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Bhubaneswar: Cracking the whip on drunken driving, the state government once again asked the Commissionerate Police to arrest people driving vehicles in twin city under the influence of alcohol, instead of imposing pecuniary fine on them. Commerce and Transport secretary Madhu Sudan Padhi has written...

Jajpur: The Kalinga Nagar Industries Association (KNIA) has urged the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) for reduction in the floor price of chrome ore. In a letter to OMC Managing Director Balwant Singh, the industries body has claimed that the price of ferrochrome has come down...

Bhubaneswar: Two employees of Capital Hospital, a doctor and a health worker have tested positive for COVID-19 even after getting both the doses of the vaccine jab. Hospital officials told Orissa POST that the doctor is working in the Casualty department while the health worker...

Bhubaneswar: Addressing the people of Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday announced a 14-day-long mask mission starting Friday to win the battle against COVID-19 pandemic. While reminding the women of their duties, he said if women at houses are alert then coronavirus can never enter...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday approved the rehabilitation and resettlement package under the Samaleswari Temple Area Management and Local Economy Initiatives (SAMALEI) project that aims to develop the 16th-century Samaleswari temple in Sambalpur town. The rehabilitation and resettlement package has been prepared keeping...

Cuttack: Acting on a tip-off regarding illegal possession and sale of firearms, a team of Special Task Force (STF) officials Friday arrested two persons from Niali area in Cuttack. According to STF, the accused duo are Suresh Kumar Das alias Kalia and Soumyaranjan Dalei from...

Bhubaneswar: Protesting against the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation’s direction to vacate hostels, hundreds of students from Utkal University Friday laid siege to the NH-16. The demonstration paralysed vehicular movement on the road. After receiving the direction from the BMC, the authorities of Utkal University had decided...

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths Friday carried out raids at multiple places in connection with allegations of corruption against a senior clerk of the Forest Department. Dilip Kumar Jena, son of Rama Chandra Jena of Ratanpur village under Gondia police limits in Dhenkanal district, is a senior...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Friday registered 1,282 new coronavirus cases, taking the total tally in the state to 3,46,808. Out of the 1,282 new cases, 755 were reported from quarantine centres while 527 contracted the virus locally. Sundargarh district reported he highest number of cases with 224...

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: The State government has approved the upgradation of Madhusudan Law College, Cuttack into Madhusudan Law University with effect from April 28. With this, the law college will become Odisha’s first state run law university. As per the notification, the decision of upgrading the college...