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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday said the state is all set to introduce disaster and pandemic management curricula in schools and colleges to prepare Disaster Management Yodhas (warriors) in every village and household. Patnaik said this while addressing a meeting marking the observance...

Bhubaneswar: Cryptocurrency worth over Rs 1.75 crore was found with a government officer in Bhubaneswar, officials said Saturday. The cryptos were found in a raid on the additional chief engineer by the Vigilance Department in a corruption case, they said. The officer was about to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has suggested to Larsen and Toubro (L&T) to set-up units in aerospace and defence manufacturing and green hydrogen sectors in the state. Patnaik made several suggestions when L&T's CEO & MD SN Subramaniyan called him here Friday. "As the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Covid-19 tally rose to 13,36,086 Saturday as 42 more people, including six children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The death toll remained unchanged at 9,203 as no fresh fatality was reported. Fifty-three other coronavirus patients have died due to...

Cuttack: Senior BJD leader and Jajpur MLA Pranab Prakash Das was Friday elected unopposed as the president of Odisha Cricket Association (OCA). Immediately after taking charge Das, who is now general secretary (Organisation) of the ruling BJD, said he will work towards the all-around development...

Bhubaneswar: Seers and religious heads in Odisha have taken umbrage at the recent incident of serving chicken biryani at a community feast here during a solar eclipse by a group of people describing themselves as rationalists to bust "blind beliefs". At least four FIRs were...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Covid-19 tally rose to 13,36,044 Friday as 44 more people, including four children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The death toll remained unchanged at 9,203 as no fresh fatality was recorded. Fifty-three other coronavirus patients have died due to...

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday joined Buddhist monks from across the world at Dhauli Shanti Stupa to mark its golden jubilee and said peace is the only way to a better and beautiful world. The function at the Shanti Stupa, also known as...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is likely to attend the Eastern Zonal Council meeting slated to be held in Kolkata November 5, official sources said Friday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will preside over the EZC meeting to be held at the West Bengal...

Bhubaneswar: Days after a controversy erupted over an Odisha minister comparing Naveen Patnaik with Lord Jagannath, a row was created after some elderly women allegedly sang devotional songs in praise of the chief minister in Puri. The song in praise of Patnaik was allegedly made...