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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the previous BJD government for the ongoing potato crisis in the state. Addressing the ‘Krushi Odisha 2025’ event, Majhi accused Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) government of withholding potato supplies...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu will confer the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman during the valedictory session of the upcoming PBD Convention in Bhubaneswar, the Ministry of External Affairs said Friday as it announced the names of the awardees for this year. The awardees, who "represent the...

Bhubaneswar: Accusing Odisha's BJP government of failing to check rising prices of essential commodities, the Opposition BJD Friday said the party will organise a massive demonstration in Bhubaneswar January 6. Addressing a press conference, senior BJD leaders alleged that the BJP's double-engine government has failed...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday declared the unseasonal rain in December last year as a “natural calamity” to facilitate the disbursement of compensation from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to farmers for crop damage due to the untimely weather event. Addressing...

Bhubaneswar: Hari Babu Kambhampati was sworn in as the 27th Governor of Odisha during a function at the Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar Friday. Orissa High Court Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh administered the oath of office to Kambhampati in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan...

Cuttack: Former minister of Climate and Environment of Norway Erik Solheim Thursday praised the transformation of Indian Railways, saying, “Indian rail is improving day by day.” Solheim posted a video of Cuttack railway station on his social media handle and said, “This is not an...

Bhubaneswar: After bagging first prize at the 75th Republic Day Parade last year, the Odisha tableau will not feature during this year’s Republic Day Parade in New Delhi January 26. Official sources said that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) rejected the state's tableau proposal for...

Bhubaneswar: Family members of a 23-year-old man whose mutilated body was found lying beside the railway tracks near Poonama Gate level crossing here Thursday alleged that he had been murdered, and the body had been dumped near the tracks to make it look like an...

Bhubaneswar: In a bureaucratic reshuffle, the state government Thursday appointed Arindam Dakua, Private Secretary (PS) to the Chief Minister (CM), as the Director of Municipal Administration and ex-officio Additional Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) department. Dakua was appointed as PS to the CM...

Bhubaneswar: In what raises significant health concerns among the people, the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) has found high nitrate levels in the groundwater of 15 districts of the state. The ‘Annual Groundwater Quality Report 2024’ released by the CGWB also found excessive fluoride content...