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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday said that the state government was working to install 14 automatic traffic signals at different locations across the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. The Chief Minister was responding to a query in the Assembly on the preparedness of...

Bhubaneswar: The state government ordered a minor reshuffle among Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers Monday. According to a notification issued by the General Administration (GA) department, senior OAS officer Biswajit Biswal has been appointed as the administrator (Niti) of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) in...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Monday defended its decision to award contract for the delayed Gurupriya bridge construction through ‘EPC mode’ citing its 2013 notification and technical reasons. The matter came to the fore when it was raised by BJP leader KV Singh Deo in the...

New Delhi: If recent reports in a section of the media are to be believed, the Indian Army is set to reduce over 150,000 troops over the next four to five years under an overarching cadre review that seeks to sharpen the force’s efficiency and...

Sambalpur: Some students of the Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur (IIM-S) have left the institute as they could not get hostel rooms, an official said Monday. The classes for the fourth batch of the IIM-S commenced July 30 this year. There were 111 students when...

Bhubaneswar: The Rotary Club of Bhubaneswar, Toshali Circle, in association with other Rotary Clubs from the city Sunday organised an awareness rally to persuade the citizens to shun use of the unhealthy plastics for more environment-friendly alternatives. The rally, which saw a large participation of...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Friday met protesting teachers at Lower PMG here and later criticised the state government for not paying attention to their ‘legitimate’ demands. The teachers have been protesting here in the city for the last 23 days. He said the government...

Bhubaneswar: The special judge of sessions court, Bhubaneswar, Friday sentenced two drug peddlers to ten years of rigorous imprisonment each in a NDPS case here. The convicts were also fined Rs 1 lakh each failing which they will have to undergo an additional jail term of three...

Cuttack: A 22-year-old salesgirl committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of a store in a shopping mall at Bajrakabati area under Mangalabag police limits here Friday. The deceased was identified as Ranjita Mohanty, a resident of Jholasahi Bharatpur area under Purighat police limits....

Bhubaneswar: In a written statement in the state Assembly Thursday, the Department of Law claimed that the collection of gold in the Puri Sri Jagannth temple under the ‘Pindika and others’ reached its second highest figure in the current year. The detailed report on collection...