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Bhubaneswar: With the implementation of various activities including Mission Shakti for women empowerment, the rural women in Odisha are now increasingly becoming a major contributor to the state’s growing economy, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here, Saturday. Naveen said this while launching the first FICCI...

New Delhi: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar requesting the later to ensure disbursement of PM-KISAN benefits to all eligible farmers of Odisha. In the letter, Pradhan urged Tomar to convene a meeting between Odisha government and...

Bhubaneswar: Popular Odia singer Mantu Chhuria and melodious Asima Panda’s new music video titled ‘Rasia Toka’ has been released on YouTube. While the music has been composed by famed music director Premanand, the melodious lyrics has been penned by Narmada Sahu. The video features Suryamayee...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said his government will engage with micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the state to facilitate recovery of the sector which was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The state government has been working closely with millions of...

Bhubaneswar: A man was hacked to death Saturday in broad daylight at CRPF Square under Nayapalli police limits in Bhubaneswar. Police have detained two persons in this connection. The deceased has been identified as Tukuna Das alias Jatia, a resident of Janata Nagar in Salia Sahi....

Bhubaneswar: Amid reports of forest fires engulfing vast patches of forested lands in Odisha, a wildfire was also reported from Khandagiri hill here Friday. After getting information from some local people, fire services personnel and a police team reached Khandagiri hill. After a two-hour-long operation,...

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Friday requested Puri Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb to lead a massive fund collection drive for the development of Puri. In a letter to the Puri king, the Union Minister said the drive should be transformed into a...

Panda Enterprises, now ‘Panda Travel Mart’, running near the old bus stand since 1976, has been able to create customers all over India. The outlet started by late Gatikrushna Panda has now established itself as a well-known showroom in the city. The entity has seen...

New Delhi: Expressing exasperation over an order passed by the Orissa High Court in a case, Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud quipped that the biggest problem of ‘computer age’ is cut and paste orders passed by high courts. Justice Chandrachud’s remark came during the...

Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of the 105th birth anniversary of Biju Patnaik, also celebrated as the Panchayati Raj & Lok Seva Diwas, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday inaugurated the much-talked-about World Skill Centre (WSC) at Mancheswar here. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister described...