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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will table the annual state Budget Monday. This Budget comes eight months after formation of BJP government in state, and there is widespread anticipation regarding the fiscal strategies that will be unveiled by the Chief Minister. As per reports...

Bhubaneswar: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought detailed reports from the Odisha and West Bengal governments over several issues pertaining to curbing incidents of acid attack cases in their respective states. The Commission asked the Chief Secretaries of both the states to submit their...

Bhubaneswar: The Kolkata Knight Riders' historic Trophy Tour made a grand stop in Bhubaneswar Sunday, bringing the IPL 2024 championship celebrations to Odisha. The prestigious IPL trophy was first taken to the Jagannath Puri Temple, before heading to Nexus Esplanade Mall, where thousands of passionate...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress Sunday said its newly appointed president Bhakta Charan Das will undertake a ‘Sankalp padayatra’ from Bhubaneswar to Lord Jagannath Temple in Puri. Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, Chairman of the Sankalp Padayatra Committee and former MLA, Debashis Patnaik said that before...

Bhubaneswar: Prime suspect in the killing of Sahadev Nayak in Bhubaneswar last month surrendered before the police at Mancheswar Police Station Sunday. The Police subsequently arrested the accused Rama Naik. Naik is a resident of Kedarpalli Slum under Capital police station limits. “Based on some...

Bhubaneswar: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has projected Odisha's credit potential for 2025-26 fiscal at Rs 2,52,000 crore. The projection was made in the bank's state focus paper for the state released in Bhubaneswar Saturday during a seminar. The credit project...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday said he was deeply saddened by the loss of lives in the stampede at New Delhi railway station and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured. At least 18 people were killed and more than a...

Bhubaneswar: The oil industry, under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG), launched the fuel conservation awareness drive ‘Saksham-2025’ at the Institute of Life Sciences here Friday. The campaign, themed “Cleaner Environment through Green and Clean Energy,” aims to promote fuel conservation for environmental...

Bhubaneswar: Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati reviewed Odisha’s fisheries sector in a high-level meeting at Raj Bhavan Saturday. The meeting, attended by Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Gokulananda Mallik, officials from the Fisheries department, OPDC, ICAR-CIFA, College of Fisheries, and industry representatives, focused on enhancing...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to promote eco-friendly celebrations, the Unmukt Foundation has initiated hands-on workshops to teach children how to make natural Holi colours. Supported by Khurda Collector Chanchal Rana, the initiative aims to replace harmful chemical-based colours with safe, sustainable alternatives. The workshops were...