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Bhubaneswar: Odisha figures among the top -ten unhealthy states in the country. In a short span of 15-days, the total persons reportedly ailing in Odisha stood at a whopping 37 lakh. The recently released National Sample Survey (NSS) report titled Household Social consumption in India: Health reveals the state of health of people across 36 […]

Bhubaneswar: When CM Naveen Patnaik has publicly stated that his administration has a zero tolerance for corruption, and when his government has launched the much-touted 5T scheme in a big way to banish corruption from the State, the shocker is in the last 12-months two in every five had to shell bribe money at state […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of the huge rush at the offices of the Regional Transport Officers (RTOs) across Odisha, the State government on Thursday relaxed the enforcement of new traffic rules by another three months. Informing about the development, Transport Minister Padmanabha Behera in Odisha Assembly announced that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today directed for […]

Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has flagged shortcomings in the way Odisha government has presented its financial position citing the fresh borrowings by GoO at higher interest rates despite having a large cash balance. The 13th Finance Commission had recommended that the States with large cash balances should make efforts to […]

Bhubaneswar: December is knocking at the door, but winter chill is still missing in Odisha. Not only Odisha, several other states across the country will experience warmer winter this year, as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD). There is a higher probability of above-normal minimum temperature during the winter season, as per IMD’s latest seasonal […]

Bhubaneswar: Braving the early morning chill, thousands of people from the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack and other parts of the State participated in OTV Mini Marathon, organised on the occasion of World AIDS Day today. The marathon is an initiative by OTV, the leading media house in Odisha, to raise awareness on HIV/AIDS […]

Bhubaneswar: Natural disasters have made the subsidy bill of Odisha government soar to a new high in 2017-18. Subsidy expenses on natural disasters had risen by a massive Rs 391 crore. As per CAG report ‘State of Finance’ laid in State Assembly recently, when the FRBM (Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management) Act has mandated to […]

Bhubaneswar: Industrial investments have apparently picked up in Odisha in 2019, post two mega industrial ‘Make in Odisha’ conclaves. The State with a bag of investment worth Rs 26,687 crore till October this year has emerged fourth top state after Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra. In 2019, Odisha bagged over 6.2 per cent of total investment […]

Puri: Police today arrested prime accused Constable Jitendra Sethi in connection with the alleged gang rape of a minor girl in Puri. Three other suspects who have been detained are being interrogated, police said. Latest reports suggest that the government quarters near Jhadeswari club where the girl was allegedly raped was allotted to Sethi. His […]

Puri: Of the four accused in alleged gang rape of a minor girl in Puri, two persons including the prime accused have been arrested and will be court forwarded today. Addressing a press meet, DIG (Central) Ashish Singh said, “Dismissed constable Jitendra Sethi and one Rajesh Sethi have been arrested so far. Four teams have […]

Bhubaneswar: Now from Hyderabad to Bhubaneswar, a loud chorus ‘We want to be safe, not be raped” renting the skies again as heinous crimes against women, especially rapes, are growing by leaps and bounds in the country, including Odisha. Recently, replying to a query on women safety, MoS Divyashankar Mishra has reeled out gory statistics. […]

Bhubaneswar: The body of a woman bank manager was found hanging at her rented house in Baramunda area of Bhubaneswar on Thursday. The deceased R Ranjita Rao was working as a senior manager of UCO bank’s Ashok Nagar branch in the capital city. Ranjita’s body was found hanging inside her rented house MIG-51 in Baramunda […]

Bhubaneswar: In a first, the killing of the four accused in rape and murder of ‘Disha’, a veterinarian in Hyderabad, in an encounter this early morning hours by Cyberabad police has virtually given a new ‘disha’ to the criminal justice system in the country. And when the overwhelming vox populi, including in Odisha, give three-cheers […]

Bhubaneswar: Suicides are killing at least 3 people every day in Odisha. And married men bear the brunt more than their bachelor counterparts in the State. As per the data available with the State health department, as many as 709 teens & adults have taken this extreme step in the State in April – October […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the fatal injuries in factory accidents in the State have almost halved during the last decade (2008-19), Odisha still figures in the top -10 states with high factory fatalities in the country. As per the latest data available with State Directorate of Factories and Boilers, a total of 18 factory workers died […]