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PM Modi Dedicates National Atomic Timescale To Country
PM Modi Dedicates National Atomic Timescale To Country

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the National Atomic Timescale and Bhartiya Nirdeshak Dravya Pranali to the nation and laid the foundation stone of National Environmental Standards Laboratory through a video conference on Monday. The National Atomic Timescale generates Indian Standard Time with an accuracy of 2.8 nanoseconds. Expressing happiness over CSIR-NPL National Atomic […]

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Sagarmala Seaplane Services: Faster & Hassle-Free Travel Across The Country

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways is kicking off an ambitious project of Sagarmala Seaplane Services with potential airline operators. A game-changer, the seaplanes services will facilitate faster and hassle-free travel across the country. The operations of the Seaplane services, on the select routes, will be undertaken under a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) […]

Superstition rules roost in Odisha
Forced Out Of Village, Family In Odisha Takes Shelter Under Culvert

Balasore: The pain that goes parallel with superstition and inhumanity has again reared its ugly head in the State, this time from a village in Balasore, where three members of a family were meted out physical torture and forced to leave their home allegedly on the charges of practising sorcery. This shocking incident reported from […]

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COVID-19 Vaccine To Reach Odisha By Jan 30: Naba Das

Bhubaneswar: The much-awaited COVID-19 vaccine is likely to reach Odisha by January 30, informed Health Minister Naba Das on Monday. Talking to reporters, Das said that as per the protocols the COVID warriors including frontline health workers including doctors will get the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in the State. In the second phase, elderly […]

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Odisha: 17 Political Murders In Recent Past But No Headway In Probe, Says MP Aparajita Sarangi

Bhubaneswar: In the backdrop of the recent ‘political murder’ of two BJP leaders in Mahanga of Cuttack district, party MP and national spokesperson Aparajita Sarangi on Monday lashed out at the BJD-led Odisha government for sitting mute even as the State witnessed several such political killings in the recent past. While condemning the brutal murder […]

Centre's Talks With Farmers End Without Breakthrough, Dialogue May Resume On Jan 8
Centre's Talks With Farmers End Without Breakthrough, Dialogue May Resume On Jan 8

New Delhi: The crucial seventh round of talks between the government and 41 farmers representatives ended without any breakthrough and the next round of talks is expected on January 8, sources said. The meeting had started around 2.30 p.m. at Vigyan Bhavan in the presence of Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Consumer Affairs Minister […]

Minor Boy 'Assaulted' In Police Station: OHRC Directs Rourkela SP To Submit Report By Feb 15
Minor Boy 'Assaulted' In PS: OHRC Directs Rourkela SP To Submit Report By Feb 15

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) Monday sought a report from the Superintendent of Police (SP), Rourkela in connection with the alleged third-degree torture of a minor boy at Udit Nagar Police Station in Rourkela. Registering a suo motu case over the alleged assault on the minor boy, the Commission has directed the SP […]

Nayagarh Minor Girl Murder: Arrested Accused Is A Minor, POCSO Rejects NARCO Test Appeal
Nayagarh Minor Girl Murder: I Have Been Trapped, SIT Tortured Me, Says Accused Saroj Sethi

Nayagarh: The prime accused in the sensational rape and murder of a five-year-old Nayagarh girl reiterated on Sunday that he has been falsely implicated in the case and he doesn’t have any role in the ghastly incident. “I have been trapped in the case. The SIT officials have tortured me in the prison. I have […]

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Odisha Govt Lying On Separation Of Investigation, Law And Order Wings: Congress

Bhubaneswar: The Congress party of Odisha unit on Sunday alleged that Odisha government did not comply with the Supreme Court directive to separate the investigation and Law and Order wings to lessen burden on police. At a press meet, Congress spokesperson Nishikant Mishra alleged that the Odisha government had lied to the apex court that […]

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COVID-19 Vaccination In Odisha: Health Dept Orders Identification Of Session Sites By Jan 8

Bhubaneswar: The State Health and Family Welfare Department on Monday ordered identification of session sites and a five-member team for each session site for COVID-19 vaccination of the healthcare workers. In a letter to the district collectors and commissioner of municipal corporations, additional chief secretary PK Mohapatra said that as per operational guideline of COVID-19 […]

Death Toll Of Migratory Birds In Himachal Reaches 2,401; Wildlife Authorities Cite Avian Influenza As The Cause
Death Toll Of Migratory Birds In Himachal Reaches 2,401; Wildlife Authorities Cite Avian Influenza As The Cause

Shimla: With the death toll of migratory water birds rising to 2,401, and almost half of them being endangered bar-headed goose visiting the Pong wetlands, Himachal Pradesh wildlife authorities on Monday said that avian influenza (H5N1) was the cause. The dead included a little white-fronted goose that was visiting the Pong wetlands alone for the […]

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Beware Odisha! Don't Fall Prey To Rising Menace Of Sextortion

Bhubaneswar: Online crime has gone a notch lower and deeper. As if financial fraud was not enough, the scamsters are now eyeing gullible youngsters to extort money by blackmail through social media platforms. And in the era of digital revolution, instances of cyber risk and security threat have also risen manifolds, the latest menace being […]

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Odisha: COVID-19 Pandemic Hits Print Media Industry Hard

Bhubaneswar: The outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns and shutdowns have broken the backbone of newspaper industry across the country, especially Odisha, directly posing a threat to the livelihood of many who were dependent on the same for a living. Besides the fear of the virus transmission through paper, the increase in the […]

Syllabus for 2020-21 academic session reduced
Reopening Of Schools In Odisha: OSSTA Expresses Concerns Over Acute Staff Crunch

Bhubaneswar: A couple of days after the Odisha government announced reopening of schools for 10th and 12th standard students from January 8, the Odisha Secondary School Teachers’ Association (OSSTA) has expressed deep concerns over lack of teachers in schools which could pose obstacle in government’s order for a 100-day classroom teaching before the final examinations. […]

Farmer's son
Odisha: Landless Farmer’s Son Fights Odds To Crack NEET

Bhadrak: Satyajit Behera from Chandbali is an aspirational story of a boy from rural Odisha realising his dreams through grit and determination on the face of deprivation and adversaries. The meritorious student, son of a farmer at Karanjamala village under Chandabali block in the district, has proved that extreme poverty and lack of facilities can’t […]

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