisha. The state government and the police are clue less about the sound, which was akin to a huge explosion. “We...
Bhubaneswar: The drastic impact of climate change is now being globally felt and the tumultuous adverse reactions are quite visible. Within one year, the world has witnessed an unprecedented climate emergency, with devastating floods affecting many parts of India as well as neighbouring Pakistan and...
Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has granted working permission for the development of the airstrip at Rasgovindpur near Amarda Road in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. "The President of India has granted working permission to government of Odisha on defence land admeasuring 160.35 acres at Amarda...
Bhubaneswar: Businessman Amiyakant Das and Odia film producer Akshaya Parija appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday for questioning in connection with the honeytrap case involving lady blackmailer Archana Nag. The ED grilled Das for nearly eight hours. When mediapersons asked, Das admitted that he...
Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the December 5 by-poll to Odisha's Padampur assembly seat, the ruling BJD and the opposition BJP engaged in a verbal duel on Tuesday as both the parties sought to woo the farmers, who make up for a sizeable chunk of the constituency's...
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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