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Bhubaneswar: The Winter Session of the Odisha Assembly was adjourned sine die by the Speaker Friday, 20 days before it was scheduled to end December 31. Speaker SN Patro announced sine die adjournment of the House, in the absence of opposition BJP and Congress members,...

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of young men under the banner of National Students' Union of India (NSUI) -- the student wing of Congress party -- Friday attempted to gatecrash into Odisha Assembly demanding justice for murdered Kalahandi school teacher Mamita Meher. Quite like BJP youth outfit Bharatiya Janata...

Cuttack (Odisha): Veteran Odia actor Mihir Das has been hospitalised after suffering a mild heart attack, sources in the medical establishment said. The 55-year-old actor, a chronic renal patient who has been undergoing dialysis for the last few years, is on ventilator support in a...

Bhubaneswar: With threat over the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and many people returning from ‘at-risk’ countries, the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) urged Odisha government to ensure Covid testing for all U-18 students, an official said Friday. “A number of Covid-19 cases...

Bhubaneswar: The special task force (STF) of Odisha police has seized five deer skins and arrested two wild life criminals in Puri district, police officials said here Friday. On the basis of reliable information, a team of STF with the help of forest officials conducted...

Puri: Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) launched a website Thursday evening for online booking of accommodations in three Bhakta Niwas which are being managed by the SJTA. Taking to its Twitter handle later in the day the SJTA wrote, “Today, District Collector, Puri along with...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that the lowest temperature in Odisha will start dropping and the mercury will plunge by 3-4 degree Celsius in the next couple of days. Intense cold wave condition is likely to grip again in the next 48 hours....

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 286 new Covid-19 cases, of which 40 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,51,241. Active caseload in the state now stands at 2,137. Odisha also...

Puri: The servitors of Srimandir Thursday dressed Lord Jagannath His elder brother Balabhadra and sister Devi Subhadra with warm clothes on the occasion of “Ghodalagi” or “Odhanasthi”. The ritual is observed to mark the beginning of the winter. Three set of dressers adorn the deities...

Bhubaneswar: At least 15 policemen, several protesters and photojournalists were injured and eight police vans were vandalised here Thursday when BJP activists scuffled with the personnel of the force during BJP Yuva Morcha's 'Assembly gherao' agitation over the Kalahandi woman teacher's kidnap and murder case....