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Bhubaneswar: Among the 22 jawans who were martyred in the encounter with Maoists at Sukma-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh, there was an Odia jawan as well. The Odia fallen hero has been identified as Subash Nayak, a resident of Koksara block in Kalahandi district. Nayak, who...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation sealed Tuesday the Silicon Institute of Technology for violating COVID-19 guidelines. A squad from the BMC had visited the institution Monday. The officials found that COVID-19 protocols were not being maintained inside the institution. They then served a show-cause notice...

Cuttack: The fear of a mysterious predator which gave farmers in Niali block of Cuttack district sleepless nights in 2017 has again returned to haunt the cultivators of Baghamara village under the block. One of the sufferers is Biranchi Das. The villager said when he...

Puri: Visitors from five states coming to this pilgrim city will have to show RT-PCR negative reports on their arrival. This has been done to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infections. The rule will come into effect for visitors to this town from Tuesday onwards....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered Tuesday 588 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the I & PR department, government of Odisha said in a tweet. This incidentally is the highest single-day spike in 2021. There has been a steady increase in the number of new...

Bhubaneswar: The State government has decided to spend Rs 2,548.37 crore under Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in the year 2021-22. The State Level Empowered Committee headed by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra approved the Annual Programme Implementation Plan (APIP) of Rs 2,548.37 crore for...

Bhubaneswar:  Union Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Pratap Chandra Sarangi Monday wrote a letter to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan requesting support for Marine Bio-resources & Bio-technology Centre at Fakir Mohan University, Balasore. Sarangi requested...

Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Director General of Police (DGP) to take appropriate action within eight weeks in connection with recovery of skeletal remains of a woman from a seized car on Janla police outpost premises, on the outskirts of...

Bhubaneswar: In an aim to ensure employment to people engaged in Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS), the state government Monday urged National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) authority to ensure continued function of Talcher plant till commissioning of the new unit. Holding a meeting with NTPC...

Bhubaneswar: The Yuva Chetna Monday expressed unhappiness over the indifference of the Union government and the BJP leadership towards the ongoing farmers’ agitation in the country. Briefed the media, national convener of the outfit Rohit Kumar Singh Monday said that at a time when farmers...