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Bhubaneswar: The latest Comptroller and Auditor General of India’s (CAG) report regarding higher education and job prospects for students in state-run universities paints a very bleak picture indeed. It has pointed out anomalies in several colleges under Utkal University and North Odisha University (NOU). The...

Theatre actor Binodini Devi was honoured with Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra (GKCM) Award while Arushi Mudgal for Odissi dance and Ramchandra Behera for Odissi music (Mardala) were conferred with GKCM Yuva Pratibha Samman Post news network Bhubaneswar:  After four consecutive evenings of spectacular classical presentations, the...

Bhubaneswar: The Assembly, on the last day of the Monsoon Session Thursday, passed a resolution to urge the Centre for conducting a caste-based census to enumerate the Other Backward Class (OBC) population. SC & ST Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Minister Jagannath Saraka moved...

Bhubaneswar:  After 117 more children were found infected with coronravirus Thursday, the Odisha government warned parents that recovered Covid-19 patients in the age group of 0 to 10 years are more susceptible to Multi-system Inflammatory (MI) syndrome. MI syndrome in children is a condition in...

Cuttack: A Jagatsinghpur based businessman suffered gunshot injuries after two unidentified motorcycle-borne armed miscreants shot at him at Athanga locality in Kandarpur area of Cuttack city in broad daylight Thursday. After firing at him, they snatched away the cash bag, containing Rs 1 lakh and...

Bhubaneswar: Tokyo Paralympic 2020 champion Pramod Bhagat met former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar Wednesday. He had shared some pictures on his Instagram handle and wrote, “CHILDHOOD DREAM COMES TRUE!”. Shuttler Pramod Bhagat won the gold medal by defeating Daniel Bethell of Great Britain 2-0 in the...

Bhubaneswar: The speaker was compelled to adjourn the House until 4:00 p.m. Thursday after the opposition BJP and Congress created a commotion in the Odisha Assembly after the death of Dusmanta Das. Dusmanta Das (30) had attempted suicide outside the Assembly and he succumbed while...

Bhubaneswar: Amidst the threat of an expected third wave of Covid-19 outbreak, as many as 794 children in the age group of newborn to 18 years have been infected by the deadly virus within seven days. According to official sources, even as overall daily caseload...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 771 new Covid-19 cases, of which 117 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,14,338. Active caseload in the state now stands at 7,042. Odisha also...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJP and Congress stalled Assembly proceedings and gheraoed Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro in his chamber for rejecting an adjournment notice on mining scam, here Wednesday. The Congress had moved the notice for a discussion on the mining scam in Odisha. However, the speaker...