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Bhubaneswar: Four days after busting a high-profile sex racket running at the H2O Spa centre in Bapuji Nagar area in Bhubaneswar, the Commissionerate Police today busted another prostitution racket running at a Spa centre in Nayapalli area here. Acting a tip-off, police raided the spa centre reportedly running from a rented house and rescued three […]

Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorm accompanied by hail and rain is likely in most parts of the State in next 24 hours, predicted the Regional Meteorological Centre on Thursday. Gusty surface wind speed will reach 45 km/hr to 65 km/hr during these hours, the forecast added. As high tides are expected, fishermen in the state have been advised […]

Bhubaneswar: While leaders from across the country offered their condolences on the demise of noted industrialist Bansidhar Panda, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and BJD leaders were further criticised today for not turning up to pay their last respects to the departed soul. In reply to a tweet of Bansidhar Panda’s son and MP Baijayant Panda […]

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the “Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF)” supported scheme to provide mobile services at 4072 tower locations identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in inhabited uncovered areas affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE) of 96 districts in ten States for Phase-ll […]

Bhubaneswar: The Integrated Test Range (ITR), the premier DRDO laboratory at Chandipur in Balasore district has been awarded the prestigious Silicon Trophy for the year 2016 as the best Technological laboratory of DRDO besides the “Agni Award for Excellence in Self Reliance” for the year 2017. ITR Director Binaya Kumar Das received the awards from […]

Bhubaneswar: There could be a ‘tactful understanding’ between the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress in Odisha to keep Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out of power, said Union Minister, Jual Oram in Bhubaneswar today. Oram expressed such apprehension taking into account the recent developments in Karnataka where the Congress and JDS joined hands to […]

Bhubaneswar: Odia girl Swarnalata Dalai of Jajpur district has won accolades for the State by scaling the world’s highest peak. The 20-year-old tribal girl of Kalinganagar area in Jajpur has successfully climbed the Mount Everest along with co-mountaineers Poonam and Sandeep Toliya under the prestigious Mount Everest Expedition organised by Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) […]

Puri: The Puri Srimandir administration has decided to install CCTVs at ‘Bhitara Katha’ -the last point of entry for devotees in the temple. The significant move comes in wake of the alleged assault on a tourist by two servitors inside the temple premises last week. Sharing more details, Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Niti (ritual) […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when BJD Supremo Naveen Patnaik highlighted the major achievements of his government today after entering into the fifth year of his fourth term, the Bharatiya Janata Party leveled allegations against the ruling BJD citing as many as 36 instances of corruption of the state government in the past 18 years. BJP […]

Bolangir: It seems that Crime Branch is not leaving any stones unturned to secure conviction of Punjilal Meher, the mastermind of Patnagarh parcel bomb explosion that left two persons including newlywed Soumyasekhar Sahu dead in February. The owner and the staff of the concerned courier agency through which the killer parcel was sent, have identified […]

Balasore: Odia girl Krishita Mohapatra who recently won the pageant of Junior Model International-India has her eyes set on winning more beauty pageants for India in coming days. Her achievement at such a young age has catapulted her parents to cloud nine. “I am very happy for her success. I would like to urge all […]

Bolangir: Taking a step towards fulfilling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Purvodaya’ (A prosperous East for a New India), Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday laid the foundation stone of LPG bottling plant in Bolangir. The proposed project which is being established in over 23 acres of land at an estimated cost of Rs […]

Bhubaneswar: The wrangle for power in Karnataka is at its nail-biting best. No matter how much one reads into the script, the plot that unfolds leaves even the best poll analysts surprised. No wonder, such high drama has also triggered speculations as to what if Odisha ends up in a Karnataka-like situation of a hung […]

Rourkela: A student died while two other persons went missing in separate drowning incidents today in Odisha’s Rourkela and Balasore. A class XII student of Guru Nanak Public School drowned in Koel River at Baikuntha ghat in Rourkela while taking bath in with his two friends today. The deceased has been identified as Debidutta Sahu. […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Friday announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh for Bolangir and Kandhamal police for their success in anti-Maoists operations in which seven ultras were killed earlier this week. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the cash reward soon after concerned Superintendents of Police of both the districts and headquarters’ officers briefed […]