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15 Fall Sick In Odisha After Sipping ‘Pesticide-Laced’ Tea

Balasore: As many as 15 people have been taken ill, 11 of them critically, after taking tea allegedly laced with pesticide in Balasore district of Odisha today. The incident occurred at Ranasinghapur village in Bhogarai block of Balasore district when all of them complained of uneasiness after drinking tea while preparing food for a marriage […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
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Odisha Doctor's Humane Touch Wins Hearts

Balasore: A doctor is always a glimmer of hope in the darkness for patients but for people of Soro, Sukanta Kumar Sahoo is much more. A doctor of Soro Govt hospital in Balasore, Sukanta ‘s selfless acts for upliftment of local divyang and underprivileged people especially kids have been winning hearts of people in the […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
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BJD candidates file nominations for 4 Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha, BJP unlikely to field candidate

Bhubaneswar: Four BJD candidates on Wednesday filed their nomination papers for the March 26 Rajya Sabha elections in Odisha. Subhas Singh, Munna Khan, Sujit Kumar and Mamata Mahanta submitted their nomination papers to the returning officer in the presence of BJD chief and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Several state ministers, MLAs and senior party leaders […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
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Woman Thrashed By Miscreants In Full Public View In Odisha Capital

Bhubaneswar: Just two months after a Sikh man was murderously attacked in full public glare, an incident of lawlessness has once again come to fore in the capital city with the beating of a woman up by a group of miscreants in broad daylight over reported property dispute in Bindusagar area of Bhubaneswar. The matter […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
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Retrieve Lord Jagannath's Rs 545 crore parked in Yes Bank - opposition corners ruling BJD

Bhubaneswar: As expected, the second phase of the Budget Session of the Odisha Assembly began Wednesday on a stormy note. While Opposition BJP moved adjournment notice over Odisha government’s decision to park funds of Lord Jagannath in crisis-hit Yes Bank, Congress too created ruckus seeking an explanation from the Naveen-led BJD government over the issue. […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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Odisha loses more forests to fire than it adds!

Bhubaneswar: Here is a shocker. When Odisha could add mere 273.51 square Km (sq km) of forest area between 2017 and 2019, the State has lost a massive 310.15 sq km forest area to forest fires during the same period. The big howler emerged here is Odisha has topped the country with most number of […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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Coronavirus: Odisha Orders Strict Action Against Black Marketing Of Masks And Sanitizers

Bhubaneswar: Amid the spread of the novel Coronavirus, strict warning has been issued by the Odisha government that those found involved in hoarding and black marketing of protective masks and hand sanitizers will face stern action. The Directorate of Drug Control, Odisha today directed drugs inspectors across the State to be vigilant and conduct raids […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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New traffic fines: Over 23k e-challans issued in Odisha in 10 days

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Transport Offices(RTO) and the Police department have together issued 23,019 e-challans against violators of traffic rules across Odisha between March 1 and March 10. The RTOs across the State have issued 10,794 e-challans, of which 1340 e-challans have been issued for over speeding, 187 for using mobile phone while driving, 148 for […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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Sensex plunges over 1,700 points, Nifty below 10,000

Mumbai: The BSE Sensex plummeted over 1,700 points on Thursday tracking similar cues in the global markets after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus as a global pandemic. All Asian indices also were trading in the red. WHO declared the disease a pandemic on Wednesday following which the Dow Jones Industrial Average also slumped […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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Two Families Ostracised For Moving Court In Odisha

Bhadrak: Two families of Orali village under Tihidi block of Bhadrak district have been reportedly ostracised from the village and barred from utilising community facilities for last one month for taking legal route to settle a land-related dispute. The village heads have allegedly barred the two families of Bikram Behera and Rabindra Behera from speaking […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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GST Fraud Involving Rs 294 Crore Fake Invoices Busted In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The enforcement wing of the Commissionerate of GST and Commercial Tax on Thursday busted a major fraud in which fake invoices to the tune of Rs 294 were generated by 11 dealers in Bhubaneswar to evade GST. Two persons- Pramod Sahu and Vikash Sarogi have been arrested on the charges of generating fake invoices […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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Coronavirus In India: Country Reports First Death, Total Positive Cases 72

New Delhi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging Indians not to panic, but stay vigilant to keep the coronavirus at bay, Thursday saw India withdrawing into a shell and fortifying its walls against the virus. It also witnessed first coronavirus death in Karnataka. A 76-year-old man, who had returned to Karnataka from Saudi Arabia about […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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RBI Allays Fears About Deposits In Pvt Banks Amid Row Over Srimandir Funds In Yes Bank

Bhubaneswar: At a time when opposition parties have turned the heat on the Odisha government for parking Sri Jagannath Temple funds in Yes Bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday categorically stated that all depositors’ money is entirely safe in private banks. The clarification comes in the wake of media reports that some […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
AAI to provide Rs 1 Crore to AIIMS
AAI To Provide Rs 1 Crore For Infra Upgradation Of Bhubaneswar AIIMS

Bhubaneswar: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will provide medical equipment worth Rs 1 crore to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar in order to strengthen the treatment facilities at the State’s premier hospital. Director of Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA), Baruda Venkateswara Rao informed about the development saying that the AAI […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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Odisha Govt To Shut Down Over 6300 Schools In State

Bhubaneswar: As many as 6,340 schools in Odisha with a strength of less than 20 students will soon be closed, a notification issued by the State School and Mass Education department over implementation guidelines for the policy of rationalisation and consolidation of schools has revealed. The notice stated that around 11,517 schools of the State […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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