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Bhubaneswar: Aaina, a city based socio-cultural organisation Saturday organised an online movie festival to promote young filmmakers of the state. The organisers invited the movies those based on the advantage of the lockdown. The panel that judged the movies comprised names such as Ritwik Das,...

Berhampur: With less than a month to go before Rath Yatra, the biggest festival of the state, artisans are leaving no stone unturned to show their devotion to the Trinity – Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra. Satyanarayan Moharana of Berhampur is known for...

Bhawanipatna: In a bizarre incident, the rubber stamps at Golamunda CDPO office in Kalahandi district have gone missing. The officials have blamed rats for the development. They claimed that rats had devoured the rubber stamps. Sources said, Premlal Sunani a resident of Khasiguda village under...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police (CP) Thursday launched several awareness programmes on Covid-19-related issues. The CP stressed on social distancing and use of masks at public places to keep the deadly virus at bay. It conducted the trial of a drone to monitor the compliance of...

Bhubaneswar: After the lockdown period of over two months, most parts of Odisha saw Thursday the resumption of private bus services. In the last few days cabs and auto-rickshaws have been plying both here and in Bhubaneswar providing relief to the commuters. Inter-district bus operations...

New Delhi: A new wave of locust attacks has alarmed India’s farmers. Experts have also warned of extensive crop losses if authorities fail to curb fast-spreading swarms by June. The monsoon rains spur rice, cane, corn, cotton and soybean sowing. Locust menace Desert locusts have...

Mumbai: For years people have known her as the ‘Dil Chahta Hai girl’ Actor Suchitra Pillai is hoping her latest Netflix series Betaal will help newer audiences discover her work. Films Suchitra has featured in Suchitra has featured in films such as Page 3, Fashion,...

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday extended support to Odisha and West Bengal in the wake of the destruction caused by Cyclone Amphan. In a series of tweets addressed to the Chief Ministers of Odisha (Naveen Patnaik) and West Bengal (Mamata Banerjee) Kejriwal offered...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Wednesday said that more than 2 lakh people who were stranded in different parts of the country have now returned to Odisha after the partial relaxation of lockdown norms was allowed. The Information and Public Relations (I&PR) department said that 2,03,220...

Bhubaneswar: A rights activist Monday lodged a petition with the Odisha Human rights Commission (OHRC) regarding irregularities in ration card distribution. The activist sought OHRC's intervention into the allegations of irregularities in distribution of ration cards and accumulation of ghost cards in Binjharpur block of...