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Bhubaneswar: In a bid to revive the Grand Old Party in Odisha, veteran and seasoned leaders of the State unit of Congress met at the party headquarters here in the city to deliberate on the forthcoming selection of a fitting candidate to spearhead the youth wing of the party. As per reports, as applications were […]

Sundergarh: The post-mortem reports of the four persons of a family which included a couple and their two kids, who were found dead inside their house in IT Colony of Rajgangpur here, have brought a new twist in the case. While police initially suspected that the family had consumed poison, the autopsy reports that were […]

Bhubaneswar: A few days after Odisha School and Mass Education department decided to introduce extra classes system for academically weaker students in schools, the higher education department has also planned similar classes in colleges. State Higher Education Minister Arun Sahoo has directed college authorities across the State to conduct extra classes for weaker students and […]

Bhubaneswar: Days after its beach was tagged as the second-most cleanest in the country, pilgrim city Puri has added another feather to its cap. On Sunday, the district administration won the Swachhata Darpan Award from the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) under Ministry of Jal Shakti & SBM Grameen for adopting innovative methods […]

Berhampur: In a unique awareness march, Onkar Singh Dhillon, who had embarked on a nationwide journey on foot demanding to stop the use of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), reached Berhampur this morning. The 47-year-old resident of Uttarakhand started his journey last year in the month of August and has set his routes through Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, […]

Berhampur: The minor girl who reportedly went missing on January 10 from Sonapur area was found unconscious near a pond by some locals in Marine Police limits of Ganjam district on Saturday. She was rushed to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in a critical condition and is currently undergoing treatment, police said. As per latest […]

Bhubaneswar: The Naveen Patnaik-led State government continues to face criticism from the Opposition for proposing to conduct Socio-Economic Caste Enumeration of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes and Other Backward Classes (SEBC/OBC) along with the 2021 general census as the saffron party yet again cornered the government over the move. Addressing a presser here, senior BJP […]

Phulbani: An early morning hot pursuit came to an abrupt yet hazardous end after an Odisha Police van chasing a car, suspected to be carrying Ganja, fell into a ditch injuring the driver and cop inside it. As per reports, the Inspector In-Charge (IIC) of Raikia Police Station in Kandhamal district, Alekh Garadia was in […]

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar has predicted that the freezing cold wave conditions will abate as the night temperatures across the State is likely to rise by two to three degrees in the next two days. Speaking to OTV, duty officer of Met Centre, Madan Mohan Das informed, “As per the latest report, […]

Hyderabad:  The Communist Party of India (CPI) had to cancel a public meeting that was to be addressed by former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar here on Monday as the police denied him permission for the same. The meeting to protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, National Register of Citizens and National Population […]

Bhubaneswar: People across Odisha continue to remain deprived of basic facilities, revealed reports submitted by secretaries of different departments. The reports underlined acute shortage of doctors in hospitals, lack of teachers in schools and deplorable condition of bus stand and roads among some of the major problems people are facing across the State. The reports, […]

Bhubaneswar: Dreadful numbers for Children in Odisha. The State saw 7 girl children kidnapped and 5 girls gone missing every day in year 2018. Such alarming numbers tumble out for Odisha in the recently released NCRB report 2018. The 2019 count of missing girl children are also not enthusing. Provisional data for the year shows […]

New Delhi: Students of Jamia Millia Islamia, on Monday, surrounded the vice chancellor’s office to press for their charter of demands. Organised under the banner of the Jamia Coordination Committee, students gathered at noon near the vice chancellor’s office to set up a blockade. The students are demanding that an FIR be registered against the […]

Bhubaneswar: An authentic Odia food festival- ‘Ama Odia Bhoji’ which featured a wide range of delicacies from Odisha was organised in Koramangala area of Bengaluru on Sunday. From ‘Mudhi Mansha’ to ‘Maccha Besara’, Odia chefs Smruti Surajita Mohanty, Tapti Patnaik and Sai Priya left no stone unturned to impress residents of Bengaluru by preparing a […]

Unnao: The doctor who treated the father of the Unnao rape victim has died in mysterious circumstances here on Monday. Prashant Upadhyaya had treated the Unnao rape victim’s father in April 2018 after he had been brutally thrashed in police custody. The doctor was posted in the emergency ward of the district hospital. He had […]