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Bhubaneswar: In a step towards ensuring quality tertiary care to children, the state government sanctioned 424 more beds for Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics, popularly known as Sishu Bhawan, in Cuttack Saturday. Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Minister Mukesh Mahaling approved 424...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Saturday empowered inspectors and sub-inspectors of the state police to arrest, investigate, and prosecute cases under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, an official notification said. Previously, these powers were reserved for officers in the rank of...

Bhubaneswar: Though they often meet at official meetings and party events, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Saturday visited Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's official residence for the first time. Both leaders described the meeting as a "courtesy call." Taking to X, Majhi said, "Today,...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Chief Secretaries of Chhattisgarh and Odisha met in New Delhi Saturday to iron out their differences on Mahanadi river water sharing, and emphasised to amicably work out a solution for the benefit of the people of the two states, officials said. The...

Bhubaneswar: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Saturday urged a few states without legislative bodies for the welfare of Schduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to form them, as a meeting of the heads of these Parliamentary and state committees ended in Bhubaneswar. Birla told reporters that...

Bhubaneswar: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Saturday said he will strive to ensure that the joint committee of Parliament, which will scrutinise the three contentious Bills proposing removal of top government functionaries arrested for 30 consecutive days, has representation from different parties in line with...

Puri: Police in Odisha’s Puri arrested three people and recovered about 170 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 16 lakh, three two-wheelers and Rs 1.6 lakh in cash during a raid in the temple town, police said Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, the police carried...

Puri: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has agreed to the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) proposal of installing three wheels of the chariots of Puri Rath Yatra in the Parliament premises, a senior official said Saturday. In a statement, SJTA said: "During Lok Sabha Speaker...

Bhubaneswar: Police Saturday recovered the body of a man from the toilet of the Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Superfast Express at Bhubaneswar Railway Station, an officer said. The body was recovered during washing before the train's scheduled departure. The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Nasim, aged about...

Bhubaneswar: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Saturday called for equal opportunities for the country's youth, noting their significant role in national development when they are given the chance. Addressing the concluding ceremony of a two-day National Conference of SC/ST Welfare Committees in Bhubaneswar, the Speaker...