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Bhubaneswar: The famous shaivaite ritual Jagara Yatra at Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar, which is usually performed on the occasion of Maha Shivratri, may go for a toss this year as the temple servitors halted the daily rituals of the Lord Wednesday following disputes between two...

Bhubaneswar: Senior IPS officer Saumendra Priyadarshi Tuesday assumed office as the Commissioner of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police. The state government had Monday appointed Priayadarshi as the Commissioner of Police for twin city replacing IPS officer Sudhanshu Sarangi. Sarangi, a 1990-batch officer, relinquished his post immediately after...

Melvin Durai Every now and then, when one of my kids talks back to me with a tone I don’t like, I say to him or her: “You need to show more gratitude and less attitude.” By “attitude,” I mean “bad attitude,” of course. Good...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra Tuesday directed district administrations and all concerned departments to work 24x7 to control forest fires in the state. The Chief Secretary Tuesday morning had a review meeting on the forest fire situation with all the District Collectors, Superintendents of...

The year-2020 was challenging, but not all that bad. This was proved by Sky Automobiles as they set a new trend in the automobile dealership. The entity put in place an innovative working style during the lockdown triggered by Covid-19 pandemic. Sky Automobiles Managing Partner,...

The outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic and the containment measures disrupted the global economy. The consequent decline in purchasing power of people dealt a body blow to the automobile sector. Despite odds, Sunny Motors in Cuttack has been focussing on offering quality as well as customer-centric...

Bhubaneswar: In yet another initiative under the 5T model of governance, the Odisha Space Application Center (ORSAC) will develop Odisha Public Asset Monitoring System (OPAMS) through high-resolution satellite data to keep track of public assets created under different departments. This decision was taken at a...

Bhubaneswar: A shareholders’ agreement and an MoU were signed for the development of Paradip Plastic Park in virtual presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The state government is developing a state-of-the-art industrial park at Paradip for the downstream plastic industry....

Puri: The 111th annual general meeting of the Ramakrishna Mission was held at Belur Math in Howrah district of West Bengal recently, said a release of the Mission Tuesday. As per a report presented in the meeting, the educational institutions of Ramakrishna Mission have won...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday expressed grief over the loss of lives in the fire at the Railway's new Koilaghat complex in Kolkata. Patnaik tweeted, Deeply saddened by the loss of lives in the tragic fire accident in #Kolkata. My thoughts and prayers...