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Bhubaneswar: The state government has proposed to raise the minimum wage for daily labourers by at least by 40 per cent. Last time it was hiked in April, 2015, official sources said here Monday. The minimum rates of wages are all inclusive rates including the...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to prevent flooding in Acharya Vihar area, a major eviction drive was completed at Science Park Basti in the area Monday to facilitate construction of a box drain which would divert excess water from Drainage Channel No. 4. Zonal Deputy Commissioner...

Bhubaneswar: Activists of the students’ wing of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee Monday clashed with police while protesting against what they alleged “increasing mismanagement” in hospitals and healthcare in the state. Privatisation of hospital administration and non-recruitment against vacancies were the prime focus of the protest....

Bhubaneswar: Building on the success of the multi-phased training of 60 peer leader girls and boys from eight slums of Bhubaneswar Town Centre District (BTCD), under the Socially Smart Bhubaneswar Initiative last year, Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in collaboration with...

Bhubaneswar: Authorities have opened a third exit line Monday at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) to enable hassle-free exits for VIPs and government officials. The passengers who land at the airport were coming out via two exit lines. Due to security checking government officials...

Bhubaneswar : Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday assured the Central Action Committee (CAC) he would write a “strong letter” to the Centre for establishment of a permanent bench of the Orissa High Court at Sambalpur. The assurance came when a 15-member CAC delegation called on...

Imagine becoming an internet sensation overnight after a video that you uploaded to YouTube on a romantic song, making ‘obscene’ gestures, goes viral. The video is of four girls who in a Musically video are seen doing gestures on the romantic song Tera Ghata by...

New Delhi: A few days before India celebrates its Independence Day, an input shared by Intelligence Agencies warns of a possible ‘fiyadeen attack’ in the national capital. Following the input which claims that Masood Azhar’s Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) is planning an attack in Delhi, the security...

Bhubaneswar: Accusing the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha of hijacking the central schemes and naming them as state schemes, the state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday decided to create an awareness campaign across the state against the ruling BJD . A decision in...

New Delhi: Concerned over the plight of farmers in the state, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has planned to rake up the issue of Minimum Support Price (MSP) in the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Monsoon session. BJD Parliamentary Party leader in Rajya Sabha Prasanna...