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Bhubaneswar: A big let down! Odisha has sent 21 Members to the 17th Lok Sabha (LS). The financial year is drawing to an end, but the shocker is only a lone LS MP has recommended the first installment of the total annual entitlement of Rs 5 crore provided under the Member of Parliament Local Area […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD doesn’t fight election to win, it fights to win the love of 4.5 crore Odias, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Wednesday after being re-elected as the president of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for the eighth consecutive term. Returning officer of the ruling party Pratap Dev announced Patnaik’s name as […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid all big talk on improving the overall education sector in Odisha, State Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Wednesday revealed shocking statistics one of which stated that as many as 90 schools in the State do not have blackboards to write. Answering a query by MLA Umakanta Samantray in the State Assembly, […]

New Delhi: An Air India flight on Thursday brought back to the national capital 119 Indians and 5 foreigners who were on board a coronavirus-hit cruise ship docked off Yokohama in Japan. The foreigners, who were brought back to India on board the special Air India flight, included two from Sri Lanka and one each […]

Berhampur: The family members of Shivasis Nayak, an engineer from Odisha, breathed a sigh of relief following his safe return to India today after remaining stranded for few weeks on board a Coronavirus-hit cruise ship off Japan coast. Nayak, who hails from Berhampur, along with 118 Indians and five foreigners were evacuated from the ship […]

Cuttack: They cannot hear or speak, but their arts speak a lot about the amazing artistic talent they possess. Meet the two siblings-Sriharsh Sukla and Sidharth Sukla-from Cuttack who defied all odds and carved their path from mediocrity to international fame by creating wonderful paintings. Suffering from hearing and speech impairments since birth, the two […]

Bhubaneswar: Even though several campaigns are underway to create awareness about online fraud, the cyber criminals seem to be striking at will. Malyabanta Nayak is now a crestfallen father after being allegedly robbed of his hard-earned money saved for the marriage of his daughter. As per reports, Nayak had visited one Jan Seva Kendra (Common […]

Bhubaneswar: With Japan government expressing interest to invest in Odisha’s steel sector, the Centre and state government on Thursday offered an exclusive Japanese Industrial Cluster & Township near here. Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday discussed prospects of Japanese investment for the development of an integrated steel cluster […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday demanded the Centre to declare Odisha a ‘Special Focus State’ as it is frequently facing natural disasters. “Taking the frequency of natural disasters faced by Odisha into consideration, Vulnerability to Natural Calamity should be taken as a criteria to declare Odisha as a Special Focus State,” said […]

Bhubaneswar: After facing direct attacks over the violence in Delhi which has taken lives of around 40 persons so far, Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah launched a counter attack and accused opposition parties of instigating and misleading people on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). While addressing a massive Jan Samavesh organised by […]

Bhubaneswar: When politics is all about style and appeal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his first public address in Odisha post the 2019 elections, did show the elements of PM Modi – the big bow, the sample survey of crowd over stirring issues et al. And the big take regarding the atmospherics of the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday approved the Srimandir Adarsh Gurukulam project for setting up a model school in Puri for the children of the servitors of Sri Jagannath temple. According to a notification issued by the State works department, the government has sanctioned Rs 25 crore for the school to be developed on 15-acre […]

Cuttack: Dissatisfied with the progress made by police in the sensational double murder case in Banki, Congress party workers on Saturday called for a 12-hour bandh in the town. Normal life was hit due to the dawn to dusk bandh as Congress activists burnt tyres and blocked Banki-Cuttack-Baideswar-Kalapathar road and other parts of the region. […]

Bhubaneswar: Do you have any important bank-related works this forthcoming month? If yes, then you must plan your visit for transactions much in advance as banks in several parts of the country will have fewer working days in March. Apart from national holidays, the working days and holidays will vary from state to state on […]

New Delhi: Even though situation is gradually limping back to normalcy in the national capital, six families from Odisha residing in the riot-hit Khajuri Khas area under North-East Delhi are yet to come out of the trauma. Recounting the horror, the families stated that they were almost trapped in a building at Khajuri Khas and […]