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Bhubaneswar: Senior IPS officer Soumendra Priyadarshi took charge Tuesday as the new Commissioner of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police. Prior to his appointment as the commissioner, Priryadarshi, a 1995 batch IPS officer, was serving as ADGP, Crime Branch. His predecessor senior IPS officer Sudhanshu Sarangi, who is...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of Maha Shivaratri festival at Lingaraj temple, all the servitors and police personnel will undergo COVID-19 tests from Tuesday. The auspicious occasion of Maha Shivaratri falls March 11. A meeting was conducted Monday to discuss and chalk out plans for smooth conduct of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has imposed restrictions on the celebrations of Maha Shivaratri which falls March 11. Keeping in view of the detection of new variant of SARS-CoV 2 in Odisha and the possibilities of large congregation at the shrines, the restrictions have already been...

Bhubaneswar: Goutam Das has emerged Odisha topper in engineering entrance exam JEE-Mains. The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the results Monday. Das, hailing from Balasore and a student of SAI International School here, has secured 99.99 per cent marks in the examinations. A total of...

Bhubaneswar: Several City-based organisations, societies and others celebrated International Women’s Day here Monday with great enthusiasm and with focus on role of women during COVID-19 pandemic among others. Orissa POST takes a glance at the celebrations: ‘Ride for Women’s Pride’ A group of women motorcyclists,...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to use biomining method to get rid of the legacy waste, garbage that remain piled up for several years, at Bhuasuni dumpyard here as it would help recover around 60-acre land. According to sources, BMC has recently...

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the rising graph of snatching cases in the city has become a major headache for the cops and denizens, the Commissionerate Police Monday said special squads are being formed at each police station to deal with the street crimes. Speaking...

New Delhi: Social activist Aditya Dash’s mother Padmalaya Dash has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the mysterious death of her son. In the petition filed through the Supreme Court advocate Swastik Dalai, the petitioner pleaded...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday urged the Centre to identify and develop the places linked to freedom struggle. “With the passage of time, the youth of our country need to be reminded of the sacrifices of our forefathers in a context they can identify...

Narayani Motors was established in Bhubaneswar in 2005.  Over the last 15 years, the company has been recognised as a popular brand for its products and post-sale services. Now the company has many showrooms across the state. During an interaction with Orissa POST, owner of...