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Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Monday decided to introduce a dress code for Srimandir staffers and others in a phased manner. Those, including servitors and temple employees, crossing the inner barricade (bhitar katha) and entering the sanctum sanctorum of Srimandir to render religious...

Bhubaneswar: The suspicious death of Manish Anurag Das is still shrouded in mystery even after 24 hours of the incident while his father, senior journalist Navin Das, Monday claimed that his son was murdered by his friends. The Commissionerate Police has sent the body parts...

Cuttack: The Odisha police Monday nabbed three miscreants who looted Rs 1.29 crore from an ATM cash replenishment van in Athagarh area of Cuttack district Monday afternoon. The police have so far recovered Rs 1.05 crore. The van of a private security company carrying cash...

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has made elaborate arrangements to run some special trains towards different destinations for the convenience of the passengers during the forthcoming festive occasions. It is at this time of the year that there is always an extra rush of...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of Dussehra, the state cabinet Monday raised the monthly remunerations of all contractual employees by 50 per cent. Briefing media after the meeting, Law Minister Pratap Jena said contractual employees will now be called ‘Initial Appointees’ and their existing remuneration will be increased...

Bhubaneswar: The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is yet to end in Odisha, the Director of Health Services, Bijay Mohapatra said Monday. He informed that among the new cases reported in Odisha, 40 per cent are from the state capital alone. It should be...

Bhubaneswar: Taking a cautious approach to Dussehra and the upcoming festive season, the state government, amid second wave of Covid-19 and to contain any probable spread of the deadly virus, issued fresh restrictions of night curfew in the Twin city of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack from...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 448 new Covid-19 cases, of which 59 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,32,144. Active caseload in the state now stands at 5,087. Odisha also...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for lifting of the estimated surplus parboiled rice from the state in upcoming Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22. In a letter to the Prime Minister, he said around 14 lakh farmers...

Bhubaneswar: In a major action against corruption, Odisha vigilance has arrested three class-I government officers for possessing unaccounted cash, a vigilance official said Sunday. The officers are -- Bidhan Chandra Sahu, superintending engineer, Irrigation Baitarani Division, Salapada; Prakash Kumar Mohapatra, regional officer, State Pollution Control...