Bhubaneswar: Over 1.33 lakh foreign tourists visited Odisha in five years, starting 2020, with the highest of 53,392 in 2024, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida told the Assembly Saturday. Replying in writing to a question from BJP member Tankadhar Tripathy, Parida, who also holds the...
Bhubaneswar: Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Saturday urged universities, corporates and philanthropists to come forward as Nikshay Mitras and contribute to the collective mission of achieving a ‘TB-Mukt Odisha’. As part of the initiative to strengthen the fight against tuberculosis and support patients during treatment, the...
Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police arrested a drug peddler and seized 121 grams of brown sugar along with other incriminating materials from his possession. According to STF sources, acting on an intelligence input, a raid was conducted late September 18 night...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has unveiled 15 new horticulture crop varieties based on the recommendation of the State Seed Sub-Committee, chaired by Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment department Principal Secretary Arabinda Kumar Padhee, official sources said Saturday. The screening committee recommended varieties from multiple institutions. Eight (Chilli, brinjal,...
Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has decided to put restrictions on the use of mobile phones by officials, police and servitors in the Puri temple. This decision was taken during a meeting of 'Chhatisa Nijoga' of the temple held here Saturday evening. Speaking...
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Saturday said it will gherao the Odisha Assembly September 23 over alleged "systematic curtailment" of powers of elected representatives under the Panchayati Raj system. Addressing a press conference here, senior BJD leader Debi Prasad Mishra said the Panchayati Raj...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has initiated steps for the construction of a new state secretariat building in Bhubaneswar, Works Minister Prithviraj Harichandan told the Assembly Saturday. He said the Odisha Bridge and Construction Corporation (OBCC) has been directed to prepare the master plan for the...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly proceedings were washed out Saturday, the third day of the monsoon session, amid opposition BJD's protest over the fertiliser crisis during the ongoing kharif season in the state. BJD MLAs created ruckus in the assembly over alleged fertiliser scarcity across the state,...
Bhubaneswar: BJD leader Dillip Kumar Nayak was arrested in Odisha's Cuttack for allegedly duping a realtor of Rs 12.42 crore, police said Saturday. Nayak, the BJD candidate in the Nimapara seat against Deputy CM Pravati Parida in the 2024 polls, was arrested by the Economic...
Bhubaneswar: Four people were injured in a head-on collision between two cars on the Bomikhal flyover in Bhubaneswar Saturday, a source said. The cars, a Hyundai i20 and a Skoda, were damaged in the crash and later seized by Saheed Nagar police. The injured were...
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