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Bhubaneswar: Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) department Wednesday issued notification regarding the election of mayors and corporators for three Municipal Corporations, including chairpersons and councillors for 107 Municipalities and NACs. The H&UD department issued formal notification to conduct ULB elections 2022 calling upon wards to...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 342 new Covid-19 cases, of which 83 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,83,639. Active caseload in the state now stands at 4,320. Odisha reported nine...

Bhubaneswar: The state health department was aware of the wrongdoings of conman Ramesh Swain as early as 2015. The Directorate of Medical Education & Training (DMET) officials police had carried out raids on his clinic at Jayadev Vihar in the city November 3, 2015 and...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly of Small and Medium Enterprises (OASME) has sought the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to protect the MSME ecosystem dependent on coal-consuming industries and their ancillaries from acute shortage of coal. The MSMEs have been struggling due to the shortage of...

Bhubaneswar: The Higher Education (HE) department Tuesday directed the Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC) to cancel the admission of 28 students on the ground of furnishing fake Person with Disability (PwD) certificates. Deputy Director of the Higher Education department Rajesh Kumar Sahoo, in a letter...

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police seized 1.227 kg of brown sugar worth Rs 1.22 crore and arrested a wanted drug peddler in this connection, police said Tuesday. The STF raided a place near Pahal crossing under Khurda district and seized the...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD demanded Tuesday the arrest of former minister and BJP leader Manmohan Samal and some of his supporters for their alleged involvement in the murder of party worker from Jahangir area of Dhamnagar in Bhadrak district, Pratap Chandra Rout Monday. A delegation of...

Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC), Odisha Tuesday announced that repolling for 45 booths will be held February 23, 2022 based on suggestions received from district collectors. The repolling will begin at 9 AM and will continue till 3 PM, SEC said. Addressing a press...

Bhubaneswari: Climate change in recent years has been extreme with harsh winters being extended to extremely hot summer weather. It's also inspiring to see people taking the initiative to make the world a better place to live by making a conscious decisions. Creating an opportunity...

Bhubaneswar: An average 45% per cent voting was recorded till 12 PM in the fourth phase of Panchayat polls Tuesday. Meanwhile, following incidents of violence in the first three phases of Panchayat polls, the Odisha police has tightened the security for the fourth phase. The fourth...