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Rayagada: More than 4,000 contractual labourers of JK Paper Mills started an indefinite dharna today demanding regularisation of jobs and increase in salary. The protestors staged demonstration in front of the company’s main gate to...

Bolangir: Distressed over crop loss and loan burden, another farmer of Turekela area of Bolangir district breathed his last today. As per reports, the deceased, identified as Bhagat Sagaria of Kuliadora village was undergoing treatment...

Bhubaneswar: A memorial service of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be held at the Unit-3 Exhibition Ground here today. Leaders cutting across party lines are scheduled to join the memorial service this afternoon....

Keonjhar: In a shocking incident, a woman of Guptaganga village under Bansapal block of Keonjhar district allegedly sold her newborn boy for Rs 1,000. The matter came to fore after a thorough inquiry was launched...

Berhampur: A youth allegedly slit his throat while in custody at the Gangapur Police Station of Ganjam district today. As per reports, the youth, identified as Debaraj of Nimina village under Gangapur police limits was...

Balasore: A joint team of the Balasore Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Chandipur Forest Division seized a large number of turtles while being trafficked to neighbouring West Bengal today. Acting on a tip-off, the...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today quashed a notification issued by the state government asking teachers of schools and colleges to submit affidavit for regularisation of jobs. Justice AK Rath quashed the notification stating that...

Kerala: Odisha Fire Service personnel in Kerala have intensified their rescue operations in flood-ravaged areas of the state as rain eased down today. As many as 250 fire service personnel from Odisha were seen engaged...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Medical Corporation Ltd (OSMCL) has blacklisted a Gujarat-based healthcare company for supplying poor quality IV drip under the Niramaya Yojana. The company -Aculife Healthcare was awarded with a tender to supply...

Bhubaneswar: An inter-ministerial committee meeting to look into the seven-point charter of demands by the agitating teachers held under chairmanship of Finance Minister Shashi Bhusan Behera remained inconclusive on Tuesday. Although the meeting discussed various...

Malkangiri/Sundergarh: Normal life was thrown out of gear in Malkangiri and Rajgangpur of Sundergarh after incessant rains wreaked havoc today disrupting road communication in several parts. According to sources, water level of Pangama river in...

Bhubaneswar: The State government has fastened the process of implementing the Food Security Scheme across Odisha. Food Supplies Minister Surya Narayan Patro on Sunday said that beneficiaries who wish to be covered under the State’s...

Bhubaneswar: In the run up to 2019 elections, Odisha Congress will declare its first list of candidates within 15 days, informed Odisha Congress in-charge, Jitendra Singh after the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) meeting in Bhubaneswar...

Cuttack: Resentment is now brewing among students and lecturers as principal of Cuttack Law College allegedly continues to hold office despite attaining retirement age. Though the managing committee of the college had asked Samant Kumar...

Khariar: After their repeated pleas fell on deaf ears, the villagers of Balipati under Khariar block of Nuapada district dug up a temporary canal to irrigate their farmland. The move came after the government officials...

Nabarangpur: Two subordinate staff have brought harassment charges against Nabarangpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Vivekanand Sharma. The two complainants – Rabin Kumar Lima and Debaraj Chanda were working as orderly at the residence of Sharma....

Bhubaneswar: Authorities of the Accountant General (AG) have asked Ranji player Biplab Samantray to furnish his educational certificates in original within one month. The move came after a Right to Information (RTI) query revealed that...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) are intensifying their eviction drive to address man-made flooding in ‘Smart City’ Bhubaneswar. After razing down encroachments near the ISKCON temple and Nayapalli...

Puri: Out of the 12 proposals suggested as a part of disciplinary reforms in Puri Srimandir following the Supreme Court directive, for three proposals on which no consensus has been reached a special committee will...

Bhubaneswar: Meeting of the selection committee of the Odisha Citizen Award-2018 (OCA-2018) was held today for the first phase screening. Like every year, the selection committee chose eight personalities from different areas such as Agriculture,...