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Bhubaneswar: Following the busting of a SIM box racket in Odisha, the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police Tuesday detected the racket's links in Jharkhand as well. A team of Commissionerate Police with the help of Jharkhand Police Tuesday recovered five more SIM boxes during a raid at...

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday fielded Mamata Mohanta for the by-election for the Rajya Sabha seat in Odisha. The Central Election Committee of the BJP on Tuesday declared candidates for nine vacant Rajya Sabha seats in eight states including Odisha. The seat in...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati Tuesday raised in the Assembly several issues faced by journalists. Speaking in the House, he urged the BJP government to continue the Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana for working journalists that was implemented by the previous regime. He also...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is gearing up to welcome the Indian hockey team, which won the bronze medal at the recently concluded Paris Olympics 2024, said sports and youth affairs minister Suryabanshi Suraj. He said Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will felicitate the Indian hockey team members...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is home to a total of 2,098 elephants and 27 tigers, the state Assembly was informed Tuesday. Odisha Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia said this while replying to a question from BJD MLA Dhruba Charan Sahoo. According to...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was adjourned by Speaker Surama Padhy till 4pm Tuesday as opposition Congress and BJD MLAs created a ruckus over different issues. As soon as the House made an obituary reference to a former MLA Sunder Mohan Majhi, Congress members led by...

Bhubaneswar: Bakul Foundation, which is celebrating 15 years of ‘My Tree’ campaign, launched its most ambitious part - the ‘Twin Tree’ campaign - at Capital Hospital Monday. Elaborating the moot behind the Twin Tree campaign, Sasmita Behuria, HoD, Gynecology, said it is essentially a move...

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has successfully commissioned a Freight Train Examination and Routine Overhauling (ROH) facility at Sarla station under Sambalpur division to meet the growing industrial demands of western and southern Odisha, official sources said, Monday. The project, executed by RITES Limited...

Bhubaneswar: The Airfield Police Monday arrested a 28-year-old man for allegedly assaulting two persons and issuing them death threats over trivial reasons. IIC Sashikanta Rout identified the accused as Suraj Mohapatra, a resident of Danda Sahi under Lingaraj police station limits. Earlier, Suraj had been...

Bhubaneswar: The Minister for Language, Literature, Culture, Higher Education, and Sports and Youth Affairs, Suryabanshi Suraj Monday said that plans are afoot to promote professional photographers in the state. “A photo can stir minds and has the power to create a worldwide sensation. Professional photography...