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Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has constituted a ‘Pink Team’ to probe the crimes committed by conman Ramesh Swain, who posed as a doctor, married at least 18 women across the country and duped them of lakhs of rupees, an official said Friday. Addressing media, police...

Bhubaneswar: Union Steel Minister RCP Singh said Friday that the government was promoting research on using plastic waste in steel-making to create an environment-friendly "waste-to-wealth" model. Singh inaugurated a two-day conference of ministers of mines and industries from states at Konark in Odisha, according to...

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha Chief Minister and prominent tribal Congress leader Hemananda Biswal died while undergoing treatment for pneumonia here at the age of 82 years Friday, family members said. Biswal's daughter Sunita said the former Chief Minister breathed his last at a private hospital here....

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of Maha Shivratri, March 1, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued Friday a set of guidelines for celebration of the festival at Lingaraj Temple in the city. As per the BMC guidelines, the concerned servitors of the temple shall perform rituals of the...

New Delhi: The Department of Expenditure under the Ministry of Finance released Friday Rs 411 crore to Odisha for providing grants to urban local bodies (ULBs). Odisha is among the six states to which the Centre released an amount of Rs 1,348.10 crore for the...

Bhubaneswar: After the fifth phase of three-tier rural elections ended February 24, the State Election Commission (SEC) Friday announced the schedule for the upcoming urban polls 2022 in Odisha. Polls to the 110 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) including 48 Municipalities and 59 NACs and three...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Sri Naveen Patnaik Friday requested Home Minister Amit Shah to take urgent steps to bring back Odias and other students stranded in Ukraine. In a telephonic conversation this morning, he urged the Home Minister for the safe evacuation of stranded odia students ...

Bhubaneswar: A woman from Assam has filed a complaint before Odisha women police in Bhubanewar against a fake doctor, who had married at least 18 women from different states, and duped them with lakhs of rupees. The women, a doctor by profession, is also a...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 345 new Covid-19 cases, of which 111 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,84,323. Active caseload in the state now stands at 3,375. Odisha reported seven...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) released Thursday the final voter list ahead of the urban local body (ULB) elections. The elections are likely to be held after the completion of the panchayat polls in the state. As per the list, there are a total...