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BHUBANESWAR: Sights of a kid licking the last morsel off a plate, children sitting in a row having their mid day meal and kids being weighed were seen in frames lined up on the walls of a photo exhibition titled ‘Close the Gap: Angul’s fight...

BHUBANESWAR: A dissemination workshop of Nutrition TB project Odisha was held at ICMR-RMRC auditorium here Monday. The workshop was jointly organised by ICMR regional medical research centre, Department of Health resource and Ministry of Health and Welfare, Govt of India. It was inaugurated by special...

Bhubaneswar: With heavy rain during September, the state has received an average cumulative rainfall of 9.9 per cent from June 1 to September 30. According to a report prepared by the office of Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), the cumulative rainfall deficit in state stood at...

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has transferred over 200 ministerial staff, who have spent over 10 years on the same post, at its various branches across the country, an agency official said Monday. The move aimed at maintaining fairness and integrity comprised...

New Delhi: The much-awaited vehicle scrappage policy that has gone for a Cabinet approval is likely to see stringent registration and fitness norms for pre-2005 manufactured vehicles. As per estimates, there are more than 2 crore pre-2005 built vehicles that are plying on Indian roads...

New Delhi: Making a strong case for supporting developers to help them come out of crisis, eminent banker Deepak Parekh said the government incentives have helped the affordable housing sector gain traction but homebuyers now clearly want “right developers, right price, right size and right...

New Delhi: Softbank-backed online grocery business Grofers aims to cross the $ 1 billion revenue mark by the end of the year, helped by strong growth in both its online and offline businesses. The company had started operations as an online grocery platform. Earlier this...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissioner of Police Sudhanshu Sarangi, Sunday, directed the Inspectors- In- Charge (IICs) of all the police stations in the city to earmark specific time period on Sundays in order to address the problems faced by the senior citizens of their respective areas. Sarangi...

Puri: Town police Sunday claimed to have arrested a liquor trader and three of his private bodyguards in connection with celebratory blank firing in the Holy City August 4. Police have seized two guns and five mobile phones from the arrested liquor trader, Narayan Sahu...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police, Sunday, arrested 16 middlemen from the premises of the Regional Transport Offices and hospitals in the state. More than hundred middlemen have been put behind bars following the directions of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to get RTOs and hospitals rid of middlemen....