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Sundergarh: Hemagiri police today busted a fake currency note racket in Kendudihi village of the district today. According to sources, police have arrested three persons and seized a fake note, computer, printer and a scanner. Police had reportedly received information about the racket from sources and conducted a raid on the shop of one Sadananda  […]

Malkangiri: A six-feet-long crocodile was today rescued from a pond in MV 78 village under Balimela in the district. The crocodile was spotted by the villagers while they were taking bath in the pond. The crocodile was caught by people of MV-78 village with the help of a net, Kalimela forest Range Officer Ramachandra Madkami […]

Titlagarh: A farmer has allegedly committed suicide in Madiguda village under Bhabanipatna block in Kalahandi district. The deceased Bahadur Rana had consumed pesticides yesterday and died while undergoing treatment at Titlagarh hospital today. “He consumed pesticides at his agriculture field yesterday as the crops failed,” said Makarand Rana, son of the deceased. According to reports, […]

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Saturday directed the officials to complete the pending works of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-assisted Odisha Integrated Sanitation Improvement Project (OISIP) in the Twin City of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar by 2019. The progress of sanitation projects was reviewed at the State-level steering committee meeting chaired by Chief Secretary AP Padhi here. […]

Berhampur: In a lesson for all eve teasers, a girl student slapped a youth who allegedly used to follow her. The incident has been reported from Gandhi Nagar in Berhampur and a video of the girl slapping the youth has also gone viral on social media. According to sources, the girl slapped the stalker youth […]

Kendrapara: Unidentified miscreants allegedly looted gold jewellery worth lakhs from a jewellery shop at Aul Nuabazar in Kendrapara district today. According to sources, Pradeep Sahu, owner of Maa Jewellers had kept a bag of gold jewellery inside his shop. Three unidentified miscreants came on a motorcycle and looted the jewellery bag from the shop when […]

Bhubaneswar: The student and youth wings of the Congress today took to the streets here demanding action in many issues, including the ITER fake placement row. Around a hundred activists of the youth Congress staged a demonstration at Master Canteen square here protesting discrepancies in the poll affidavit of Law Minister Pratap Jena during the […]

Bhubaneswar: Setting a trend for ensuring speedy justice, Odisha Government responded to ‘SOS’ by a person on social media which resulted in the rescue of five minor children while they were allegedly being trafficked on a bus. All the five minor children hail from Ganjam and were being escorted by three agents on a bus […]

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha Government should focus on quality medical education for producing trained doctors, not ‘Munna Bhai MBBS’, said Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in his reaction to the ongoing political tug of war over Baripada Medical College. Both BJD and BJP are now vying with each other to take credit for the permission accorded to the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday expressed satisfaction over the ongoing construction work at Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College at Baripada which was recently allowed to undertake admissions by the Supreme Court’s Oversight Mandate Committee. Patnaik during his suprise visit to Baripada took stock of the progress of the construction work and held […]

Bhubaneswar: In a breather for Odisha Government, Supreme Court’s Mandate Oversight Committee on Sunday gave its green signal for intake of students at Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College in Baripada. The process for admission of 100 MBBS undergraduate seats for the 2017-18 academic sessions can now be expedited, said Health Minister Pratap Jena. Chief Minister […]

Bhubaneswar: In probably the last resort to begin academic session at Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College in Baripada, a team from the Medical Council of India (MCI) will visit the campus for the second phase assessment of the infrastructure. As per official sources, the MCI team is likely to visit Baripada medical college by May […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack/Soro/Nabarangpur: In a major drive against corruption, the State Vigilance today searched houses and places across Odisha associated with a Food Supplies Joint Secretary, headmaster of an ashram school and a headmistress of a school in Kesharpur on charges of amassing disproportionate assets. In Soro, an eight-member team led by DSP Madhusudan Behera raided the […]

Berhampur: In a daring robbery, four unidentified bike-borne miscreants allegedly looted jewellery weighing more than one kilogram from Subas Jewellers owner Pramod Chandra Moharana near Buguda bazaar in Ganjam district on Friday evening. According to sources, the incident took place at around 6 pm yesterday when Maharana was returning home located at Balipendi sahi with […]

Two Union Ministers will visit the State to attend the 'Yaad Karo Kurbani' programme, being organized by the BJP beginning from the Kranti Divas on August 9 to mark the 70th Independence Day