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Bhubaneswar/Mumbai: Odisha was adjudged as the ‘Best State’ for promotion of sports at the Sportstar ACES Awards 2020 held in Mumbai on Monday. Sports Minister Tusharkanti Behera received the award for the State. This is the second consecutive year that the State has won the award in the same category. Odisha’s ace para badminton player […]

By Srinibash Samal Denizens take religious dips in ponds and rivers to visiting temples and offered special prayers as ‘Makar Sankranti’ is being celebrated with pomp and grandeur in Odisha. According to the lunar calendar, when the sun moves from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn or from Dakshinayana to Uttarayana, in […]

Bhubaneswar: Keeping in view the below-par performances of students in Plus-II examinations, School and Mass Education department in Odisha has come up with a big announcement which could jolt the irregular students. As per reports, if a student fails in the first year exams, s/he will not be promoted to the second year. The students […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha is observing the Road safety Week with the theme of Sadak Suraksha – Jeevan Raksha, the big observation is authorities – RTO and Odisha Police – seem to have turned a blind eye to the menace of overloaded trucks moving precariously on Odisha roads. These overloaded vehicles neither ensure Sadak Suraksha […]

Bhubaneswar: The filing of nominations for the election of State unit president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be held tomorrow, the party sources said on Wednesday. The aspiring candidates will file nominations tomorrow in the presence of party observers for organisational polls, Narendra Singh Tomar and Rajiv Pratap Rudy. Later, the scrutiny and […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced a special package for 11 migration-affected districts to help workers earn better livelihood and prevent them from migrating to outside of the State. Under the special package declared by the State government during a special function at Jaydev Bhawan, workers will be provided employment for 200 days […]

Cuttack: Due to the derailment of Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) Express near Nergundi railway station in Cuttack early morning today, train services on the route was affected with the Railway authorities diverting several trains running on the line. As per reports, five trains have been diverted through Naraj 12880 Bhubaneswar-LTT Express diverted via Naraj […]

Bhubaneswar: After much hue and cry, the Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU) today finally began the mass drive of disconnecting power supply to defaulting consumers across various areas under its jurisdiction. As per a CESU’s release, around 13411 commercial consumers were covered by 533 Special Disconnection Squads of which power supply of 1545 consumers were […]

Bhubaneswar: Parvinder Pal Singh, the Sikh businessman who was brutally attacked by three miscreants in front of a PCR van staff on Tuesday afternoon in Laxmi Sagar area of the capital city, today expressed concerns over his safety after the accused were released on bail Wednesday night. It may be noted that the three persons, […]

Bhubaneswar: Four Railway officials have been placed under suspension in connection with the derailment of Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) Express near Nergundi railway station in Cuttack on Thursday. The train derailed after hitting a goods train on Thursday morning leaving as many as 16 passengers injured. Most of them were admitted for treatment at […]

Kalahandi: Vigilance officials today raided the house and property of the former BJD MLA of Bhawanipatna Anam Naik on charges of amassing disproportionate assets. The anti-graft sleuths of Bhawanipatna division conducted simultaneous raids in two places including Naik’s residence at Nakatiguda and his hotel in Madanpur Rampur area of the district, informed Kalahandi Vigilance DSP […]

Bhubaneswar: Tension ran high at Congress Bhawan here after a heated argument ensued between two groups of the party during a general body meeting forcing the top leadership of the party to deploy bouncers to prevent troublemakers to create unwanted situation. According to sources, a war of words erupted between supporters of former National Students’ […]

Bolangir: Barely three days after Odisha government announced a new livelihood package to curb labour migration, 41 bonded labourers were rescued while they were being allegedly trafficked from Kantabanji area in Bolangir district. According to reports, Kantabanji police rescued the 41 labourers including 10 minors when they were being taken to Berhampur by a middleman […]

Bhubaneswar: Saurabh Soumyakant Das is the topper from Odisha in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main, the results of which were announced by the HRD Ministry’s National Testing Agency on Friday night. Das scored 99.99 percentile score in the exam. According to reports, nine candidates have topped the exam with 100 percentile score in the […]

Balasore: A bus carrying around 70 pilgrims from West Bengal met with an accident on Seragada-Khantapada Road in Balasore in the wee hours of Saturday, injuring around two dozen passengers including women and children. As per reports, the bus was en route to Puri from Hoogly when it dashed into a stationary truck from behind. […]