New Delhi: Number of stray dogs in Odisha has more than doubled between 2012 and 2019, according to official data. As per the Livestock Census data, Odisha had 8,62,520 stray dogs in 2012 which increased to 17,34,399 in 2019, Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and...
Bhubaneswar: IndiaOne Air Wednesday conducted the first trial flight from Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar to Jeypore in the Koraput district. The trial run was held ahead of launching commercial services between both towns. The aeroplane left Bhubaneswar with the crew members at...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government aims to upgrade 100 high schools in the next academic session to check the high dropout rate in the state, School Education Minister Samir Dash said Wednesday. As many as 49,098 secondary school students have dropped out of school before entering...
Puri: Daily rituals at the historic Shree Jagannath Temple at Puri were briefly disrupted Wednesday morning, after a piece of plaster fell off the 12th-century shrine's roof, an official said. The lime plaster weighing around 1.5 kg detached from the roof in the sanctum sanctorum,...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Covid-19 tally rose to 13,15,603 Wednesday as 920 more people, including 166 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The death toll remained unchanged at 9,142 as no fresh fatality was registered. The state had logged 741 cases and one...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government allotted Tuesday land for 13 investment proposals worth Rs 766 crore. The Land Allotment Committee headed by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra approved the proposal for allotment of land plots for the projects. These industrial units would provide direct employment to...
Bhubaneswar: A 10-man India booked a slot in the final of the SAFF U-20 football tournament after defeating Maldives 1-0 in their last league match at the Kalinga Stadium here Tuesday. India won thanks to an 89th minute winner from their No.9 player Gurkirat Singh...
Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) announced Tuesday that it would restore the services of another four pairs of express trains originating from its jurisdiction. Barring the Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad Garib Rath Express, all the originating trains from the ECoR jurisdiction, that were suspended during the coronavirus-induced...
Bhubaneswar: An all-party delegation of Odisha MLAs Tuesday left for New Delhi to meet President Droupadi Murmu the next day. The delegation led by Speaker B K Arukha comprises members from the ruling BJD, Opposition BJP and Congress. All the MLAs underwent RT-PCR tests Monday....
Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police has arrested a chartered accountant in connection with a case pertaining to an online loan scam allegedly run by Chinese fraudsters. Based on a complaint, the EOW nabbed Neerav Gupta alias Raman, a resident of Gurgaon,...
By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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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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