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Bhubaneswar: In a major reshuffle among senior bureaucrats, the state government Wednesday appointed Board of Revenue Secretary Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya as the Director of Odia Language, Literature and Culture (OLL&C) department. “The post of OLL&C department Director is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to...

Bhubaneswar: In what would reduce dependency on conventional energy and help save around Rs 14 crore annually by way of energy bill, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) is set to install 21,826 KWp solar power plants at stations, service buildings and level crossing gates under...

Bhubaneswar: Lingaraj police Wednesday arrested a man on charges of duping several job aspirants of Rs 40 lakh by impersonating a Railway official. The police also seized several fake documents and incriminating materials from the accused. According to the inspector in charge (IIC) of Lingaraj...

Bhubaneswar: Three-time Grammy award-winning musician and environmentalist Ricky Kej has created another version of the national anthem, this time collaborating with legendary instrumentalists and 14,000 tribal kids. Ricky says this project aims to create an ecosystem of music appreciators, adding, “Legendary musicians performed the melody...

Bhubaneswar: Odia IPS officer Rashmi Ranjan Swain has been appointed as the director general of police in Jammu & Kashmir, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a notification issued Wednesday. Swain incidentally hails from Rourkela. He had been holding the additional charge as...

Bhubaneswar: The Rajya Sabha (RS) by-election for the vacant seat from Odisha will be held September 3, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said in a notification issued Wednesday. A single Rajya Sabha seat from the state fell vacant following the resignation of Mamata Mohanta,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha state government has excluded the ‘5T charter’ and ‘Mo Sarkar’ components from the annual Performance Appraisal Reports (PAR) and Confidence Character Rolls (CCR) of its employees. The General Administration and Public Grievance (GA&PG) department Wednesday issued an official communiqué in this regard...

Bhubaneswar: The body of an 18-year-old woman, who was swept away while crossing a bridge over a canal in Angul district, was fished out while a man was swept away by a river in Jagatsinghpur district as heavy rain lashed Odisha Wednesday, police said. The...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi chaired a meeting of his Cabinet Wednesday, officials said. The meeting, which was Majhi's fourth, was held at Lok Seva Bhavan, they said. However, the press was not informed about the decisions taken at the meeting as the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday sought US investment for setting up a semiconductor plant in the state, an official statement said. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, during his meeting with US Consul General in Hyderabad, Jennifer Larson, who visited the state, called for American...