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Film festival showcases silver linings in corona crisis

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,...

Miniature Nandighosha ready to roll

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...

Commissionerate Police launches awareness drive

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...

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New wave of locust attacks threatens summer crops in India

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...

2L stranded migrants returned to state: Odisha govt

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...

Probe sought into PDS irregularities in Jajpur

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...

 

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