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The Odisha Cabinet today reportedly gave its nod to the 2021-22 state Budget to be tabled in the Assembly on February 22.

With death toll in the Uttarakhand glacier tragedy rising, massice search and rescue operations are underway to trace the missing persons.

Don’t think of it as a mobile network problem or some issues at your bank. It was a nation-wide disruption which affected OTP or One-Time-Password services across banks and e-commerce sites.

1995-batch IPS officer, Saumendra Priyadarshi took charge as the new police commissioner of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Twin City today.

In a shocking incident, a minor tribal girl was allegedly gang-raped by four miscreants at Kaliapani area in Jajpur district of Odisha.

All the MLAs will have to undergo COVID-19 tests prior to the commencement of the second phase of the Budget session of the Odisha Assembly. The information was shared by Odisha Assembly speaker, Surjya Narayan Patro

With the wildfires raging in Similipal, the innocent animals are the ones who are suffering the most. A deer sneaked into the Brundeiposi village, located on the foothills of the Similipal sanctuary reportedly to take cover from the forest fire on Monday night. The deer was reportedly rescued by villagers, following which the forest department was notified about the incident.

Amid rising instances of wildfires in several forests of Odisha, a poacher was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly setting fire in Gudidiha Forest of Mayurbhanj district.

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed on Tuesday to curb forest fires in the state. The Bharatiya Vikas Parishad, a social outfit filed a PIL in the Orissa High Court seeking appropriate measures to contain the wildfire in Similipal biosphere reserve and other forests across the State.

In a unique attempt to replace the conventional coal-fired and electric laundry irons, this man from Paralakhemundi is using Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) instead.

As wildfires continue to rage across forest ranges in Odisha, the state government has decided to augment infrastructure and manpower to tackle the fires. Sharing the details regarding the steps taken, the chairman of the newly-constituted task force, Sandeep Tripathi said that a decision has been taken to augment manpower & infrastructure for tackling these wildfires.

It is believed that any big task could be accomplished with joint efforts. Have a look at this gigantic Shiva linga. This 55 feet tall Shiva lingam would be thrown open for devotees on Wednesday in Mahaling village of Golamunda block of Kalahandi district.

Planning to visit your bank anytime in the next 7 days? You may have to reschedule your visit as banks are likely to remain closed on Thursday (March 11) and again for 4 straight days from March 13 to March 16 on account of public holidays and proposed strike by the banking associations.

The National Security Guard (NSG) is all set to conduct a security reconnaissance at Puri Jagannath temple on March 18. This is the first such security inspection after demolition of structures around the temple for creation of heritage and security corridor.

The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch Wednesday (March 10) seized brown sugar worth more than Rs 1 crore from a peddler near Lakshmannath toll gate area under Jaleswar in Balasore district.