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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Tuesday said the long-pending Mahanadi water dispute with Chhattisgarh will be resolved amicably. The committee, constituted to address the long-pending dispute, held its first meeting Tuesday, which was attended by the Chief Secretary, the Development Commissioner,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday flagged off 150 new ambulances under the Emergency Medical Ambulance Service in the state. The state government has procured as many as 428 new ambulances at a cost of Rs 111 crore, and the chief minister launched...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police has seized several properties, including high-value vehicles, from an accused in the cheating case, an officer said Tuesday. The accused, identified as Rama Narayan Bal of Bhadrak district, was arrested October 29 this year on the...

Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged his counterpart in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Virendra Kumar, to include 108 Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) communities of Odisha in the Central OBC list. The people categorised as Other Backward Class (OBC)...

Bhubaneswar: The CBI arrested another accused from Bihar in the sensational police SI recruitment scam case. The accused has been identified as Amit Bharati, who was apprehended from Bihar. According to sources, the arrest comes after extensive questioning to the prime suspects Shankar Prusty and...

Bhubaneswar: A court here Monday awarded 10-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) to three persons after convicting them of peddling brown sugar in the City in 2020. The 3rd Additional District Judge-cum-Special Judge, Bhubaneswar, Khurda held Sk Sagba, Tanmay Kumar Sahoo and Sk Fakir guilty in a...

Bhubaneswar: Numerous Odia IT professionals are working outside Odisha and abroad due to lack of adequate opportunities in the state, speakers said at the ‘Global Odia SAP Summit 2025’ organised at Dhauli Garden Sunday. Participants said many professionals are compelled to seek jobs outside Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: Marking the birth anniversary of legendary mathmatician Srinivasa Ramanujan, the Bhubaneswar Regional Science Centre (RSC) celebrated National Mathematics Day with great enthusiasm by organizing Mathmagic Fest–2025 Monday. The event aimed to highlight the importance of mathematics in everyday life and to inspire young minds...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to protect the environment and ensure compliance with the Motor Vehicles Act rules, the Odisha Transport Department has decided to deny fuel at petrol pumps to vehicles that do not possess a valid Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate. A high-level meeting...