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Odisha Potters Suffer As Pandemic, Chinese Lamps Hit Sale Of Diyas This Diwali

Bhubaneswar: The prevailing pandemic situation has hit the business of earthen diyas (lamps) hard as sales nosedived this Diwali season as compared to the business in the previous years, leaving potters high and dry. Traditional diya makers from Parakula, Jokia and Rangala areas of Marshaghai block in Kendrapara and Soroda in Ganjam had started work […]

Victory Of Light Over Darkness: This Diwali Prez Kovind, PM Modi, Boris Johnson, Prince Charles Have Special Message For All
Victory Of Light Over Darkness: This Diwali Prez Kovind, PM Modi, Boris Johnson, Prince Charles Have Special Message For All

New Delhi: President of India Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on the occasion of Diwali today. “On the auspicious occasion of Diwali, I extend my heartiest greetings and best wishes to all the fellow citizens living in India and abroad. May this grand festival of happiness and light bring delight, […]

J&K Integral Part Of Country; India Doesn't Need Unsolicited Advice: Vice President Naidu
J&K Integral Part Of Country; India Doesn't Need Unsolicited Advice: Vice President Naidu

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and the country is capable of solving its own problems, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said here Friday, asking other…

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Gangster Tito's Aide Muna Laden Arrested During Extortion Bid In Cuttack

Cuttack: Intensifying its drive against the ongoing organized extortions in the State, police on Friday arrested notorious criminal Sayed Abdul Mutaquid alias Muna Laden reportedly for extorting ‘dadabati’ from land brokers and land sale deals. Laden is stated to be a principal aide and right hand of dreaded gangster Sayed Usman Ali alias Tito of […]

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Children's Day: Vice President Naidu, PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi Paid Tributes To Jawarharlal Nehru On His Birth Anniversary

New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday paid tributes to the India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 131st birth anniversary, which is celebrated as the Children’s day. While paying his tributes, Naidu said that Nehru will always be remembered for his contribution […]

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Thunderstorm, Lightning Accompanied By Hail To Pound Odisha In 24 Hours; IMD Issues Orange Warning For 9 Districts

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued alert for thunderstorm and lightning (accompanied by hail) alert for several parts of Odisha in the next 24 hours. Light to…

Patnagarh Sextuple ‘Murder’: Two More Suspects Detained
Patnagarh Sextuple ‘Murder’: Two More Suspects Detained

Bolangir: The police on Saturday detained two more persons, reportedly residents from outside the district, in connection with the gruesome massacre of six members of a family which came to light on Wednesday. With this, the number of the detainees in the case so far has gone up to four. According to sources, the police […]

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Tension In Bhubaneswar Old Town After Ban On Pinda Dana, Paya Sraddha Rituals At Bindusagar

Bhubaneswar: Tension gripped the Old Town area in Bhubaneswar after several devotees staged an impromptu agitation protesting the decision of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to ban the rituals of ‘Paya Sraddha’ & ‘Pinda Dana’ at the Bindusagar Lake and near Lingaraj Temple in the city today. Two platoons of police force was rushed in […]

PM Modi Celebrates Diwali With Jawans
PM Modi Celebrates Diwali With Jawans, Sends Clear Message To Neighbouring Countries

New Delhi: Addressing the Armed Forces at Longewala Post in Jaisalmer of Rajasthan on the occasion of Diwali on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sending clear message to the neighbouring countries said that India believes in the policy of understanding and making others understand. But it gives a fierce reply if anybody tries to judge […]

Shocking! Woman Delivers Baby On Road In Gajapati
Shocking! Woman Delivers Baby On Road In Gajapati

Gajapati: Despite the Odisha government’s claims about a plethora of welfare schemes aimed at providing better healthcare to the people, instances of lack of basic medical facilities for expecting mothers have become a regular affair in the State. In another such instance earlier on Saturday, a woman delivered a baby in the middle of a […]

Enforcement Directorate chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra
Tenure Of Enforcement Directorate Chief S K Mishra's Extended By One Year

New Delhi: The Union government extended the tenure of the Enforcement Directorate chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra by one year after modifying his appointment order that was issued in 2018, officials said. 60-year-old Mishra is a 1984-batch Indian Revenue Service officer of the Income Tax cadre and was appointed the Enforcement Directorate chief on November 19, […]

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Missing Tribal Girl From Malkangiri Returns Home After 12 Years

Malkangiri:  A girl from the tribal dominated Kadamguda village, under the Mathili police limits of the district, who had gone missing since childhood, returned home from Delhi after 12 long years, in a heart-warming case of lost and found. According to sources, Tulsi Bhumia went missing from Rourkela where her family members worked as migrant […]

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Our United Efforts Will Bear Fruits In Delhi, Assam: Jay Panda

New Delhi: Following a resounding victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently concluded Manipur by-elections, party national vice-president Baijayant Jay Panda has turned his attention to Delhi and Assam where he has been appointed as the party’s State in-charge. Speaking to OTV on the new responsibility the party has bestowed on him, […]

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Covid-19: Indian Railways Clarifies On Stoppage, Curtailing Of Train Services

Bhubaneswar: Amidst the rising Covid-19 cases and imposition of restrictions in several parts of the country, the Indian Railways on Friday said that there is no plan to curtail or…

Bhubaneswar: Huge Quantity Of Ganja Loaded In Bolero Seized, 1 Held
Odisha: Ganja Worth Rs 4 Crore Seized, Over 3 Crore Cultivation Destroyed In 14 Days

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha seems to be emerging as a major transit and production point for pan-India drug-smuggling cartels if the daily seizure of large quantities of cannabis and other synthetic drugs is any indication. A whopping Rs 4 crore worth ganja have been seized and more than Rs 3 crore worth hemp plant cultivation destroyed in […]

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