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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday inaugurated Odisha FoodPro 2022, an interface of investors, manufacturers, producers, food processors, startups, policymakers and organisations from across the country's food ecosystem here. He called upon all to work together in making Odisha a favoured destination for investment in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Covid-19 tally rose to 13,03,191 Thursday as 1,196 more people, including 169 children, tested positive for the infection, 74 more than the previous day, a health bulletin said. With the fresh infections, the state registered the highest single-day spike since February 12, when...

Bhubaneswar: Odia television star Rajeswari Ray Mohapatra passed away Wednesday night at a private hospital in the city. She was receiving treatment at a private hospital, according to reports, and reportedly had long-term lung and brain cancer symptoms. In a Facebook post from earlier this...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police opened fire 23 times in 2021, according to a white paper of the home department tabled in the Odisha Assembly Wednesday. However, the details of the firing incidents have not been mentioned in the paper. A total of 1,55,420 cognizable cases...

Bhubaneswar: Over 2,100 government-run and government-aided schools in Odisha are being run with only a single teacher, School & Mass Education minister Samir Ranjan Dash said here Wednesday. Replying to a question raised by BJP MLA Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia in the state assembly, Dash...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday urged National Highways Authority of India to immediately repair National Highway 55 in Angul district as its bad condition was inconveniencing people. At a meeting between the NHAI and government officials in Bhubaneswar, District Collector Siddhartha Shankar Swain explained via...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered over 1.55 lakh criminal cases, including 3,327 rape and 1,394 murder cases in 2021, the White Paper issued by the Home Department said. In 2020 the state had registered 1.34 lakh criminal cases. The paper was laid ahead of the demand discussion...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will soon have All Time Grain (ATG) dispensing machines to provide foodgrains to beneficiaries under the public distribution system. This was stated by Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Atanu S Nayak here Wednesday. He said the ATG will be similar to ATM...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has said the water of Mahanadi and Brahmani rivers are found to have higher levels of BOD (Biochemical oxygen demand) and TC (total coliform) than the specified levels. Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister PK Amat said this in Assembly Tuesday...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 1,122 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, the highest single-day count in last five months, pushing the tally to 13,01,995, the health department said. The test positivity rate was 5.08 per cent as the cases were detected out of 22,101 samples tested. As many...