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Bhubaneswar/Keonjhar: With the ‘108’ ambulance employees’ strike entering the third day today, a woman gave birth to a baby on the way to hospital in the absence of the emergency service vehicle in the district yesterday. The pregnant woman, a resident of Kotpada village under Anandpur police limits in Keonjhar, complained of labour pain following […]

Aiming to figure among the top three states in the country in the ‘Ease of doing Business Indices’, the Odisha government has asked the concerned departments to expedite the implementation of the remaining reform agenda

Puri: A team of 12 scientists of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Kochin have found traces of coral reef under the deep sea off the Puri coast. Talking to media persons after the survey, Pralay Kumar Behera, scientist, CMFRI’s Research Station at Vishakhapatnam, said “For the first time, we conducted an underwater survey off […]

In a sensational twist to the alleged theft of a one and half month old baby girl from the Sishu Bhavan here, police on Saturday said it was the mother herself who threw the infant, who died after falling off accidentally, in an unused well in Jobra area

Director of National Health Mission (NHM), Odisha Shalini Pandit on Saturday said punitive action will be taken against the striking staff of the 108 emergency ambulance services who have not joined their duty despite repeated requests made by the State government

New Delhi: A court on Saturday granted bail to former Delhi University professor S.A.R. Geelani, arrested on sedition charges. Additional Sessions Judge Deepak Garg granted bail to Geelani. On Friday, the Delhi Police had told the court that the allegations against Geelani were grievous. Geelani, arrested after police registered a case against him for organising […]

Arrested godman Santosh Roul alias Sarathi Baba was on Saturday produced before the Special SC and ST Court by the State Crime Branch

The second phase underwater survey of the Hirakud dam at Burla in Odisha’s Sambalpur district began on Saturday

Bhubaneswar: Following a fresh hike in the price of diesel, the Odisha government on Saturday increased the bus fare as per automatic fare adjustment mechanism. As per a notification issued by the Commerce and Transport department, the fare for ordinary and express buses has been increased by 1 paisa per kilometre, while the fare for […]

Rourkela: Vigilance sleuths on Saturday conducted simultaneous raids at four places, including the house of an official of the Rourkela deputy director of mines (DDM) office Biswanath Sahu on charges of amassing properties to his known source of his income. According to sources, the state probe agency conducted a raid at his house in Chhend […]

The Vigilance court here on Saturday allowed the Vigilance sleuths to take the arrested crorepati Phulbani mining officer Prafulla Kumar Sethi on two-day remand for further interrogation from tomorrow

Cuttack: In a sensational twist to the theft of one and half month old baby girl from Sishu Bhavan, police on Saturday recovered the body of the baby from Jobra area here. According to sources, police have detained five persons, including the mother and father of the baby. Notably on March 18, parents of the […]

Berhampur: In a shocking incident, four members of a family died of asphyxiation while working in an under construction latrine tank at Samanatarapur village under Jarada police limits in Ganjam district today. The deceased have been identified as Prashant Pradhan, Padmalochan Pradhan, Raju Pradhan and Santosh Pradhan of a family in the same village. Prashant […]

Cuttack: A special prosecutor will be appointed for the sensational murders of Om and Dipu, Police Commissioner YB Khurania has said. Talking to newsmen here on Friday, Khurania said, “I will write to the state government to appoint a special prosecutor to fight the murder cases of the duo who were murdered by the arrested […]

Bhubaneswar: With the indefinite cease work called by the workers of 108 Ambulance service demanding fulfillment of their seven-point charter of demands entering the second day today, health services have been affected in some parts of the state. The situation is expected to worsen in the coming days. The demands include payment of minimum guaranteed […]