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Bhubaneswar: The CBI arrested the group general manager of Bridge and Roof Company (India) Ltd, a PSU, from Bhubaneswar for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 10 lakh, a statement said on Sunday. The CBI also arrested the director of a private company who was...

Bhubaneswar/Bargarh: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday launched the distribution of additional input assistance of Rs 800 over and above the MSP of Rs 2,300 per quintal of paddy to the farmers of the state. The state government paid additional input assistance of Rs...

Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) unearthed a loss of excise revenue amounting to Rs 75.07 crore due to manipulation of manually maintained sales registers by retail shops of alcoholic beverages in Odisha during the COVID-19 pandemic. In its report, which was placed in...

Bhubaneswar: Municipal corporations across Odisha have miserably failed in managing stormwater drainage and sewerage infrastructure, leading to frequent waterlogging and flooding, while the release of untreated sewage to water bodies has resulted in public health and environment hazards, according to the CAG report tabled in...

Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has found certain irregularities in funding to dedicated private Covid care hospitals (DCHs) set up in Odisha during the Covid-19 pandemic period. In a report tabled at the state assembly Saturday, the CAG said the Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: The Jagannath temple in Puri has received donations of Rs 113.02 crore in the last three fiscals, Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan told the assembly Saturday. In a written reply to a question, Harichandan said the temple received Rs 40.61 crore through donation boxes,...

Cuttack/Balasore: Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated the east side (national highway side) station building at Cuttack railway station Saturday evening. Speaking on the occasion, Vaishnaw said the Howrah–Chennai route will have four railway tracks to provide better services to the people of this region. The...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was adjourned thrice Saturday due to a ruckus by opposition BJD and Congress members over Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's statement on job scam during the Naveen Patnaik government and Adani issue. While the pre-lunch session proceeding was disrupted due to...

Bhubaneswar: Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha Pravati Parida Saturday told the Assembly that a total of 11,710 children in the state are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. Parida, who is in charge of the Women and Child Development Department, said this in her reply to...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was adjourned twice Saturday due to a ruckus by Opposition BJD members who demanded a clarification from Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi over his allegation of irregularities in government recruitment during the previous BJD regime. Majhi, while introducing the Odisha Public...