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Bhubaneswar: Elated over the performance of Congress in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018, party workers celebrated ‘Vijay Utsav’ across several districts of Odisha. In Angul, party workers along with the district president celebrated by bursting crackers. Upbeat over the performance, they expressed that the party can get similar results in Odisha if […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has sought Centre’s intervention in the sexual harassment of girl inmates at Dream Center shelter home in Beltikiri village of Dhenkanal. In a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Pradhan made a request for exemplary action against the perpetrators of the heinous crime. Citing the request from State president […]

Bhubaneswar: The much-awaited Pool C match between India and Belgium of the on-going Hockey World Cup ended in a 2-2 draw at Kalinga stadium here today. India recovered from a slow start to produce a superb second half performance to hold title contenders Belgium to draw. Alexander Hendrickx drew first blood for Belgium when he […]

Bhubaneswar: Human Rights activists Biswapriya Kanungo and Narendra Mohanty today served a notice to Commissioner-cum-secretary of Sports and Youth Services department, Vishal Dev for misbehaving with OTV journalist in his chamber on November 21. The notice has been served under section 13 of the Press Council of India Act, sources said. Condemning such behaviour shown […]

Simdega(Jharkhand): In a major breakthrough for security forces, commander of banned Maoist faction People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), Bijay Dang, was gunned down during an encounter in Jhapla forest of Jharkhand today. Acting on a tip-off, security forces targeted the dreaded PLFI commander, who was hiding in the forest. He was a resident of […]

Puri: “We lodged a complaint at the police station here, but they refused to take any action stating that they will not interfere in our village issue,” alleged Hrishikesh Sahu of Hatapada village under Satyabadi block whose family has been allegedly ostracised by a kangaroo court of the village in connection with the theft of […]

New Delhi: Expressing her ‘grief and horror’ at the elephant deaths in Odisha, Union Minister of Women & Child Development, Maneka Gandhi, has urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to take urgent measures to stop elephant deaths in Odisha. “The recent electrocution of seven tuskers in Dhenkanal, which is the highest such death toll in a […]

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has served notice to 11 persons in connection with Brahma Parivartan fiasco case in 2015 based on the report by then Chief Administrator. After a review, the notice was issued by the sub-committee to 10 Daitapatis and 1 Maharana servitor for delaying rituals of the holy trinity. During the […]

Bhubaneswar: Worried over reports of replacement of stone carvings at Konark Sun Temple by Archaeological Survey Of India (ASI), Odisha government today urged the Centre to look into the sensitive issue. In a letter to Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sought the Centre’s intervention based on a news report […]

Khurda: BJD Rajya Sabha member Soumya Ranjan Patnaik today courted a controversy by saying that Odisha Chief Secretary is unaware of many schemes of the State government. His comments came while addressing a meeting during Abani Baral’s statue uneveiling ceremony in Khurda. “Nobody would be able to tell how many types of schemes are there […]

Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of 143rd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, ‘Run For Unity’ event was organised by Nehru Youth Centre in Bhubaneswar during which hundreds of participants covered a distance between Railway stadium to East Coast Railway Auditorium. The event was flagged off by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and attended by people from […]

Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia producer/director and industrialist Amiya Patnaik breathed his last at a private hospital in Delhi today. As per reports, Patnaik died around 8:30 am today days after he was admitted to the hospital because of illness. The filmmaker, who is the younger brother of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Chief Niranjan Patnaik, is […]

Berhampur: A goods train was derailed between Berhampur and Golanthara railway stations today morning. According to sources, two bogies of the train were derailed while it was en-route to Visakhapatnam from Khurda road, however, no casualties were reported. As per latest reports, Railway officials have reached the spot and are trying to bring back the […]

Bhubaneswar: With the death toll in cyclone Titli mounting to 52, Odisha government today increased the ex-gratia amount from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 10 lakh each for the kin of the deceased. The announcement came today during Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s visit to Champapur village in Gangabad Panchayat of Gajapati district. “For the first […]

Bhubaneswar: The Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) has directed all the district collectors to provide ex-gratia to the families of those who lost their lives in cyclone Titli within three days of death. Through a letter, SRC Bishnupada Sethi has directed the bureaucrats to disburse the amount and asked Revenue Inspectors and Tehsildars to expedite the […]