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Bhubaneswar: Amid stiff opposition to NEET in Tamil Nadu, the ruling DMK's deputy leader in Parliament Kanimozhi met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday, apparently to seek his support to stop the Centre's alleged interference in admissions to medical colleges set up by state governments....

Bhubaneswar: A group of youths allegedly ransacked the Youth Congress office inside the Congress Bhawan, the party's state headquarters, here Wednesday early morning, sources in it said. A groups of youths, suspected to be party members, entered the Congress Bhawan and forced their way into...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 615 new Covid-19 cases, of which 68 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,33,288. Active caseload in the state now stands at 5,203. Odisha also...

Bhubaneswar:  The commissionerate police Tuesday detained one of the two friends of the deceased, Manish Anurag Das, son of senior scribe Navin Das, who was with him in the party on the fateful day. Sources said the youth, one of the two friends, had picked...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's first automated vehicle inspection and fitness certification centre at Cuttack’s Naraj area will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik October 23, state transport department said Tuesday. Explaining about the centre, which is being built over a 4-acre parcel of land and at...

Bhubaneswar: Clearing the decks for the urban local bodies’ elections, the Odisha government has notified the Odisha Municipal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 to keep the overall reservation in the various urban local bodies (ULBs) below 50 per cent, Law Minister Pratap Jena said Tuesday. After...

Bhubaneswar: Bringing glory to the state, Parasar Mohanty became the first Odia academic to receive the prestigious Indian National Science Academy Teachers Award (INSA)-2021. Mohanty currently works as a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur,...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 529 new Covid-19 cases, of which 62 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,32,673. Active caseload in the state now stands at 5,141. Odisha also...

Puri, Oct 11: The Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) is contemplating introducing a dress code in Srimandir in a phased manner. The decision to introduce the dress code was taken after consultations with Chhatisha Nijog (confederation servitor bodies of Srimandir), temple’s chief administrator Krishan Kumar...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday approved the Food and Procurement policy with a tentative target to collect 52 lakh Metric Tonne (LMT) rice from farmers during Kharif Marketing Season for 2021-22. In terms of paddy this comes to around 77 LMT, Chief Secretary SC Mohapatra...