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Mumbai: Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) has sanctioned a Rs 837-crore support under its cluster development fund scheme to Odisha to help develop 18 MSME infrastructure projects. The funding from the nation's principal financial institution for micro, small and medium enterprises will be...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 48 new Covid-19 cases, of which 16 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,87,469. Active caseload in the state now stands at 419. Odisha reported zero...

Bhubaneswar: Continuing its winning spree, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Saturday swept the municipal elections, bagging 76 out of 108 urban local bodies. In last month's panchayat polls, the party had won 766 of 852 Zilla Parishad seats in 30 districts. The ruling camp...

Bhubaneswar: Like the recently concluded panchayat election, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is heading towards a landslide victory in the urban election for which counting was underway Saturday. The counting of votes of 105 municipalities/notified area councils (NACs)...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and a host of political leaders joined the people of the state in turning off their lights to observe Earth Hour Saturday night. Patnaik turned off all electrical equipment at his home, Naveen Nivas, in Bhubaneswar at 8.30 pm...

Bhubaneswar: In a crackdown Friday afternoon, the special task force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch seized about four kilogram of pangolin scales following raid at a place near Dhauli Square on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, a press note issued by the state agency said. STF...

Bhubaneswar: The 'Paika Bidroha' in erstwhile Khordha Gada in the year 1817 was not an uprising against the then British regime; rather, it was a freedom movement, asserted Union Minister for Tourism G Kishan Reddy during a programme here Friday. Reddy was addressing a huge...

Bhubaneswar: The brutal murder of lensman Manas Swain is getting murkier with every passing day. Even as the probing-team of Odisha Crime Branch is yet to unravel the mystery behind the memory chip over which the cameraman is believed to have been killed, a friend...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 43 new Covid-19 cases, of which 13 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,87,421. Active caseload in the state now stands at 431. Odisha reported one...

Gunshots to celebrate victory BJD councillor Kairu Swain of Ward no.9 in Subarnapur reportedly fires gunshots in air to celebrate victory in elections Sanghamitra Dalei elected BeMC Mayor BJD’s Sanghamitra Dalei elected as the Mayor of the Berhampur Municipal Corporation defeating her nearest rival Sabit...