Cuttack: Sourav Gouda and Shubham Satrujit produced a nail-biting finish to the very first match of Odisha Pro T20 League 2025 as Cuttack Panthers clinched a win by 3 wickets at the Barabati Stadium. Chasing a target of 189 on the board, Swastik Samal and...
ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: The Bomikhal Durga Puja Committee, one of the city’s most prominent organisers, is all set to enthral devotees with a spectacular Peacock-themed pandal this year. Designed not just to showcase artistic brilliance, the pandal also carries a strong message on wildlife...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha will observe International Coastal Cleanup Day September 20 with a large-scale cleanliness drive across 14 beaches, announced Forest, Environment and Climate Change department additional chief secretary Satyabrat Sahu. He announced while presiding over a high-level preparatory meeting recently, outlining plans to mobilise volunteers,...
Bhubaneswar: In a significant move to strengthen medical education and healthcare services, the state government has appointed 91 assistant professors across 23 broad speciality disciplines and seven assistant professors in six super speciality disciplines in its government medical colleges. In addition, 38 professors and 27...
Bhubaneswar: In a major boost to women empowerment, the state government Thursday signed four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with national-level organisations to strengthen self-help groups (SHGs) under Mission Shakti programme. Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida, who attended the event as the chief guest, announced that...
Bhubaneswar: Amidst a statewide outrage among farmers over scarcity of fertilisers during the ongoing kharif season, Odisha Food and Supplies Minister K C Patra Thursday admitted to "black marketing" of urea in different parts of the state. "It is a fact that black marketing of...
Bhubaneswar: Gold reserves of around 1,996 kg have been discovered in Deogarh and Keonjhar districts of Odisha, state minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena told the Assembly Thursday. Gold deposits of nearly 1,685 kg were detected in the Adash area of Deogarh and 311.07 kg in Gopur...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police has arrested two more persons for the murder of a 25-year-old traffic police constable in Bhubaneswar, an officer said. The deceased, Subhamitra Sahoo, a native of Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district and posted in Bhubaneswar, disappeared after leaving home for duty September 6....
Bhubaneswar: Veteran leftist leader Prakash Karat Thursday said the democracy and Constitution in India could be better protected and strengthened with unity among secular forces. Karat, a former general secretary of the CPI (M), said this while addressing the memorial lecture titled “Sitaram Yechury: In...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government spent a total of Rs 380.95 crore on advertisement during the last three financial years, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Thursday. While replying to a question by Congress MLA Sofia Firdous in the assembly, Majhi said an expenditure of Rs...
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The BJP and the Congress seem to believe that they are going to reap rich political dividends through their conflicting...
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