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Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has set up the State Transgender Welfare Board to look into the rehabilitation and welfare of transgender persons, according to a notification. Around 30,000 transgender persons live in the state, officials said. The board has been formed in accordance with the provisions...

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of women took out a ‘Sindoor Yatra' in Bhubaneswar Friday evening to celebrate the success of ‘Operation Sindoor’ carried out by the Indian armed forces. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi took part in the procession after flagging it off at Master Canteen square....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Friday said skill development and education should go hand-in-hand to create a globally competitive workforce. To achieve this goal, the Governor said that there is a need for stronger collaboration between educational institutions and skill development centres. He was...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance Friday arrested an additional block development officer (ABDO), a day after unearthing disproportionate assets that included a shopping complex, five land plots and deposits amounting to Rs 70 lakh, an official said. Based on suspicions that the officer possessed assets beyond his...

Bhubaneswar: Three persons were killed and three others critically injured after their car crashed into a tree along NH-326 in Odisha's Koraput district Friday, police said. The accident took place near Gaudguda Chhak under Baipariguda police limits in the district, police added. According to police,...

Bhubaneswar: Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra has directed Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) officials to take strict action against ticketless travel to curb revenue loss. The instruction came during a comprehensive review of CRUT operations held here Thursday. The Minister laid out...

Bhubaneswar: Mystery shrouded the death of a 26-year-old woman after she fell off the terrace of a hotel near Panchasakha Nagar in the early hours of Thursday under suspicious circumstances. The mishap occurred in the presence of the deceased woman’s partner, within Khandagiri police station...

Bhubaneswar: Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Thursday said the state was mulling legal action over use of the title ‘dham’ for the recently inaugurated Jagannath temple in West Bengal’s Digha. Harichandan said discussions with legal experts are underway and a decision in this regard will be...

Bhubaneswar: Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo chaired a high-level review meeting Thursday at the Lok Seva Bhavan Conference Hall to assess the progress of the Upper Lanth and Lower Indra Irrigation Projects. The meeting was attended by Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary Anu Garg...

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Odisha government announced 11.25 per cent reservation for students from Socially and Economically Backward Class (SEBC) in higher education, the state's three major political parties Thursday accused each other of denying social justice to a large section of the population....