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Bhubaneswar: Odia boy Samir Rishu Mohanty aka ‘Big Deal’ has again raised a strong voice against racism through his new rap song ‘Are You Indian’ in which he tried to point out the discrimination suffered by people from the North-Eastern region. The video which was...

Bhubaneswar: A pall of gloom descended on the fans of humorous TV serial Taarak Mehta Kaa Ooltah Chashmah (TMKOC) as one of its popular characters, Dr Hansraj Hathi, died Monday of cardiac arrest. Kavi Kumar Azad (his real name) had entertained viewers with his acting...

Bhubaneswar: Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Niranjan Patnaik Monday urged the government to construct adequate number of godowns for storage of paddy to ensure farmers benefit from the increased Minimum Support Price (MSP). Stating the hike of `200 per quintal for paddy in MSP, is...

Phulnakhara: A 35-year-old woman of Athagarh died while her husband sustained critical injuries after being crushed under the wheels of a private bus near Bamphakuda on national highway here Monday. Cuttack Sadar police sent the body of Sujata Nayak, a police constable, for autopsy while...

Bhubaneswar: Rights activist Biswapriya Kanungo has filed a petition with the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) seeking investigation into the encounter in which an aide of gangster Tito and dreaded criminal Balaram Mallick alias Chagala died and `50 lakh as compensation for the bereaved family....

Mumbai: The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Monday dismissed the pleas of Cyrus Mistry challenging his removal as Chairman of Tata Sons. Mistry was removed as the Tata Sons board and majority of its members lost confidence in him, the NCLT Mumbai’s main bench of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government and Tata Trust will jointly spend Rs 1,000 crore for development of cancer care facilities in the state in next five years, a senior official said Monday. The decision in this regard was taken at a meeting chaired by chief secretary AP...

Istanbul: Twenty-four people were killed and hundreds injured when a train packed with weekend passengers derailed in northwest Turkey due to ground erosion afer heavy rains, officials said Monday. The train was travelling from the Edirne region on the Greek and Bulgarian borders to Istanbul’s...

Bhubaneswar: After delaying the process for more than three years, the state government has decided to implement the Lokayukta Act and issued a gazette notification after Chief Minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik’s nod to it. That apart, the government has also come up with another gazette...