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New Delhi: A high-level committee, headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Monday approved three projects worth Rs 725.62 crore for the expansion and modernisation of fire services in Odisha, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal. The committee has approved Rs 376.76 crore for West Bengal, Rs...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has removed Minati Behera from the post of Odisha State Commission for Women (OSCW) chairperson. The Women and Child Development Department has issued a notification removing Behera from the post Saturday. The matter, however, came to light Monday. Behera, a former...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to change the dress code of both female and male employees of the nursing service cadre in the state, a health department official said Monday. The BJP government has finalised six different dress patterns for the nursing employees with...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday embarked on a one-day visit to poll-bound Jharkhand to seek votes for BJP candidates. Majhi will address two public meetings in Seraikela-Kharsawan and West Singhbhum districts, which have a large Odia-speaking population, sources said. The Odisha chief...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi attended an Indian Super League (ISL) match between Odisha FC and Mohun Bagan Super Giant at Kalinga Stadium here Sunday evening. He interacted with players during the line-up, extending his best wishes to both teams before kick-off. A...

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) general manager Parmeshwar Funkwal Sunday conducted an inspection of the newly constructed rail line between Boudh and Purunakatak, to review progress in the ongoing Khurda Road-Bolangir rail line project. Funkwal checked the progress of track-laying engine-rolling and testing for...

Bhubaneswar: Despite assuring the Odisha government and Puri’s Gajapati Maharaja that it would not hold an untimely Rath Yatra outside India, ISKCON organised a ‘chariot parade’ in Houston November 9. The parade, featuring a replica of Lord Jagannath’s ‘Nandighosa’ chariot without the deities of Lord...

Bhubaneswar: Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia inaugurated the state-of-the art Exotic Primate Complex (EPC) at Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) here Sunday. The naturalistic enclosure complex is designed to house seven species of primates from around the world, including Cotton-top tamarin,...

New Delhi: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has asked four states, including Odisha, and the Union Home Ministry to submit a detailed report on the status of the Gottikoya tribals, who were displaced from Chhattisgarh due to Maoist violence and are now reportedly living...

Bhubaneswar: Unidentified burglars broke into a house in Ganesh Vihar locality, under Infocity police limits, here in the wee hours of Sunday and decamped with gold ornaments worth Rs 21 lakh, police said. In the FIR lodged at the Infocity police station, the owner of...