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Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported at least seven rape cases and three murders a day during 2023, according to a white paper tabled in the assembly Friday. The eastern state witnessed 2,826 rape cases and 1,362 murder cases in 2023, the white paper, circulated by the home...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC) Friday approved a budget of Rs 413 crore for the financial year 2024-2025 and also decided to set up a dedicated FM Radio station for spreading Jagannath culture. SJTMC is the apex body of the 12th-century Jagannath...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Raghubar Das Friday demanded that the culprits in the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case be given the strictest punishment. He said the case should be referred to a fast-track court and hearing completed within 15 days. "Women organisations of Odisha gave me a...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Odisha will contribute significantly to India's growth and will become a growth engine of India by 2047. Majhi said this while inaugurating 'Resurgent Odisha 2024', a business conclave organized by Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limited (UCCIL),...

Bhubaneswar: A two-day national seminar on “Governance in India: Priorities, Policies, Prospects” began at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Friday, organised by the Postgraduate Department of Public Administration in collaboration with the World Bank-supported Odisha Higher Education Programme for Excellence and Equity (WB-OHPEE). The event gathered distinguished...

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Friday asked students to remain active on social media and fight against "misinformation and lies" spread by the ruling BJP. Patnaik said this while addressing the members of the Biju Chhatra Janata Dal at the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to bring an amendment in the Odisha University (Amendment) Act 2020 brought by the previous BJD government, Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj told the state Assembly Friday. While replying to a question of BJD legislator Ganeswar Behera, the minister...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has asked all senior officials to set up breastfeeding cabins in offices and public places, an official said Friday. The additional secretary of the Women and Child Development Department, Reena Mohapatra, in a letter to all the department secretaries, directors and district...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday announced that BJD government’s Nutana Unnata Abhilasha Odisha (NUA-O) scheme will be discontinued. Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj today informed Odisha Assembly that financial assistance to UG & PG students will be introduced soon to support the students. Suraj further mentioned...

New Delhi: New York-based Moody’s Ratings Thursday raised its forecast for India’s GDP growth for 2024 to 7.2 per cent from 6.8 per cent as projected earlier on the back of stronger private consumption driving up aggregate demand in the economy. "Household consumption is poised...