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Balasore: A 12-year-old boy of Odisha has been invited to attend a tea party to be hosted by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi for inventing solar-run farming equipment which will be effective in reducing labour burden and save time in farm works. Biplab Kumar Ghosh of Madhupara hamlet in Basta […]

Bhubaneswar: Cutting across party lines, leaders of several political parties on Friday condemned the conduct of untimely Rath Yatra by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Mumbai. Moreover, a police complaint was also filed today by the Sachetan Nagarika Mancha at Puri Singhadwar Police Station against organisers. Congress MLA Sura Routray alleged that how […]

Bhubaneswar: Finance Minister Sitharaman’s budget will bring sunshine for the farmers in Odisha. The major announcement that the PM KUSUM (Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan ) Yojana will cover an additional 15 lakh farmers for grid connected solar pump will prove a milestone in doubling the income of the farmers in the State. As […]

Bhubaneswar: In contrast to the fears of a decreased central devolution to Odisha owing to affects of economic slowdown on GST collection, the budget 2020-21 has, however, budgeted a hefty rise of 19 per cent in the devolution of net proceeds of taxes and duties to the State. As per the Budget 2020-21 tabled by […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said that Odisha will lose about Rs 3,000 crore as the divisible pool of Central taxes has shrunk by almost Rs 59,000 crore. He also expressed concern over the stagnation in the allocation under centrally sponsored schemes, even though he welcomed several initiatives in the Union Budget 2020-21, which […]

Cuttack: Veteran poet Rabi Singh passed away at his residence on Sunday in Khapuria area of Cuttack district. He was 89. Singh was reportedly suffering from age-related ailments for a long time before breathing his last today morning. Earlier, he was admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack for around one-and-a-half month. Meanwhile, […]

Bhubaneswar: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has unveiled in budget 2020-21 a plan to develop five archaeological sites of eminence as iconic sites with on-site museums. The big message it holds for Odisha is the State has to put more resources in excavation of its historical sites of archaeological eminence. In this regard, the State has […]

Cuttack: Sans required number of donated human bodies, MBBS students of SCB Medical College and Hospital here are facing hardship during their Anatomy classes and medical research. As per the Medical Council of India (MCI) guidelines, only eight students are allowed to have anatomy dissection class by using one dead body. However, in SCB, there […]

Bhubaneswar: With protests gaining ground in Odisha over the conduct of untimely Rath Yatra by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Mumbai, State Culture and Tourism Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi on Monday broke his silence on the issue. Talking to reporters, Panigrahi clearly stated that the matter is in government’s notice and conduct […]

Bhubaneswar:  Even as expenditure under the Corporate Sector Responsibility (CSR) bounced back in Odisha, it is yet to witness a uniform spending of CSR across the State. A high of 13 districts in the State are yet to receive a single penny. An analysis of the data available with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs reveals […]

Bhubaneswar: After a gap of two years, power tariffs in Odisha are likely to be hiked. Such indications were received during Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (OERC) hearing on the pleas of power companies on power tariff revision. On the first day of the hearing today, Odisha Hydropower Corporation (OHPC) presented its application for determination of […]

Bhubaneswar: Giving is the greatest act of grace. It soothes the benevolent soul to see others make the best use of the donations, just like Satya Sutar who has declared to donate Rs 1 lakh as scholarship to the toppers of annual Matric examination under the Board of Secondary Education each year. Satya Sutar, a […]

Cuttack: Setting another land mark in health care industry in Odisha, the first ever cadaveric organ transplant was successfully conducted at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack Monday night. As per reports, Priyankarani Patra, a resident of Digapahandi was declared as brain dead in a private hospital in Bhubaneswar after she met with an […]

Kalahandi: Saina Agarwal from Odisha has emerged topper in the CA foundation and intermediate examination, the results of which were announced by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on Monday. Saina , who hails from Junagarh in Kalahandi district, topped the CA Foundation November 2019 examination by scoring an impressive 91.25 percent marks. […]

Puri: Tension erupted in the pilgrim city on Tuesday after two unidentified bike-borne miscreants allegedly opened fire at a student of Gopabandhu Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya here during a loot bid. Injured Janmajeya Mantry, a second year student of the college, was rushed to hospital for treatment. While Mantry was heading towards Heragohari Street in the evening, […]