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Bhubaneswar: Enforcement squad of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Sunday sealed a hotel here for allowing gambling activities Saturday night while weekend shutdown was in force. According to a senior BMC official, the civic body sealed a hotel located on Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Road for violating Covid-19 safety...

Bhubaneswar: The economic offence wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch Saturday arrested two fraudsters including a godman for duping a contractor of around Rs 3 crore by impersonating themselves as officials of Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC). According to an official, the EOW arrested Chandan...

Bhubaneswar: Nandankanan zoo Saturday welcomed a new guest as a hippopotamus gave birth to a calf. With this, the population of hippopotamus in the zoo has increased to 12. According to zoo authorities, the hippo in enclosure-63 near Kanjia lake gave birth to a calf....

Puri: After remaining out of bound for over three months for devotees, the Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri is all set to open for the public from August 23. Considering people’s safety as its top priority amid the pandemic, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA)...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik greeted people of the state on the occasion of Rakhi Purnima. “On the auspicious occasion of Rakhi Purnima, the Governor has extended his greetings to everyone,” Ganeshi Lal’s official handle wrote on Twitter. https://twitter.com/GovernorOdisha/status/1429286102351826950 “May...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked its renewable energy development agency to come up with cost-effective incentive schemes to promote domestic use of solar power in the state, according to a statement. Chief Secretary SC Mohapatra has directed the Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency to...

Bhubaneswar: Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, the Executive Chairman of ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaking company, met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here Saturday. The meeting, which was held at the Chief Minister's residence, lasted for an hour. Though neither the Chief Minister nor Mittal made any...

Bhubaneswar: As part of his 5T model of governance, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday rolled out an ambitious school transformation programme in his own constituency Hinjili. Under the programme, state-of-the-art facilities like e-library, smart classrooms, computer rooms, science laboratories, sports facilities, reading rooms, laboratory, drinking...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 853 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, of which 100 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,00,937. Active caseload in the state now stands at 9,302. Odisha also reported...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency (OREDA) has made significant strides in generation and use of renewable energy in the state with more than 4 lakh installations serving around 5.5 million people. This was revealed at a high-level review meeting held on digital mode...