Bhubaneswar: Provisions will be made for directly electing mayors of municipal corporations and chairpersons of municipalities and Notified Area Councils (NACs) in the Urban Local Body (ULB) elections in Odisha on March 24, an SEC notification said. NOTA (None of the above) option will also...
Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 168 new Covid-19 cases, of which 29 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,85,206. Active caseload in the state now stands at 2,340. Odisha reported seven (08)...
Bhubaneswar: A low pressure system is likely to form over south Bay of Bengal adjoining south Andaman Sea in next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) regional centre here forecasted Monday. In its mid-day bulletin, the IMD centre said, “No significant synoptic system lies...
Bhubaneswar: After a gap of nearly two years, schools for classes 1 to 7 reopened in Odisha Monday amid strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols. Though the government had announced to reopen the school for the class I to VII students from February 14, it was...
Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police-Bhubaneswar plans to bring fake doctor Ramesh Swain and his sister Rashmita Beura again on a five-day remand to gather more information on their notorious acts. A source said that the brother and sister duo might be interrogated together and face to face....
Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 171 new Covid-19 cases, of which 34 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,85,038. Active caseload in the state now stands at 2,610. Odisha reported seven...
Bhubaneswar: It was for the second consecutive year that the tableau of Odisha did not reach the Rajpath stretch at New Delhi on this Republic Day. Unlike the West Bengal government, the Odisha government did not express any opposition, strong or weak, to this decision...
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is leading to a landslide victory in the panchayat polls for which counting is still underway. According to officials of the State Election Commission (SEC), counting for the 315 Zilla Parishad (ZP) zones...
Bhubaneswar: With the rise in demand to conduct Class X, XII Board examinations online, School and Mass Education (S&ME) Minister Samir Ranjan Dash Sunday said that the government would take appropriate decision in this regard soon. “S&ME department is awaiting reports from the Board of...
Bhubaneswar: The Special Vigilance Court here Saturday rejected a petition filed by former Union minister Dilip Kumar Ray requesting the court to discharge a case against him that states he has amassed assets disproportionate to legal sources of income. A source said that the case...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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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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