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Bhubaneswar: The BJB Autonomous College is in a hot spot as more and more ragging incidents of students studying in the educational institution are coming to the fore. Less than a week back, after a girl student of BJB Autonomous College died by suicide allegedly...

Bhubaneswar: With the collection of Rs 1,247.63 crore GST (state GST), Odisha has recorded a growth of 45.27 per cent in the tax collection in the month of June as compared to the June last year. The state had collected GST of Rs 858.83 crore during...

Bhubaneswar: Altogether 245 wild elephants died of unnatural causes in Odisha in just three years, senior Congress MLA Santosh Singh Saluja said in the Assembly Wednesday and demanded action against those responsible for their deaths. The lawmaker from Kantabanji in Bolangir district attacked the BJD...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJP and Congress slammed Wednesday the Odisha government for its alleged failure to check liquor consumption and illegal drugs trade in Odisha. The Opposition members asked the government to take exemplary action against the liquor mafia and drug traders. The BJP moved an...

Bhubaneswar: Saheed Nagar police arrested Wednesday, a youth in connection with the alleged suicide of MCA student Ashrita Senapati in the city. The arrested youth has been identified as Satyaprakash Das. Sources said he is the boyfriend of the deceased. Satyprakash is an employee of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Wednesday reported 401 new COVID-19 infections, the highest single-day tally since February 22, which took the tally to 12,91,518, the health department said. The state had recorded 428 new infections February 22. The toll remained unchanged at 9,126, with no new death recorded...

Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) of Odisha announced the class 10 final examination results Wednesday, in which 90.55 per cent students were declared successful. A total of 5,26,818 students of 8,925 schools had appeared in the High School Certification (HSC) examination, which was...

Bhubaneswar: Moving a step forward in support of NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu, Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday sought support of Congress MLAs in Odisha Assembly in favour of Murmu. Patnaik spoke to Congress legislature party leader Narasingha Mishra over...

Bhubaneswar: In a major embarrassment to the BJD government in the Odisha Assembly, a ruling party MLA Tuesday said that peons administer injection to patients in several state-run hospitals due to lack of doctors and paramedics in tribal-dominated areas. This was revealed by BJD legislator...

New Delhi: In the first-ever 'State Ranking Index' under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) released Tuesday, Odisha has topped the list of general category states while Tripura topped the list of special category states. Odisha is followed by Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat...