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Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Vehicle Owners’ Association has raised serious objections to the new unitary tender system for hiring vehicles alleging favouritism and corruption in the process under which a single player is engaged for renting out all categories of vehicles. The civic...

Bhubaneswar: Vehicular movement on NH-16 at Palasuni came to a grinding halt for over half an hour Sunday morning after a 38-year-old man was mowed down by a speeding truck as angry locals blocked the arterial road, connecting Cuttack, demanding the construction of a foot...

Bhubaneswar: The state government will soon come up with the Odisha State Road Policy (OSRP) under which a target has been set to construct 75,000 km of world-class roads in the next five years to improve commuter experience and ensure their safety. For this purpose,...

Bhubaneswar: The state Congress has demanded a special session of Odisha Assembly over power of the states to levy royalty on extraction of minerals from their land as the Supreme Court has rejected the Centre’s review petition recently. Former Union minister and senior Congress leader...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday left for New Delhi on a three-day official visit. Majhi is scheduled to attend a review meeting on Maoist-related issues organised by the Ministry of Home Affairs Monday morning, officials said. Read Also: Private bus operators in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government regularised the services of 9,200 junior teachers engaged in primary and upper primary schools under the ‘Samagra Shiksha’ scheme, according to an official document. The School and Mass Education Department communicated the decision to the Director of Elementary Education Saturday. As per...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Saturday permitted 1990-batch IPS officer and Director of Biju Patnaik State Police Academy Arun Kumar Sarangi to take voluntary retirement from government service. Sarangi, former in-charge Director General of Police (DGP), has been appointed as Chairman of the Odisha Public Service...

Bhubaneswar: With Dussehra round the corner, around 40 lakh women will receive the first instalment of Rs 5,000 under the state government’s flagship Subhadra scheme October 9. According to sources, those who have registered themselves in Subhadra portal by October 7 will receive the amount,...

Bhubaneswar: Panic spread in Chandaka area in Odisha's Bhubaneswar Saturday, following a gas leak from an abandoned chemical factory, officials said. However, there was no report of any injury or fatality due to the gas leak, they said. “Sodium hypochlorite, commonly known as bleach, was...