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Bhubaneswar: Noted scientist and Director, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar Ajay Parida has died at Guwhati Tuesday, official sources said. Parida, a Padma Shri awardee, was 58 year old. He died of a massive heart attack while staying at a hotel in the Assam...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to provide 9.6 acres of land free of cost to the Ministry of Culture for the purpose of setting up a Paika Rebellion Memorial near Khurda town, state minister Niranjan Pujari told the Assembly Tuesday. Pujari, the parliamentary affairs...

Bhubaneswar: A 12-hour bandh was observed in Odisha Tuesday against alleged police inaction on abettors in the reported death by suicide of a woman student of BJB Autonomous College here after ragging. The bandh, which commenced at 6 am, was held by Naba Nirman Krushak...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 945 fresh COVID-19 cases Tuesday, pushing the tally to 13,00,873, while the death toll mounted to  9,130 with one more fatality, the health department said. The single-day infections include 110 children, it said in a bulletin. The state now has 6,316 active...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday announced its new IT Policy, 2022, with the aim to transform the state into a leading destination of investment for Information Technology and propel employment. The Assembly was informed of the new IT Policy by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Niranjan Pujari after...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 146 members of the 147-seat Odisha Assembly have cast their vote in the 16th Presidential election held  Monday. While 145 MLAs including Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Congress legislature party leader Narasingha Mishra and all state ministers have exercised their franchise here...

Bhubaneswar: Top Odia film actor Babushaan and the unit members of his upcoming movie Daman were seen on a ‘Bol Bam Yatra’ here at Old Town, to promote the film, Monday. The crew members including producer Deependra Samal, director duo- Debi Prasad Lenka and Vishal...

Bhubaneswar: The polling to elect the country's 15th president began in Odisha Assembly Monday and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was among the early members to cast their votes. Enthusiastic lawmakers of the ruling BJD and the opposition BJP have queued up as the NDA candidate...

Bhubaneswar: A lookout circular has been issued against three Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in a mobile loan app scam, Odisha Police said Sunday. The action was taken by the Bureau of Immigration on the request of the state police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW)....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 872 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, pushing the tally to 12,99,112, a health department bulletin said. The positivity rate was at 4.49 per cent as the new cases were detected from 19,409 sample tests, and 123 children were among the fresh patients, it...