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Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has revealed that the state government has acquired about 44.10 acres in Kalahandi district without paying compensation to the owners, thereby violating the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act. Describing the act as a ‘blatant disregard’...

Bhubaneswar: Around 2.08 lakh people in the 15-29 age group in Odisha, who had jobs during the first quarter of 2021 (January-April), were left jobless during the second quarter of the year (May-August), as per the latest quarterly report (May-August 2021) of the Centre for...

Gop: A miniature replica of the Konark Sun Temple, well-known in the region as ‘Mini Konark’ has been wallowing in neglect for decades, locals alleged Sunday. Located at Baiyalisibati village of Erabanga panchayat under Gop block in Puri district, the picturesque replica needs immediate attention...

Bhubaneswar: A six-member Central team led by a Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs Sunday left for the field verification to assess the damage done to agriculture and other sectors due to Cyclone Jawad, which reached near Odisha coast in the form of...

Bhubaneswar: A report of CAG recently tabled in Odisha Assembly revealed that Trust Board of Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar has not been keeping annual income-expenditure accounts of the shrine. The report said that not maintaining the financial details of the 11th-century old temple is a...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 160 new Covid-19 cases, of which 20 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,51,574. Active caseload in the state now stands at 1,955. Odisha also...

Bhubaneswar: Although the state government is pumping in huge amount of money for building check dams for irrigation purposes, large tracts of farmlands do not get a drop of water as many of these check dams remain dysfunctional, indicating large-scale corruption in the process. This...

Bhubaneswar: A girl from Soro area in the state facing racial discrimination in New Zealand has sought help of the Government of India. Padmavati Maharana, 32, a native of village Kanpur under Soro police station limits, has been in Rangiora town, under Canterbury of New...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Saturday observed that the allotment of public properties must be transparent and the time has come to do away with allotment, particularly plots, on the basis of discretionary quota, as this inevitably leads to corruption, nepotism and favouritism. A bench comprising...

Bhubaneswar: The last rites of Junior Warrant Officer (JWO) Rana Pratap Das of Indian Air Force (IAF), who died in the tragic Mi-17 helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu December 8, was performed Saturday at his native village Krushnachandrapur in Angul district of Odisha. The mortal...