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Bhubaneswar: Looking beyond temple tourism and Buddhist circuits, the Odisha government is now eying to promote the state for destination weddings and MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibitions) tourism. The state has a lot to offer when it comes to the tourism sector. It has a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said an industrial park exclusively for women entrepreneurs would be set up in the state. Attending the plenary session on women entrepreneurship enabled by 'Subhadra' on the second day of the 'Utkarsh Odisha-Make in Odisha Conclave, 2025'...

Bhubaneswar— A major fire broke out at a medicine warehouse near Symphony Mall in the Rudrapur area of Bhubaneswar Wednesday morning, fire officials said. Locals spotted the blaze around 8 a.m. and alerted authorities, officials said. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene to control the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Higher Education Department has withheld the salaries of principals from 63 non-government-aided degree colleges across the state for failing to update their college accounts on the mandatory College Accounts Portal Application (CAPA) module. In a letter issued Tuesday, the department’s Accounts Officer,...

Bhubaneswar: Vinod Kumar, a disgraced IAS officer and former Managing Director of the Odisha Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC), was convicted for the 11th time in a corruption case Tuesday. The Bhubaneswar Vigilance Court found Kumar guilty of misappropriating funds and sentenced him, along with...

Bhubaneswar: The 7-day Indian Film Festival of Bhubaneswar (IFFB), organised by the Film Society Bhubaneswar (FSB), concluded Tuesday at the Guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra (GKCM) Odissi Research Centre. The festival wrapped up with a special screening of the newly restored version of Nirad Mahapatra’s 1984...

Bhubaneswar: The District and Sessions Court, Khurda here Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to four persons after holding them guilty of killing an elderly couple in the City in 2012. Additional District and Sessions Judge (III) Himanshu Sekhar Mallick handed down life imprisonment to Bijay Yadav,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday signed 54 MoUs with a host of companies, which promised an investment commitment of Rs 4.50 lakh crore in the state, a senior official said. The agreements were inked on the first day of ‘Utkarsh Odisha-Make in Odisha Conclave' in Bhubaneswar....

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Tuesday said the previous government headed by Naveen Patnaik had attracted investment intents worth Rs 16 lakh crore in three Make in Odisha conclaves. The concept of holding business summits in Odisha was implemented by Patnaik, former industries minister Debi Prasad Mishra...

Bhubaneswar: Mining conglomerate Vedanta Tuesday said the company's Rs 1 lakh crore aluminium refinery and smelter project will be set up in Raygada district of Odisha. The first phase of the project is expected to be commissioned in the next three years, which will be...