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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet has decided to waive off of royalty in respect of minerals (Khondalite) extracted from the reserved mines. The decision to waive off  the royalty was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to ensure easy implementation of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Cabinet Saturday approved three rural piped water supply projects to provide safe drinking water to people in 14 blocks in Sundargarh and Cuttack districts and two NAC in Keonjhar district. All the projects are targeted to be completed within 24 months. Chief Secretary...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha 5T Secretary VK Pandian Sunday visited Taladanda Canal and Netaji Bus Terminal project sites in Cuttack and reviewed the progress made so far. According to an official source, the first phase work of Taladanda canal renovation project (about 1.55 kilometre long) is nearing...

Bhubaneswar: The state Cabinet under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday approved 15 projects relating to education, civil service recruitment rules, mega piped water and augmenting information services among others. The Cabinet proposed a new legislation to upgrade the College of Engineering and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 2,215 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,54,326. The active caseload in the state now stands at 21,289. Out of the 2,215 new infections, 1,272 were reported from quarantine centres while 943...

Bhubaneswar: In view of inconvenience faced by students during online classes due to poor network in rural and remote areas, the Odisha government has decided to reopen schools for Class X and XII students from July 26. Addressing a presser on virtual mode Saturday, Odisha's...

Bhubaneswar: The Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) will resume Mo Bus service from July 19 in accordance with the order of Odisha government. The Odisha government while extending the partial lockdown in the state from July 16 to August 1, had allowed the public transport...

Puri: In an attempt to restrict congregation of devotees on Grand Road during Bahuda Yatra and to contain probable spread of Covid-19, Puri district administration Saturday announced to impose a 48-hour curfew in the pilgrim town from July 19. According to a district administration official,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) Assistant Engineer PK Nayak and Junior Engineer K Acharya were arrested Friday by the Vigilance officials of the Koraput division on the charge of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a contractor to clear his...

Bhubaneswar: The GST enforcement wing of Odisha has unearthed a racket that issued fake invoices to the tune of Rs 641 crore and arrested two persons for their involvement in availing and passing of bogus input tax credit (ITC) of Rs 115.10 crore, said an...