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Bengaluru: Union Minister and senior BJD leader HN Ananth Kumar passed away in the wee hours of Monday in Bengaluru. He was 59. “Minister Ananth Kumar passed away at 3 a.m. at a private hospital where he was undergoing treatment for cancer,” a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Bengaluru R. Ashoka told reporters here. […]

Bhubaneswar: Hockey player Lilima Minz received the prestigious 26th Ekalabya Puraskar 2018 award instituted by IMPaCT, the charitable wing of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Limited (IMFA). Minz received the award along with a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh from Indian cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar at a special function held at Bhubaneswar on Sunday. Lilima […]

New Delhi: Odisha cadre IPS officer M Nageshwar Rao took charge as the interim chief of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today. His appointment came after a spat between former Director Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana who were sent on leave. The prime minister-led appointments committee in an order Tuesday night had given charge of […]

Bhubaneswar: Tropical cyclone ‘Titli’ has now turned into a severe cyclonic storm and is very likely to make landfall between Gopalpur coast in Odisha and Kalingapatnam in Andhra Pradesh by 5.30 am tomorrow morning, a bulletin by Indian Meteorological Department said. “The latest satellite observations indicate that the very severe cyclonic storm over west central […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a British era Adultery Law (Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code) and declared it as unconstitutional and arbitrary. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices RF Nariman, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra in a unanimous judgement gave the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Question Hour in Odisha Assembly was washed out for the sixth consecutive day today amid a ruckus by members of the opposition parties, who demanded a clarification from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over the recent scams including the Omfed and Sapling scams. The House was adjourned twice in the pre-lunch session as members […]

Bhubaneswar/Puri: Temples across Odisha were decked up to mark the birth of Lord Krishna which is celebrated as Janmashtami. Special arrangements have been made by temple authorities across the state for the celebrations today. As per the mythology, Lord Shri Krishna was born on the auspicious day of Bhadrav Krushna pakhya on Astami as the […]

Rourkela: A 70-feet-high water tank built by the Public Health Department collapsed in Civil Township in Rourkela today morning damaging the Wesco office located closeby. Two persons including a woman were injured while around 50 bikes and bicycles vehicles parked under the tank have been damaged in the mishap. “We heard a loud noise and […]

Kolkata: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee passed away at a private hospital in Kolkata. He was 89. He was suffering from kidney ailment and had been in critical condition for past few days. Since August 8, Chatterjee had been put on ventilator. He was Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009. A […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid speculations of early elections, the Chief Electoral Officer of Odisha said that the final voter list in the state will be published on January 4, 2019; thereby ruling out any chances of elections in 2018 for the time being. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday kicked off poll preparations and issued […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could be a move to embark upon the poor performances of students in matriculation examinations, many schools in Kendrapara and Ganjam districts have started conducting classes even on Sundays. The move of the authorities came after the School and Mass Education department served show cause notices to schools which recorded less than […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to implement its own food security act, the Odisha Cabinet on Monday approved the proposal taking the act a step closer to reality. Informing about the development, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi said,” The government has targeted to cover nearly 25 lakh beneficiaries in the first phase of the scheme to […]

Bhubaneswar: Thousands of ‘kanwariyas’ or ‘Bol bom’ devotees, carrying pots full of sanctified water on their shoulders, walked miles before thronging the Lingaraj Temple here to offer water to Lord Shiva on ‘Shravan Somvar’ today. The devotees, clad in saffron clothes and carrying sanctified water in containers that they had fetched from various water bodies, […]

Malkangiri: Even as security has been tightened in view of the Maoists martyrs’ week, the rebels were successful in organising a camp on the Odisha-Andhra border on Saturday, sources said. The Maoist camp, held at the border of Ralegada panchayat in Malkangiri and Korukunda of Andhra Pradesh, was attended by over 600 Maoist sympathisers and […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government will implement its own Food Security Act to cover nearly 34.44 lakh people who have been left out under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). The new Act will be launched on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, 2018, announced Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik through a video message on Saturday. […]