Bhubaneswar: As many as 50 lakh farmers have received financial assistance under the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme till date, and verification is on to include the left-out farmers, informed Odisha...
Balasore: Two women hailing from Digha in West Bengal were allegedly gang raped in a private guest house under Talasari Marine police limits in Balasore district on Tuesday. Reportedly, three miscreants brought the two women...
Jajpur/Gajapati: Odisha government has set up healthcare centres at different places to provide better healthcare to people, however, most of them lie in neglect. While at some health centres doctors remain absent, in others patients...
State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, has cut its benchmark lending rates by five basis points, thereby reducing home loan rates. The marginal cost of fund-based lending rate (MCLR) now stands at...
Bhubaneswar: The three major political parties in Odisha – BJP, BJD and Congress – are bracing up for the high-voltage fight for Patkura Assembly seat under the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency. The parties have started...
Jeypore: As many as seven persons fell sick after allegedly consuming toxic mushrooms in Kakalapada village under Lamataput block of Koraput today. As per reports, one Ghasi Pangi of the village bought some mushrooms from...
Rairangpur: Two brothers sustained bullet injuries after two bike-borne miscreants opened fire at them in Link Road of Rairangpur town of Mayurbhanj district today morning. As per reports, the siblings, Daya Shankar Sahoo and Gouri...
Khurda: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch detained a kingpin of stone mining mafia from Bolagarh area late last night. Later, the accused, Nitu Mansingh, was handed over to Khurda police for...
In today’s world, ATM-cum-debit cards and credit cards have made life easy. Because of wide acceptability of these cards for high volume transactions, people use them at petrol pumps, shopping merchants and online shopping. These...
Jagatsinghpur: A video of a pharmacist prescribing medicines to patients while laying on a bed at district headquarters hospital of Jagatsinghpur went viral on social media. Following the incident, the Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO),...
Jajpur/Balasore: With the arrival of Monsoon in the State, residents of 13 villages under Korei block in Jajpur and 50 villages in Balasore district are having sleepless nights. They are worried over the incomplete embankments...
Bhubaneswar: The first phase of admissions into MBBS and BDS courses in 10 medical colleges of the State began from today at the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) cell, Gandamunda in Bhubaneswar. On the first...
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has invited application for selection of Graduate and Diploma Apprentices under Apprentices Act 1961. The selected candidates will be posted at HAL, Lucknow. The interested candidates are advised to apply online...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today notified on seven hours duty every working day for teachers of government colleges and non-government aided colleges in the State. “All teachers posted in government colleges and non-government aided colleges,...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today extended the deadline for admission into Plus II courses in the first phase at different junior colleges by two days, informed School & Mass Education minister Samir Ranjan Dash today....
Balasore: Decades-old Utkal Balashram, a special home for children in the city lies in complete neglect posing threat to the lives of hundreds of orphans and poor children living inside its premises. Locals allege that...
Cuttack: With veteran director Basant Sahoo’s ‘Selfish Dil’ hit theatres today, audiences have given the thumbs-up to the movie’s songs released under Tarang Music banner. The movie was premiered at Cuttack’s Samrat Cinema Hall. Produced...
Bhubaneswar: Odia sailor Sudeep Kumar Choudhury, who was abducted by Nigerian sea pirates and released after 70 days following the Government of India’s intervention, arrived in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday to a teary-eyed welcome from parents...
Cuttack: The Director of Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training & Research (SVNIRTAR), Shakti Prasad Das was allegedly attacked by two bike-borne miscreants on Wednesday. Das, who has sustained injuries on his head, filed...
Bhadrak: Opposing the eviction drive carried out by the Bhadrak administration at different places of the town, local traders today staged protest in front of the district Collectorate. They alleged that without rehabilitating the affected...