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Jakarta: India’s Dutee Chand grabbed the silver medal in the women’s 200 metres race at the 18th Asian Games here on Wednesday. Dutee clocked 23.20 seconds to finish behind Bahrain’s Edidiong Odiong, who claimed the gold medal in 22.96 seconds. Wei Yongli won the bronze medal with a timing of 23.27 seconds. This is the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has directed shops and commercial establishments to display their signboards in Odia language within next 15 days. A high-level meeting regarding this was held under the chairmanship of Development Commissioner R. Balakrishnan in the state capital on Tuesday. The Odisha Assembly in May this year passed the Odisha Shops and Commercial […]

Bhubaneswar: For this couple, age is just a number. Fighting against all odds, Odia couple Durga Charan Mishra and Jyotsna has made it to the Guinness Book after traveling the entire country not once but twice. After going around the country in a car for which they booked a place in the Guinness World Records, […]

Bhubaneswar: While the Odisha government is all praises and taking credit for completing the most-awaited Gurupriya Bridge in Malkangiri, a report by the Principal Accountant General has unearthed shocking levels of misappropriation in the form of undue favours to contractors engaged in the construction. A draft note by the Principal Accountant General (Economic and Revenue […]

Kendrapara: Almost after a three-month ban, the Bhitarkanika National Park here in Kendrapara will be thrown open to public from tomorrow. The prohibition to enter the wetland sites was put on since May 1 keeping in view the onset of breeding season of the estuarine crocodiles in the park. “The Bhitarkanika Park will be opened […]

Bhubaneswar: Babua Mohanty, the main accused in the Bhadrak murder case was arrested from near a petrol pump at Chandrashekharpur here on Monday night.While Mohanty has confessed to have murdered the woman, he has also admitted to have killed the woman’s husband Rabi Beuria. Following the disclosure, police recovered Beuria’s body from a canal near […]

Bhubaneswar: Parents and guardians of the children studying in Unit-VIII DAV Public School, Bhubaneswar gheraoed the Principal’s office on Monday during a meeting held to discuss several issues pertaining to the school. The meeting discussed multiple allegations of the parents, and soon, an altercation broke out between the principal and the parents. The altercation turned […]

Bhubaneswar/Paradip: Alleging senior BJD leader Damodar Rout of shielding persons with criminal background, Congress leader Arindam alias Bapi Sarkhel today called the former Minister as the ring master of the crime syndicate operating in Paradip. Sarkhel further questioned how Rout could be so sure about arrested Bapu Parida having no links with gangster Tito. Besides, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police today launched a special web portal to sensitise the general public on road safety issues.  Inaugurating the website- www.bhubaneswarcuttacktrafficpolice.in, Commissioner of Police, YB Khurania said that the website contains comprehensive information on traffic offences, symbols, driving licenses and provisions of MV Act. “I am sure the citizens of twin city will […]

Puri: Panic has gripped Samajajpur village of Puri district as more than 50 goats here have reportedly died due to an unknown disease. Villagers, who heavily depend on goat farming, are in distress as their livelihood is at stake due to these deaths. As per reports, more than 50 families of the village depend on […]

Bhadrak: A woman was allegedly stoned to death by a youth at Talachitha village in Dhamnagar of Bhadrak district late last night. The deceased has been identified as Bhaktilata Beuria. As per reports, the accused, identified as Babua Mohanty of the same village reached the woman’s house and attacked her with a stone. When daughter of […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP and the ruling BJD today indulged in mudslinging after photos of Tito’s aide Bapu Parida taken with few BJD leaders surfaced. Photos of Bapu with senior leaders of BJD and government officials including police have been doing rounds in political circle of the State triggering rumours about his proximity with the ruling party. […]

Angul: From students crossing canals by risking lives to get to their schools to people carrying patients on cots are regular scenes of many villages under the Pallahara block in the district. Though Odisha government recently announced a package of Rs 6.70 crore for the block under its ‘Ama Gaon Ama Vikash Yojana’, locals here […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major reshuffle in senior police cadres, the Odisha government today appointed Satyajit Mohanty as the new commissioner of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Police Commissionerate. A 1988 batch- IPS officer, Mohanty, who is now serving as the Additional DGP (Provisioning) will now replace YB Khurania as the new police commissioner of Twin City. Outgoing commissioner, Khurania, […]

Surat/Bhubaneswar: Duped depositors of chit fund companies today protested Odisha Finance Minister Sashi Bhusan Behera in Surat during his visit to Gujarat. Demanding immediate refund of money, the protestors held placards and banners and shouted slogans against Behera, who was in Surat to attend a meeting at the Chambers of Commerce at Nanpura. Under the […]