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Cuttack: The state government Wednesday informed the Orissa High Court that it will make public Justice Raghubir Das Commission’s inquiry report on missing keys of Srimandir Ratna Bhandar in the next Cabinet meeting. While hearing the state’s affidavit, a division bench of Chief Justice Chakradhari...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan rubbished Wednesday the claims of an Archeological Survey of India (ASI) official that the doors of the Ratna Bhandar in Puri Srimandir will be opened July 8. Earlier in the day, DB Garnayak, Superintendent of ASI Puri Circle had...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik, the five-term chief minister of Odisha, will be the Leader of Opposition in the new Odisha Assembly after his party lost power to the BJP. Speaking to reporters, Patnaik said the decision was taken at the BJD's legislature party meeting...

Bhubaneswar: With diphtheria cases being reported from at least three districts of Odisha, the state government has decided to conduct genome sequencing of samples from patients to ascertain the variant of the bacteria, a senior health official said Wednesday. At least five people have died...

Bhubaneswar: A senior Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) official said Wednesday that the Ratna Bhandar (treasury trove) of Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri will be opened July 8 when the holy triads will be out of the shrine on the annual nine-day sojourn. The holy...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and Ranpur MLA Surama Padhy Wednesday filed her nomination paper for the election to the post of Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. Accompanied by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and deputy chief ministers KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, Padhy...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Parents’ Federation (OPF), which was staging an agitation over the alleged violation of Right to Education (RTE) Act by some private schools, Tuesday announced to suspend of the stir for two days after getting assurance from Schools and Mass Education (S&ME) Minister Nityananda...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena chaired a preparatory meeting on sickle cell disease Tuesday ahead of World Sickle Cell Day, June 19. On this occasion, the government announced holding a 15-day sickle cell disease (SCD) screening and awareness across 21 districts in the state. The...

Bargarh: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday announced that all the left-out eligible farmers in the state will receive funds under the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi within 15 days. Majhi made this announcement while addressing his first public meeting after becoming the chief minister June 12....

Bhubaneswar: Zero tolerance is our benchmark on corruption and if government officials are found involved in malpractices, stringent action will be taken against them, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said this while paying a surprise visit to the Tehsil Office here, Tuesday. During...