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Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Wednesday announced that former minister and prominent woman leader Snehangini Chhuria will be the party's candidate for the Nuapada Assembly bypoll. I wish to declare that Snehangini Chhuria, a strong leader from western Odisha, has served in our BJD ministry...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Wednesday raised strong objections over Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's phone conversation video with the Durgapur gang rape victim being made public. Senior leaders of Biju Mahila Janata Dal (BMJD), the women's wing of the BJD, at a press...

Kolkata: A court in West Bengal's Durgapur Wednesday sent the arrested male friend of the gang rape victim to seven days police custody. According to sources, no lawyer appeared for the accused male friend, Wasif Ali, when he was presented in the Durgapur court. As...

Bhubaneswar: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar and Simulator Development Division (SDD) of the Indian Army have signed an MoU to collaborate on advanced research, training, and innovation in Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, and other emerging technologies. The MoU...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is planning to provide an additional 5 kg rice to the poor under the Public Distribution System (PDS), a minister told reporters in Bhubaneswar Wednesday. "We are thinking of providing an additional 5 kg rice to all 3.25 crore people who are...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha leaders, including Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik, Wednesday paid rich tributes to former President APJ Abdul Kalam on his birthday. Taking to social media, Kambhampati said: "Remembering #bharatratna Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the...

Bhubaneswar/Keonjhar: Odisha government will set up its second Regional Plant Resource Centre (RPRC) at Sanaghagara in Keonjhar district, officials said Wednesday. The decision was taken at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in Bhubaneswar Tuesday evening. The project, envisioned...

Bhubaneswar: After keeping himself away from public events for several months due to health issues, opposition BJD president Naveen Patnaik is all set to reappear in public on his 79th birthday October 16 and join the party's annual Jan Sampark Padyatra. On the day, Odisha's...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) Tuesday issued comprehensive guidelines ahead of Diwali celebrations, appealing to citizens to observe the festival in an environmentally responsible manner and in compliance with noise and air pollution norms. As per the advisory, people have been urged...

Kolkata: Even as the investigation into the gangrape of a medico from Odisha at a medical college in Durgapur is underway, the National Commission for Women (NCW), in its fact-finding report, Tuesday flagged “security lapses” and “gross negligence” on the part of West Bengal Police...