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Bhubaneswar: As many as eight persons were killed while 15 others sustained injuries in separate road mishaps across the state on Tuesday. In Jajpur, at least one person died and 13 others sustained injuries after a tourist bus travelling from Damdam in West Bengal to Puri collided with a truck on National Highway-16 near Jarka […]

Bhadrak: Farmers in Bhadrak are a worried lot owing to the delay in paddy procurement process in the district. While the procurement process was supposed to be done through 108 cooperative societies, it has been alleged that most of them are not currently functional. According to sources, three panchayats and six wards of Bhadrak municipality […]

Nayagarh: At least 30 persons were injured while one person suffered critical injuries in a bus accident near Akurabandh chhak under Gania police limits in Nayagarh today morning. As per reports, the mishap took place after the tourist bus, travelling from Chhattisgarh to Cuttack lost its balance and rammed into a roadside tree. Subsequently, after […]

Bhubaneswar: The Mahanadi river water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh doesn’t seem to end soon as an inspection team which visited several projects in Chhattisgarh found that the neighbouring State is not releasing adequate amount of river water. According to sources, the team led by the Chief Engineer of Hirakud dam Jyotirmayee Ratha visited several […]

Keonjhar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western Zone, has directed the Keonjhar district administration to look into the land grabbing allegations against Montecarlo Construction Limited in the district and take stringent action. The Montecarlo Construction was accused of grabbing reserved forest and tribal community lands. As per the allegations, the company had undertaken the construction […]

Berhampur: A young man who climbed on an electric tower at the Berhampur railway station early this morning creating chaos among the onlookers was successfully rescued by the railway authorities. As per reports, a few passengers first spotted the man atop the high-tension tower and alerted the authorities who immediately rushed to the spot and […]

Angul: Pallahara MLA Mahesh Sahu has come under scanner after he allegedly threatened a group of protestors during Health Minister Pratap Jena’s visit to the constituency on August 14. As per reports, Sahu was seated along with the minister when a group of BJP activists stopped their vehicle and showed black flags to Jena protesting […]

In a first, students of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) can be seen working on agri fields alongside farmers.The students are on a ten-week long village stay programme to help them get familiar with the socio-economic conditions of the farmers, diagnose their field problems and suggest remedial measures.

In a unique initiative, the Sonepur district administration has sought the support of tent house suppliers and temple priests to stop the menace of early marriages that have continued in the area.

Puri: It is very rare to find a well in Odisha where people climb down the stairs to fetch water from it. The ‘Dedhasura Bhai-bahu Kuan,’ a well at ‘Bauli Math’ in Puri is one such rarity and some. The well’s origins can be traced back to Guru Nanak Dev’s Puri visit. When the founder […]

New Delhi/Cuttack:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Cuttack-based tea-seller and social worker D Prakash Rao during his monthly “Mann Ki Baat” programme on All India Radio (AIR) on Sunday. Lauding Rao’s efforts to provide quality education to slum children in Cuttack city, PM Modi said, “D Prakash Rao, from Odisha’s Cuttack has been […]

Bhubaneswar: International Odia athlete and Olympian Dutee Chand on Tuesday criticised the Odisha government for not keeping its promise of allotting her a government quarter or residential plot in Bhubaneswar. Dutee took to the social networking site Facebook to express her dissatisfaction. “Our State government has failed to keep its promise of providing residential plots […]

Very few people, both in Odisha and Tamil Nadu are aware of the deep connection that Biju Patnaik had with Karunanidhi. In the third volume of his autobiographical book ‘Nenjukku Needhi’, Karunanidhi mentioned in detail about Biju Patnaik and it was he who referred to him as a “Uyarntha Manidan” (the tall man). The politics […]

Big relief for taxpayers as Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced that individual taxpayers having annual income up to 5 lakhs will get full tax rebate now. As many as three crore taxpayers will be benefited with the decision. The interim Budget 2019-20 was the last budget of the Modi government ahead of the general polls. Finance Minister […]

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President, Amit Shah was admitted to AIIMS, New Delhi with swine flu today. The leader confirmed about the development through his twitter account. “I have been diagnosed with swine flu and treatment is underway. With God’s grace and your wishes I will recover soon,” Shah tweeted. मुझे […]