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It was rare, an unbelievable defeat, and came as a shock to those who had the habit of watching India’s fastest woman Dutee Chand winning gold in her pet 100m event every time she competed in a national championship. The unexpected happened when the Odisha ace settled for a SILVER, losing to Tamil Nadu’s S […]

Bhubaneswar: A pregnant newly-wed woman from Balianta area on outskirts of Bhubaneswar died under suspicious circumstances at the Capital Hospital on Tuesday night. The family members of the deceased woman have alleged that she had been killed by her in-laws over dowry. The deceased, identified as Suchismita Sahu, was five months pregnant at the time […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has started the process to sell 34,876.983 acres reclaimed landed property of Lord Jagannath, Law Minister Pratap Jena informed the State Assembly on Tuesday. Replying to a question raised by MLA Mohan Charan Majhi, the Minister informed the house that 60,426.943 acres of land in the name of Lord Jagannath have […]

Berhampur: In a bizarre incident, a man has been fined Rs 1,000 for driving a truck without wearing a helmet in Berhampur town of Ganjam district. The matter came to light on March 12 after the vehicle owner, identified as Pramod Kumar Swain of G.Jagannathpur area in Berhampur, went to the Regional Transport Officer (RTO), […]

Bhubaneswar: Hectic lobbying has started within the ruling BJD for ticket for the forthcoming by-poll to the Pipili Assembly constituency which is scheduled to be held on April 17. It is however, assumed that a member of the family of former minister and ex-MLA from the constituency Pradeep Maharathy is likely to be nominated by […]

Bhubaneswar: Journalists working in Odisha may soon get the Covid-19 vaccine shots as the State government on Wednesday urged the Centre to include them as the frontline workers and consider their vaccination. Apart from journalists and other personnel of the print and electronic media, the State health department has also urged for inclusion of staff […]

Keonjhar: Wild boar ‘Dhuda’ which was taken away from its ‘mother’s cradle’ seven days back by forest department officials in Purushottampur village under Telkoi forest range made a rather sentimental homecoming on Wednesday. Emotions flew wild as Kuntala, Dhuda’s caretaker, could not hold back her tears after finding her beloved ‘pet’ return after eight days […]

Mumbai: In a huge fallout of the mystery SUV case, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday shunted out Mumbai Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh and replaced him with current Director-General of Police Hemant Nagrale, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh announced. Senior IPS officer Rajnish Sheth has been entrusted with the additional responsibility of DGP, while Singh […]

Cuttack: Intensifying protests for justice in the Mahanga double murder case where two of BJP leaders, including Kulamani Baral were murdered in cold blood, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday launched a Padyatra from Mahanga to Gherao State Assembly on March 20, 2021. As per reports, BJP members led by party’s Cuttack district President, […]

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has further extended the application submission deadline for new admissions for the January 2021 session till March 31. Candidates who are registered/ enrolled in undergraduate/ postgraduate / semester-based programmes of two-three years duration can register for the next year/ semester of the programme irrespective of whether they have […]

Bhubaneswar: With the novel coronavirus refusing to lie down, instead of getting even more contagious with the new strains, the anxiety that grips every mind is when will m turn to take the vaccine to come? As per the latest data, to date, a total of 10.42 lakh people in Odisha have taken the first […]

Berhampur: Following the recent spurt in the number of Covid-19 cases in Surat, the Ganjam district administration on Wednesday urged people to be alert and informed about the resurgence of the pandemic in the Gujarat state which is home to thousands of migrant workers from the district. A crucial meeting under the chairmanship of the […]

Bhubaneswar: Sometimes life changes for good in the blink of an eye and this statement aptly fits to Rajkumar Nayak of Odisha’s Kandhamal district. His journey from being a migrant worker to an actor in the Mollywood (Malayalam film industry) is nothing sort of a miracle. Hailing from a non-descript village Belghar in Kandhamal district, […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission has made record seizures amounting to Rs 331.47 crore under the expenditure monitoring process in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, even ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls. The record seizures have been made even though polling is yet to start in these states/Union Territory, as it is […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has extended the deadline for application submission to get free laptops under the ‘Biju Sashaktikaran Yojana’. Meritorious Plus ll students can now apply to avail of the benefit till March 31, 2021. Earlier, the last date to apply for the same was March 18, 2021. In a notice, the State Higher […]