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Bhubaneswar: BJP MLA Jayanarayan Mishra slammed former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for his remarks on a proposal to change the name of the 156-year-old Ravenshaw University, claiming that the "BJD chief does not understand Odia 'asmita' (pride)". Mishra alleged that the BJD leaders were...

Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Assembly Tuesday passed the Appropriation Bill of Rs 2.65 lakh crore for the financial year 2024-25. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi July 25 presented the first-ever budget of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party after it came to power ending the 24-year rule of...

Bhubaneswar: Good news for hilsa (Ilisi) lovers. Although Bangladesh played the spoilsport by banning export of Padma river hilsa (or Ilisi) with Durga Puja round the corner, back-to-back low pressures in the Bay of Bengal have driven shoals of the prized fish towards Odisha coast....

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday said the state would like to host the upcoming Pro League and more world-class Hockey events in the state. Majhi said this while meeting International Hockey Federation (FIH) president Tayyab Ikram who deliberated on the contribution of Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: At least three more Vande Bharat Express trains will run through Odisha from September 15, the East Coast Railway said Tuesday. The new trains that will run through Odisha are Tata-Berhampur, Rourkela-Howrah and Durg-Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express. These three are among the 10 such...

Bhubaneswar: Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram SingKhuntia Tuesday informed that the Odisha government has felled over 26.75 lakh trees from 2000 to 2023 for the execution of 482 projects in various sectors, including mining, roads, irrigation and railways. The minister informed this...

Bhubaneswar: BJP MLA Jaynarayan Mishra Tuesday demanded CBI probe into the killings of Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmananda Saraswati in 2008, minister Naba Kishore Das in 2023 and the alleged rape and murder of a teacher in 2021. Mishra raised the issue during...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha forest minister Ganesh Ram SinghKhuntia Tuesday told the Assembly that as many as 55 tigers died in the state during the last 10 years. The deaths were reported between 2014-15 and 2023-24 fiscals, he said. In a written reply to a query by...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition Biju Janata Dal Tuesday claimed that the multi-purpose Polavaram project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh will affect the lives and livelihood of people residing in 236 villages in Odisha's Malkangiri district. The opposition party made the claim based on a report of a fact-finding...

Bhubaneswar: Roads were washed away, power supply was disrupted and several areas were inundated as heavy rains caused by a deep depression wreaked havoc in southern Odisha Tuesday, officials said. Among the affected districts were Malkangiri, Koraput, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Gajapati and Ganjam, they said. Schools...