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Bhubaneswar: Senior bureaucrat Manoj Kumar Sahoo was Saturday appointed as the Private Secretary to the Chief Minister of Odisha, an official notification stated. Sahoo, a 2006-batch IAS officer, was working as the Special Secretary to the Chief Minister after his appointment to the post last...

Bhubaneswar: As part of its drive to create awareness on financial literacy among people, RBI's Bhubaneswar branch Saturday organised a programme for visually challenged persons and distributed booklets translated into Braille script among the participants. The financial literacy and awareness programme was conducted on the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday announced that smart devices will be installed in all buses as part of the state government's effort to ensure road safety and reduce accidents. The smart device will help detect and prevent different negligence and emergency including...

Bhubaneswar: Cold wave conditions gripped parts of Odisha Saturday with the mercury dropping to 4.6 degrees Celsius in G Udaygiri in Kandhamal district, the IMD said. Ten places in the state recorded temperatures below 10 degrees C in the last 24 hours, it said. Semiliguda...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is all set to host the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) for the first time, with the event scheduled to take place at Bhubaneswar's Janata Maidan from January 8 to 10. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas commemorates Mahatma Gandhi's return to India from South Africa...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s progress in tackling malnutrition among children is overshadowed by an alarming rise in incidents of anaemia and overweight, an analysis of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) data by the Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD) revealed. While reductions have been observed in...

Boinda: Two minor siblings were critically injured after they were shot at in their sleep by unknown assailants at Bhangamunda village under Kishorenagar police limits in Angul district late Thursday night. The injured were identified as Prakash Mirdha, 11, and his sister Jagyanseni Mirdha, 15,...

Bhubaneswar: The 5th National Chilika Bird Festival will be organised from January 6 to 12, informed Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia Friday. Addressing a press meet here, Singkhuntia said the inaugural function will be held at the Lok Seva Bhawan Convention...

Bhubaneswar: The state Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Friday announced the release of two Subhadra Yojana instalments of Rs 10,000 at one go to beneficiaries who apply before March 31. Addressing a press conference following the meeting, Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja said...

Bhubaneswar: Fresh trouble mounted for Odisha police for security arrangement of upcoming Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Bhubaneswar, after Khalistani separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun Friday sent a threat e-mail, along with a video, to city-based scribe Akshay Kumar Sahoo threatening to disrupt the event. Referring to...