Bhubaneswar: Odisha's State Election Commissioner (SEC) Aditya Prasad Padhi Saturday asked district collectors and SPs to submit their election management plans to the panel for the approaching three-tier panchayat polls scheduled to be held in five phases from February 16. The top official said this...
Bhubaneswar: At least 73 officers of Odisha cadre have attended a virtual training programme conducted by the Election Commission for central observers in upcoming Assembly polls in five states, an official said Saturday. These officers will be deployed in Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and...
Bhubaneswar: The State Housing and Urban Development department Saturday released a draft reservation list of chairpersons of 107 Municipalities/NACs, which will be published in Odisha Gazette. The draft proposal has invited objections and/or suggestions from all stakeholders. Persons interested in connection with the notification have...
Balipatna: In a shocking incident, a nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour Friday at around 1.00pm at a village under Balipatna police limits on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. The accused has been booked under POCSO Act, an official in the station said Saturday....
Bhubaneswar: The club has announced Kino Garcia as the interim Head Coach after the club parted ways with Kiko Ramirez last night. Kino will be taking over the duties of the Head Coach from the next game against NorthEast United FC. PFB a statement on...
Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 10,856 new Covid-19 cases, of which 1,021 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 11,22,735. Active caseload in the state now stands at 61,809. Odisha also reported...
Bhubaneswar: Amid rising cases of Covid-19 in the state capital, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) declared 11 more residential areas as containment zones. While six micro containment zones have come up under South-East Zone in Unit 9, Satya Nagar, Laxmi Sagar, Sriram Nagar; four areas...
New Delhi: India saw 1,750 deaths due to extreme weather events in 2021, with Maharashtra being the worst-affected state with 350 fatalities, followed by Odisha and Madhya Pradesh, the India Meteorological Department said Friday. The Met Department said 223 people died due to extreme weather...
Bhubaneswar: The Queen’s Baton for the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) reached Friday the Odisha capital and was received and welcomed by chairman, Odisha Hockey Promotion Council, Dilip Tirkey and officials of Sports and Youth Services Department of the Odisha government and Odisha Olympic Association at...
Kendrapara: A total of 1,38,107 winged guests were spotted in Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district this winter, 2,015 or 1.5 per cent more than the previous year, officials said Friday. Many rare and endangered species were counted in the census recently carried out...
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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