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Bhubaneswar: In order to boost productivity and reduce drudgery during the production of handlooms and handicrafts, traditional craftsmanship needs to blend with modern tools and techniques, said Ministry of Textiles Secretary Neelam Shami Rao, while chairing the concluding session of the two-day national conference on...

Puri: Lifeguards operating along Puri beach to prevent drowning incidents among tourists received a major boost Saturday as the Puri civic body and the Tourism department jointly presented them with an all-terrain vehicle (ATV). The vehicle was handed over in the presence of hundreds of...

Bhubaneswar: Gate 3 of Utkal University in Bhubaneswar again became a matter of contention after locals of the adjacent VSS Nagar launched a fresh demand to open it for public use as soon as possible. The demand was put forth before Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan,...

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Corut has quashed the promotion of a few unreserved category employees in the Revenue and Disaster Management (R&DM) department to the higher post under the reserved category. The single judge bench of Justice Sashikanta Mishra directed the Keonjhar district administration to...

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has directed the state government to expedite the removal of encroachments on government land in a village in Jajpur district. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Murahari Sri Raman disposed of a writ petition filed by...

Bhubaneswar: A 72-year-old man was allegedly killed by two miscreants on the suspicion that he practised witchcraft, in Chandaka area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, police said Saturday. Though the incident took place a month ago, it came to light when the skeleton of the...

Puri: Environmentalists and locals of Astaranga in Puri district raised alarms as trawlers continue to ply on the Devi river mouth despite the enforcement of fishing ban to provide a safe passage for the endangered Olive Ridley turtles to lay their eggs. Devi river mouth...

Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough, the Odisha Crime Branch Saturday arrested the alleged mastermind of the Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment examination scam, Shankar Prusty, from Uttarakhand near the Nepal border, officials said. According to a source, Prusty had been absconding since the scam surfaced and was...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday inaugurated 44 more offices for registration of land spread across 13 districts of the state. Majhi virtually inaugurated the sub-registration offices at the Lok Seva Bhawan here. Another 56 such offices are planned to be opened in...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Saturday started receiving new applications under its ambitious women-centric scheme Subhadra Yojana. Women, who attained 21 years of age as on April 1, are now eligible for the scheme, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said here Saturday. Eligible women who are...