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New Delhi: Renowned Odissi dancer Mayadhar Raut (92) died Saturday at his Delhi home, his son Manoj Raut said. "He had breakfast this morning, surrounded by his grandchildren and the rest of the family. He wasn't experiencing any illnesses and passed away due to old...

Bhubaneswar: Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare department Friday directed all District Collectors to take precautionary measures to protect the procured paddy in the wake of rainfall forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). In a letter, the department’s special secretary Sudam Charan Mandal said, “According...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will inaugurate Subhadra Shakti Mela, organised by Mission Shakti department at Janata Maidan here Saturday. The occasion will be graced by Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida and Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo as chief guests. The fair aims at celebrating...

The state government had spent Rs 3,088.20 crore towards transformation of schools under 5T in 24 districts in four years, School and Mass Education (S&ME) Minister Nityananda Gond told the Assembly Friday. While replying to a question of Congress legislator Sofia Firdous, the S&ME Minister...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday held detailed discussions with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on the various issues related to the development of the railway infrastructure in Odisha. CM Majhi, who is on a visit to the national capital, called on Railway Minister...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj said Friday said that efforts are on to bring back the Nepali students and also assured them to bear the travel expenses of all the students returning back to their campuses at KIIT University in Bhubaneswar. Speaking during...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is taking steps to get international recognition for the annual Bali Yatra held in Cuttack city, Culture Minister Suryabanshi Suraj said Friday. Speaking in the Assembly, he said the state government has formed a team of experts, which is working to get the...

Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition in the Odisha Assembly, Naveen Patnaik, Friday mocked the ruling BJP's “double engine” government, asserting that it turned out to be “double misery” for the state. The BJD president also claimed that the Central government did not increase the grant-in-aid funds...

Bhubaneswar: Senior officials of Odisha-based Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), including its founder Achyuta Samanta, Friday appeared before the state government's high-level committee investigating the alleged suicide of a Nepalese engineering student and subsequent attack on students from the neighbouring country. Former BJD MP...

Bhubaneswar: Cutting across party lines, members of the Odisha Assembly Friday condemned the mistreatment of Nepalese students following the death of a girl on KIIT campus, while the Opposition BJD and Congress staged a walkout from the House, demanding a judicial probe into the incident....