Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Saturday witnessed several adjournments amid uproar by two opposition parties - the Congress and BJP over Nupur Sharma's controversial statement on Prophet Mohammad and subsequent Supreme Court's admonishment of her. The issue was raised by Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingaha Mishra during...
Bhubaneswar: The monsoon session of the Odisha assembly began Saturday morning with Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari scheduled to present the full Budget for 2022-23 in the afternoon. Chief Minister Patnaik attended the proceedings virtually from his residence, while Steel and Mines Minister PK Mallick and...
The wait was finally over for lakhs of devotees, who were deprived of their loving Lord’s darshan for the last two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, when the ceremonial Pahandi procession began at 6:15am, Friday. The regained electrifying atmosphere of Badadanda not only reminded...
Puri: Amid chants of 'Jai Jagannath', 'Hari Bolo' and blowing of conches and beating of cymbals by lakhs of devotees, the chariots of Lord Jagannath and his siblings, Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra reached Gundicha temple much before the scheduled time. All rituals related to the...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Minister Naba Das has urged private hospital authorities to set up health facilities in remote areas of the state instead of only focusing on big cities such as Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Health services should be made available to people in distant areas through...
Puri: Vibrant celebrations and colourful processions marked the first day of Ratha Jatra in Puri, with political leaders and other dignitaries descending on the roads of the temple town to pay obeisance to the Trinity, along with a sea of revellers. Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal,...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 204 new COVID-19 cases Friday, 49 less than the previous day, taking the tally to 12,89,961, the health department said. The new cases have been detected after testing 15,615 samples, and the positivity rate stood at 1.31 per cent. The state's coronavirus...
Bhubaneswar: The state capital is generating large amounts of single-use plastics (SUP) despite a complete ban on its use. So the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to increase the number of its enforcement squads to control use of plastics in this city. According to...
Puri: Emotions spilled over and cries of 'Jai Jagannath' and 'Haribol' rent the air as the gigantic chariots of Lord Jagannath and his divine siblings Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra along with Chakraraj Sudarshan rolled for the nine-day Rath Yatra festival in this sea-side pilgrim...
Bhubaneswar: Bengaluru-headquartered amusement parks operator Wonderla Holidays has announced that it has signed an agreement with the Government of Odisha for leasing of land of 50.63 acres for a period of 90 years towards development of an amusement park project in Kumarbasta Village in Khordha...
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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