Cuttack: A family court here, which is hearing the divorce case involving Lok Sabha MP Anubhav Mohanty and his actress wife Varsha Priyadarshini, Friday slapped a penalty of Rs 5,000 each on the couple for unnecessarily delaying the proceedings of the case. The case was...
Bhubaneswar: The Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCI) has urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to save Odisha-based industries from the ‘alarming situation of closure’ due to prolonged coal supply crunch by Coal India. Over the past year, industries that are dependent on indigenous coal...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has advised newly appointed soil conservation extension workers to use 5T principles in their workplace to help farmers improve their farm practices. Naveen Patnaik made his observations at the induction of 184 soil conservation extension workers here. The chief minister...
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to encourage people to extend helping hands to the road mishap victims immediately, Odisha government has modified its Good Samaritan Policy, 2018 and made provision that police officers can also endorse a person for cash reward. Police officers can now endorse...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,29,726 Friday as 254 more people, including 32 children, tested positive for the infection, a health department bulletin said. The toll remained at 9,184 as there were no new deaths. Fifty-three other patients have died due to comorbidities so...
Bhubaneswar: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Thursday started removing sand from 'Jagamohana' (audience hall) of 13th century Sun temple at Konark in Odisha's Puri district for better conservation. Jagamohana, which is around 128 feet tall, is the principal surviving structure in the ruins. Nata...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has planned a mega show involving the participation of around 150 Buddhist monks from across the world for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 'Peace Pagoda' at Dhauli on the outskirts of the state capital, officials said. The International...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is bracing for another spell of torrential rain over the next few days, with the formation of a low pressure over the Bay of Bengal Thursday, the Met Department said. The low pressure formed over the central Bay in the morning under the...
Bhubaneswar: Amrita Sahu, daughter of a daily wage labourer and 19 other children from underprivileged families in Odisha have cracked the NEET examination with the help provided to them by a charitable organisation in fulfilling their dreams to become doctors Of the 20 successful students,...
Bhubaneswar: India have been drawn with England, Spain and Wales in Pool D of the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup, to be held in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela in January next year. The draw of the 16-team tournament was held here Thursday, with four teams making...
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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