Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday directed the health department and Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) to inquire and find out the reasons for Diphtheria cases in Rayagada district and take all possible steps to bring the situation to normal. The direction in...
New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: The Sahitya Akademi Saturday announced that two Odia writers will receive the prestigious Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2024. Notably, Manas Ranjan Samal will receive Bal Sahitya Puraskar for his book Gapa Kalika. Sanjay Kumar Panda will be conferred with...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday held a meeting with senior police officers, including DGP Arun Kumar Sarangi and reviewed the law and order situation in the state. During the meeting, he asked the police to listen to the grievances of the people,...
Bhubaneswar: A delegation of the state government including Deputy Chief Ministers Kanak Vardhan Singhdeo and Pravati Parida Saturday paid homage to two workers from Odisha killed in Kuwait fire tragedy at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar. A special aircraft carrying the mortal remains...
Bhubaneswar: Airfield police here Friday arrested a 30- year-old man for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of providing her a job. Airfield police station IIC Sashikanta Rout said the accused was identified as Diptiranjan Palei, a native of Orada village in Khurda district....
Cuttack: East Coast Railway (ECoR) general manager Parmeshwar Funkwal inspected the ongoing infrastructure works in Cuttack-Paradip and Paradip-Haridaspur railway sections here, Friday. During the visit, Funkwal reviewed the works related to traffic facility in Paradip and inspected different railway sidings under the sections. Funkwal stressed...
Bhubaneswar: After the first pre-monsoon spell on the first day of Raja Friday that brought relief to the sweltering heatwave conditions in the Capital city, a top Met official told Orissa POST that the southwest monsoon is all set to make its arrival in the...
Bhubaneswar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday launched a probe into the alleged Rs 5,717-crore bank fraud by Chhattisgarh-based SKS Power Generation Limited and carried out searches at 14 locations in five states, including Odisha, in connection with the ‘scam’. Following the Allahabad High...
Bhubaneswar: Newly sworn-in Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday extended his greetings to the people of Odisha on the occasion of ‘Pahili Raja’ (the first day of the three-day long festival celebrating womanhood) by saying that this festival is true example of ‘Odia Asmita’. Taking...
Bhubaneswar: Seven in every 100 elderly persons faced abuses of various forms, while one in every three elderly persons didn’t earn a penny in the past year, according to a study by HelpAge India. They include 37 per cent in the age group of 80...
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