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Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC) formed Thursday a panel led by Chief Secretary SC Mahapatra to examine allegations on violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the upcoming urban local body (ULB) polls. “The SEC, Odisha has constituted a screening committee headed...

Dasarathpur/Gopalpur/Khurda: At least 17 people were injured, six of them critically, in Jajpur, Ganjam and Khurda districts Wednesday and Thursday. Reports said a group of people had entered the house of defeated sarpanch candidate Pankajini Mohapatra under Mangalpur panchayat of Jajpur late Wednesday night and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Commercial tax and GST enforcement wing Thursday conducted raids on 20 tobacco manufacturers and traders at 30 different locations across the state. Based on intelligence inputs, data analysis and frequency of interception of vehicles carrying tobacco products illegally, the State CT and GST...

Bhubaneswar: Chilika Development Authority (CDA) is all set to begin Phase 2 of the fishing cat population estimation in the area from the second week of March, officials said on Thursday. The Chilika wildlife division and the fishing cat project, in partnership with Fishing Cat...

Bhubaneswar: Odia students, who were evacuated from war-torn Ukraine, recounted their horrific experience in the east European country. The students claimed that they had not imagined that Russian forces would launch a full-scale war against Ukraine. “We took the Russian invasion threat casually and did...

Bhubaneswar,: Two students of Odisha proved that necessity is the mother of all inventions, and brought laurels to the state by being the only winners form Odisha at the 29th National Children’s Science Congress 2021, organised by the National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC), Department...

Cuttack: The High Court of Orissa has asked the Sree Jagannath Temple administration in Puri to decide within a month on making the 12th-century shrine disabled-friendly. Ramps and other facilities to make the temple accessible to persons with disabilities are not currently available at the...

Bhubaneswar: Dense fog engulfed Bhubaneswar-Cuttack twin cities, including Puri early Thursday morning affecting vehicular movement. Visibility was reduced to as low as 50 meters at some places. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) regional centre in Bhubaneswar, similar conditions were witnessed in some other parts...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 138 new Covid-19 cases, of which 33 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,85,487. Active caseload in the state now stands at 1,923. Out of total...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has attained the highest growth rate of 23 per cent in gross GST collection which was recorded at Rs 4101.09 crore during February, 2022 against Rs 3,340.56 crore in the corresponding month in February '21, Odisha Commercial Tax and GST director S K...