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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday said that poverty rate in his state will be reduced to 10 per cent in the next five years. Patnaik said this while addressing BJD party leaders and workers on its 25th Foundation Day. Stating that there has...

Bhubaneswar: Despite a rise in night temperature, several districts of Odisha experienced fog cover in wee hours of Sunday, the Bhubaneswar centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its afternoon bulletin today. The weather agency has issued a Yellow Warning as dense fog is likely to...

Bhubaneswar: Four more cases of new Omicron variant of Covid-19 was detected in Odisha Sunday, the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) here informed. With this, the tally of Omicron cases reached eight. “Detection of the new variant has been duly reported to state Health Department...

Bhubaneswar: Two goods trains collided in Jharkhand, following which a few rakes derailed, affecting services on the Hatia-Rourkela section, officials said Sunday. The accident happened Saturday night between Pakra and Kurkura railway stations, they said. There were no casualties as drivers and guards of both...

Khurda: A tusker was killed on the spot after being hit by a goods train Saturday night at around 8.30pm near Bhusandapur railway station under Tangi forest division in Khurda district. An eyewitness said that the fatal mishap took place when a herd of more...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 112 new Covid-19 cases, of which 17 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 10,53,881. Active caseload in the state now stands at 1,594. Odisha also reported...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJP Saturday accused the Odisha government of modifying its order of restriction on Christmas and New Year celebrations due to Omicron cases, to accommodate the ruling Biju Janata Dal's Foundation Day celebrations December 26. The BJP in a statement claimed that the order...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday decided to nominate at least 40 per cent OBC candidates for the upcoming panchayat and urban local body elections in the state. The BJD executive committee has passed a resolution to...

Cuttack: An Odisha court has restrained two writers from publishing a biography of legendary Odia litterateur Fakir Mohan Senapati, after his granddaughter claimed that she was not being consulted for the memoir. The order came upon a suit filed by Senapati's granddaughter Minakshi Dutta, now...

Bhubaneswar: Two cyclones and a flood amid a raging COVID-19 pandemic tested Odisha's resilience in 2021, but the state was game for a sport that brought India laurels, making the year a bitter-sweet memory. The year was as much about turmoil as it was about...