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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court Friday asked the state government to make a decision on the sale and use of green crackers during Diwali by November 1 after holding discussions with fireworks sellers. The court's directive came on a petition by the All Odisha Fireworks...

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of transgenders Friday protested at Master Canteen Square here demanding action against Minister of State (MoS) Home Dibya Shankar Mishra for his alleged nexus with the key accused Gobinda Sahu in lady teacher Mamita Meher murder case. This incident came close on the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has launched School Sanjog Programme, an initiative of mobile schools in van for class I-V students from Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) communities. The pandemic induced compulsion of classroom learning being shifted to online learning, has denied education to many children...

Bhubaneswar: Traffic movement in the Odisha capital was severely disrupted for a lengthy period Friday morning as members of the Odisha Driver Mahasangha took out a procession for the fulfillment of their 10-point charter of demands. The drivers marched from Palasuni to Naveen Niwas, the...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 365 new Covid-19 cases, of which 56 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,40,595. Active caseload in the state now stands at 4,563. Odisha also...

Bhubaneswar: The Directorate of Elementary Education (DEE) has directed the district and block education officers to provide reports at the earliest on the alleged fake teacher issue as it wants action initiated against the culprits as soon as possible. As per the notification, the DEE...

Bhubaneswar: Asking authorities of the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) to explore the feasibility of using the port as a coal hub, Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi Thursday directed officials to fully utilise the available facilities for increasing coal transportation through the sea route. Joshi...

Cuttack: The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) is planning to relocate deer from the Park at Madhusudan Nagar locality in Tulasipur. Under its decongestion plan, the civic body will shift the herbivores to Chandaka forest near Nandankanan zoo, an official informed Thursday. According to the source,...

Bhubaneswar: Separate teams of Odisha Vigilance Thursday carried out simultaneous raids on various houses linked to dismissed constable Prasanna Behera, who illegally operated the South City bar, where journalist Navin Das’ son Manish Anurag had drinks with his friends before being brutally killed by them....

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 412 new Covid-19 cases, of which 63 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,40,230. Active caseload in the state now stands at 4,747. Odisha also...