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Bhubaneswar: Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) department, under the chairmanship of the department’s commissioner-cum-secretary Aswathy S organised a review meeting on HMPV here Wednesday. Previously, the state government had advised not to panic or worry about the HMPV virus. Both Central and state governments and...

Bhubaneswar: A POCSO court here Wednesday awarded a three-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) to a man after holding him guilty of sexually abusing a minor girl under Khandagiri police limits in the City in 2019. “The court also slapped a penalty of Rs 5,000 on the...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court Wednesday commuted the death sentence of nine persons convicted for killing three members of a family on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Rayagada district in 2016. A division bench of justices Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Radha Krishna Pattanaik also ordered...

Barang: Tiger population at Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) here reduced to 27 as a white tiger cub died during treatment Wednesday. This apart, a doe (female deer) housed in the deer enclosure also died on the same day. Sources at NZP said the tiger cub,...

Bhubaneswar: Rituals at Lingaraj Temple, which remained suspended for the last three days following a scuffle between two groups of servitors over Makar Sankranti tradition, is set to resume after the dispute was resolved Wednesday evening. The 'Brahmin Nijog' and 'Badu Nijog' had disagreements over...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday issued a notification for implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 in all schools of the state. The government also decided to adopt the National Curriculum Framework with local contextualization. “After careful consideration, in the interest of strengthening the educational...

Bhubaneswar: The rituals at Lingaraj Temple have remained suspended for the last three days following a scuffle between two groups of servitors over Makar Sankranti rituals. Owing to the disruption of major rituals in the temple, the deity has also not been offered ‘bhoga' while...

Bhubaneswar: The state’s Electronics and Information Technology and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling met Union Minister for Railways, Information and Broadcasting, Electronics & IT Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi Tuesday to discuss plans for developing the state’s IT sector and railway infrastructure in...

Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan lauded Odia youth as the skilled architects of a developed Odisha and India. He made these remarks after interacting with Odisha delegates at the ‘Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue 2025’ in Delhi Tuesday. Sharing his thoughts on social media,...

Bhubaneswar: The 5th National Chilika Bird Festival 2025 concluded on a high note, delivering a strong conservation message through a series of engaging events. The closing day featured a bird walk at Nandankanan Zoological Park, capping a week-long celebration of Odisha’s avian biodiversity. The festival,...