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Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Thursday sanctioned Rs 23 Crore for the development of pilgrim amenities at various religious institutions of the State. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sanctioned the money for development of facilities at various religious institutions which included 10 Temples, 5 Churches, 6 Mosques and 2 Gurudwaras. Each religious institution will get an assistance […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has announced that it will increase monthly stipend of Rs 1,200 for physically-challenged students of special schools to Rs 1,760. The enhanced stipend will be disbursed from April 1, 2020. A monthly assistance of Rs 1,200 to residential students will be enhanced to Rs 1,760 while the day scholars will get […]

Bhubaneswar: In order to prevent the lapses that have been surfacing since the commencement of the annual HSC Class 10 Examination in the State, the School and Mass Education Department has made elaborate arrangements to ensure Plus II examinations beginning March 3 are conducted in a smooth manner. Accordingly, the Board has begun installation of […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha has nearly halved the total Malaria cases in the State in year 2019, the threat of the vector borne disease to the public health in the State still looms large. Odisha’s public health faces a threat from consistent build-up of the asymptomatic sub-patent parasitemia in the endemic communities, who  act as […]

Bhubaneswar: After witnessing a prolonged winter chill, Odisha will experience a hotter summer than usual between March and May this year. As per the seasonal forecast outlook released by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), the average maximum temperature is likely to be higher by at least 0.5 to 1 degree Celsius in several parts […]

Jagatsinghpur: The prolonged wait of as many as 121 former students of SVM College in Jagatsinghpur is finally over after they were reportedly issued original registration numbers by the college authorities. The students who had been agitating since a long time alleging that they have been issued fake registration numbers by the college authorities have […]

Bhubaneswar: Despite a plethora of housing and welfare schemes introduced by the Centre and the State government, several families in Odisha continue to spend sleepless nights under the open sky. For Jatani Singh of Aanlakuda village under Suliapada block in Mayurbhanj district, neither the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) nor has Odisha’s Biju Pucca […]

Balasore: While it is claimed that efforts are on to improve the education system in Odisha with massive inflow of funds and adequate planning, the reality doesn’t seem matching the argument when we look at a school in Balasore district where the lives of students are at stake. Around 100 students of Choudhurykuda Primary School […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday inaugurated SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM), one of the largest advanced health care facilities in eastern India, in presence of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar. Spread across ten acres, the nine-storey hospital will offer next-generation treatment to the people of the region and beyond under one […]

Bhubaneswar: Will Odisha only feel the rain or it will get wet this Monsoon? Well, world’s lead met agencies bet on the fact that Odisha will get wet excessively this Monsoon. However, IMD, country’s lead met agency, is yet to open its cards. But IMD did agree with the inferences of the lead Met agencies […]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Saturday informed that the Ministry of Railways has decided to run Jan Sadharan Express special train between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack in view of the demands from the passengers of the outlying areas of the twin cities. The ECoR informed that the Jan Sadharan special train will run on […]

Berhampur: Even after 20 years of BJD rule in Odisha, there are villages in the State where basic amenities like road, healthcare and education still remain a distant dream. Minajodi village under Sorada block in Ganjam, which happens to be the home district of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, is one such ‘neglected’ village. Owing to […]

Jajpur/ Keonjhar: A youth BJD leader was arrested on Saturday on the charges of a raping a minor girl in Jajpur district. The accused, Subhas Khuntia is reportedly president of the youth wing of the ruling party in Rasulpur area. As per the allegations, Khuntia raped the 11-year-old girl after abducting her. The matter came […]

Cuttack: Thanks to the efforts of doctors at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Smruti Rekha Pradhan has got a new lease of life. The 15-month-old girl from Chatabara village in Deogarh district was born with four fingers on her right hand. Smruti Rekha’s thumb was grossly under developed and was actually non-functioning. It […]

Bhubaneswar: The words of Turkish author and playwright Mehmet Murat Ildan that “A Virus can change the fate of the world” turned prophetically true, when WHO declared COVID -19 a global emergency last month. The lethal virus has taken a massive 60 countries into its vice like grip. As per WHO latest update, in last […]