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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday said Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have disbursed about Rs 82,000 crore in the nine-day outreach programme to push up retail credit and banks have witnessed robust demand during that period and she has asked the banks to look...

BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to improve digital literacy in the state, a first of its kind three-day Information Technology (IT) convention will be held at KIIT here from 16th to 18th January, 2020. A curtain raiser was held at Press Club here Monday. Organised by...

Bhubaneswar: The original master plan for the proposed Shamuka project on the Puri coast will be changed in the wake of changing natural environment. Reviewing the progress of the project Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy said some changes need to be made in the original master...

Bhubaneswar: Operation at Ib Thermal Power Station (ITPS), a unit of Odisha Power Generation Corporation Limited (OPGC), was suspended Sunday for an uncertain period due to severe coal shortage and disruption in coal supply. The unit is located at Banharpalli in Jharsuguda district of Odisha....

Mumbai: Facebook-owned instant messaging giant WhatsApp will be compliant with data localisation norms over the next two months, post which it can roll out its much-delayed payments service here, says the National Payments Corporation. Even after the launch of WhatsApp's payments service, it will take...

BHUBANESWAR: 'Mercy of God', a documentary film on Cyclone Fani in Odisha by Amartya Bhattacharyya, won six major awards at the 12th NOHU International Short Film Festival 2019 in New Jersey, USA. The awards are Best Film - “Mercy of God”, Best Director - Amartya Bhattacharyya, Best Original Score - Kisaloy Roy, Best Editing -...

 Environmentalists and experts opine that women and children among Odia migrants who flee the state due to effects of climate change are trafficked due to their vulnerability  BHUBANESWAR: Jagannath Barik (name changed) of Gunadalba village in Puri led a content life with his mother, wife...

BHUBANESWAR: Girls celebrated the occasions of Kumara Purnima Utsav and Gajalaxmi Puja with great zeal and enthusiasm across the Twin City Sunday. Kumara Purnima is a harvest festival celebrated on the full moon day of the Hindu lunar month of Ashvin (September to October), marking the end of the monsoon season. On this day, unmarried women...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and the police have failed to prevent devotees and servitors from carrying mobile phones into the 12th century shrine despite imposing a ban on the use of phones on the temple precincts. Some servitors are openly using mobile...

Bhubaneswar: India’s largest private commercial port Mundra is in Gujarat that is managed by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ). APSEZ wants to replicate the success model of Mundra in Odisha by increasing the cargo handling capacity of Dhamra port. To carry out the...