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Bhubaneswar: Describing the Mahanadi water dispute as a "political" one, Odisha's Advocate General Pitambar Acharya Thursday said he was hopeful that it would be settled outside the court through negotiations. The dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the sharing of the river's water has been...

Bhubaneswar: Noted Odia music director Abhijit Majumdar has shown signs of steady recovery and has been shifted out of the intensive care unit (ICU) at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, a source said Thursday. Majumdar, who was admitted in a comatose state September 3 with multiple comorbidities, had...

Bhubaneswar: A man was sentenced to 20 years in jail by a special court in Bhubaneswar Thursday for raping his 8-year-old daughter repeatedly. Ad hoc Additional Sessions Judge of POCSO court, Saroj Kumar Sahoo, convicted the man after examining 13 witnesses and 77 documents. The...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday put the collectors of 18 districts on high alert after the IMD forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in the state when a possible depression crosses its southern coast September 27, officials said. The instructions to the districts were issued...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai is scheduled to inaugurate the second National Mediation Conference in Bhubaneswar September 27, Odisha Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan said Thursday. Mediation is an alternative form of dispute resolution where an attempt is made to resolve differences between...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday called upon people to make the state one of the top three in the country in terms of cleanliness. Majhi said this while taking part in a cleanliness drive under the 'Swachhta Hi Seva' campaign near Shree...

Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Wednesday highlighted significant gaps in planning, implementation, and monitoring of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) in Odisha. In its report on ‘Information Technology Audit of CCTNS in Odisha for the year ended March...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's anti-corruption vigilance sleuths arrested an executive engineer of a power distribution company on charges of taking a bribe from a contractor for furnishing a final inspection report for the supply of electricity to install a transformer, an official statement said. The accused official...

Bhubaneswar: The Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF), in collaboration with FICCI, concluded the 14th edition of IDEATE on the theme “Margin to Mainstream: Empowering Women to Lead” at the FICCI Commission Hall, New Delhi Wednesday. In her special address, Padma Shri Shobhana Bhartia, chairperson...

Bhubaneswar: The National Small Industries Corporation Ltd (NSIC), in association with the Odisha Young Entrepreneur Association (OYEA), Bhubaneswar, held an awareness workshop on the MSME TEAM Initiative at Gita Govinda Sadan Wednesday, drawing strong participation from micro and small enterprises across the region. The workshop...