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Bhubaneswar: IIT Madras, with its strong reputation in road safety, will draft a comprehensive plan to effectively tackle road safety challenges in rural areas of the state, with a special focus on mining regions. Presently, IIT-Madras has partnered with various state governments in collecting data, analysing,...

Bhubaneswar: Modern Book Depot, one of the Capital City’s oldest independent bookstores, is facing imminent closure after the landlord of the property slapped an eviction notice on the storeowners sometime ago. Opened in 1970, the over fivedecade-old iconic landmark at Master Canteen Square has been...

Bhubaneswar: The Sports and Youth Services department Friday hosted a grand event at Kalinga Hockey Stadium here to celebrate Indian men’s hockey team’s achievement at the Paris Olympics Thursday. The team secured their second consecutive bronze medal after 52 years, marking a significant milestone in...

Chilika: Adding yet another feather to its cap, the INS Chilka Friday held the Passing Out Parade (POP) of the fourth batch of Agniveers.The event marked the culmination of 16 weeks of rigorous naval training across all verticals. Reportedly, 1889 Agniveers, including 214 women, took...

Bhubaneswar: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved eight railway projects, including six in Odisha, with a total estimated cost of Rs 24,657 crore, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Friday. Vaishnaw said in a press briefing that the new...

Bhubaneswar: Higher Education (HE) Minister Suryabanshi Suraj inaugurated 14 new government degree colleges in eight districts of the state, Friday. The new colleges were inaugurated at Tiring in Mayurbhanj, Thuamul Rampur in Kalahandi, Gurundia and Nuagaon in Sundargarh, Bandhugaon and Narayanpatna in Koraput, Jharigaon, Kosagumuda,...

Cuttack: At least three workers engaged in an expansion project of a medical facility here suffered critical injuries when a portion of a crane collapsed on them, police said. The crane was used to lift construction materials to the top of the building being constructed,...

Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik Friday demanded inclusion of 169 communities in the ST list of the state and several tribal languages in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution. Patnaik, the BJD president, made the demands while attending a function to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said the state government is considering giving pension to families of freedom fighters under a new scheme called ‘Kutumba Yojana’. Addressing a function commemorating August Kranti Dibasa, the anniversary of the Quit India Movement, Majhi expressed the...

Puri: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat Friday visited Jagannath temple in Puri and offered prayers to the Holy Trinity. According to servitors, the RSS chief spent around half-an-hour inside the temple and talked to the priests. He was welcomed at the Lion's Gate...