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Bhubaneswar: The procurement of paddy for rabi season in 20 districts will begin May 1 and conclude June 30, Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja said Friday. Briefing media following the state-level paddy procurement committee meeting at Lok Seva Bhawan here, Ahuja said the state government has...

Bhubaneswar: Heatwave conditions scorched Odisha Friday, with the mercury crossing 40 degree Celsius in 16 places, according to the IMD. The industrial town of Jharsuguda was the hottest place in the state, recording a temperature of 44.8 degree Celsius. Bolangir and Boudh recorded 44.5 degree...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has established 46 new civil judge courts in different parts of the state, officials said Friday. Five courts have been set up in Balasore district, while four such courts were established in Sambalpur, Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh districts, three in Jajpur, Kendrapara, Kandhamal...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Friday the state is confident of achieving its target of producing 130 million tons of steel per year by 2030. Addressing the Odisha State Roundtable at India Steel 2025 in Mumbai, Majhi said the state is the...

Bhubaneswar: Retired IAS officer Manoj Kumar Parida Friday took oath as Odisha's Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). Besides, ex-IPS officer Pranabindu Acharya, retired IAS officer Pabitra Mandal, and Kalpana Pattnaik, an advocate of Orissa High Court, also took oath as the State Information Commissioners. They were...

Bhubaneswar: Following Union Home Minister Amit Shah's direction to all states, the Odisha government Friday started the process of deporting Pakistanis residing in the state, a top police official said. The direction came in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 tourists,...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Congress in Odisha Friday announced that it would organise 'Samvidhan Bachao' (save the Constitution) rallies across the state from April 28 to May 30. Addressing a press conference, state Congress in-charge Ajay Kumar Lallu said a series of rallies will be organised...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha authorities have initiated the process of serving notices to 12 Pakistani nationals residing in the state, following instructions from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), a source said Friday. The source added that these individuals, who have been living in Odisha for several...

Bhubaneswar: AIIMS Bhubaneswar has successfully conducted the first robotic knee replacement surgery on a 66-year-old female patient at its state-of-the-art facility here, a statement by the institute said Friday. It is the first-ever robotic knee replacement procedure in the government sector of Odisha and Eastern...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has doubled the annual uniform allowance of police personnel in the state, an official release said. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved a proposal of the Home department in this regard and also announced an increase in 'extra duty incentive' for...