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Rourkela: Unidentified miscreants allegedly set an SUV on fire at Heked Road under Tangarpali police limits after thrashing three occupants of the vehicle in the early hours today. According to an eyewitness, three persons including a woman were travelling in the four-wheeler when a group of 10 to 12 bike-borne youths intercepted the car at […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday applauded bankers for their services during the COVID-19 crisis and urged them to focus on credit flow to farmers, self-help groups and MSMEs to revive the state’s economy. The chief minister also said he would closely monitor loan advances to the three crucial sectors and review the […]

New Delhi: India has asked Saudi Arabia to take corrective steps on the misrepresentation of its territorial boundaries on a new bank note. The world map on the new 20 Riyal banknote, released to mark Saudi Arabia’s presidency of the G20 grouping, does not feature Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as part of India. MEA […]

New Delhi: India has a huge opportunity to be the next big hub for vaccine production after Russia announced that it will manufacture Covid-19 vaccines at foreign sites with partners. Amir Ullah Khan, economist at MCRHRDI of the Government of Telegana, and former senior advisor for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said, “As Russia is […]

Bhubaneswar: Winter is here. Mercury level dropped below 15 degree Celcius in four cities in the State on Friday. Sonepur recorded the lowest temperature of 12.8 degree Celcius. It was followed by Phulbani and Daringbadi at 14 degree Celcius each. Meanwhile, Bhubaneswar recorded 19.8 degree Celcius and the temperature in Cuttack stood at 20 degree […]

New Delhi: Amid rising coronavirus cases, the Election Commission on Friday flagged instances of star campaigners and political leaders not wearing masks while campaigning, and asked them to follow in…

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Pratap Sarangi has condemned BJD leader Kuna Tripathy’s ‘defunct transformer’ jibe at late Balasore MLA Madan Mohan Dutta. Taking to twitter, Sarangi termed the remark of Kuna Tripathy as an insensitive and irresponsible behaviour towards the late Balasore MLA. “The ruling-BJD leaders are proving their insensitiveness and irresponsibleness […]

Sonepur: A fire broke out at a tea stall near Sub-Collector chhak in Birmaharajpur area of Sonepur district late last night. According to sources, a fire broke out at the tea shop owned by one Pitambar Thanapati of Champamal village late in the night and the flame subsequently engulfed a gas cylinder triggering a loud […]

Cuttack: In a major development, the Cuttack district administration has decided not to organise the historic maritime festival, Bali Yatra this year. The decision of not holding the festival has been taken by the administration in view of the COVID-19 pandemic situation, informed Collector Bhabani Shankar Chaini. “In this Covid-19 situation, we will not allow […]

Baripada: At least six students were injured after a swarm of honey bees attacked them while they were on a trip to Bangiriposi Ghat in Mayurbhanj district on Friday. One of them is stated to be critical. According to reports, the students had gone to the Bangiriposhi Ghat on a trip. They were shooting a […]

New Delhi: The Income Tax Department on Thursday extended the I-T exemption available under the LTC cash voucher scheme to employees of state governments, state-owned enterprises and private sector. The Central Board of Direct Taxes in a statement said that the payment of cash allowance, subject to maximum of Rs 36,000 per person as deemed […]

Nagpur: At least four persons were killed and a few others injured in a major blaze that erupted out in a private hospital here late on Friday, officials said. The…

Bhubaneswar: With a single-day spike of 1547 Covid-19 cases, Odisha’s virus tally went up to 288646 on Friday. Of the fresh cases, 891 patients are from quarantine, while 656 are local contact cases, informed State I&PR department. The death toll in the State has climbed to 1308 with 11 more fatalities in the last 24 […]

Berhampur: Two persons were arrested and cash worth over Rs 33 lakh was seized by the Berhampur police during a raid on an illegal IPL betting syndicate early on Friday. “On the basis of reliable information regarding IPL betting, a team led by Berhampur SP carried out raids and arrested two persons identified as R […]

Tirtol/Balasore: As the polling date of By-Elections for Tirtol and Balasore Sadar Assembly seats nears, Odisha Police has made security arrangements for the polls in both the constituencies. Odisha DGP, Abhay on Friday reviewed the security arrangements for the bypolls. Senior police officials informed that 200 officers, 10 senior Additional SPs and DSPs, 22 Inspectors, […]