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Bhubaneswar: When the senior IPS officer Arun Bothra mentioned all the grisly details about how the five-year old Nayagarh minor girl was murdered and raped, he also in the same breath talked about how the 18-year old accused was addicted to child pornography and how that has triggered this sickening Nayagarh episode. However, the popping […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the State is witnessing a decline in daily Covid positives, a mutated and more aggressive strain of coronavirus in the United Kingdom seems to have become a cause of serious concern for people in Odisha. Even though flights from UK have been temporarily suspended, the State government has pulled up […]

Koraput: Frequent incidents of pregnant women and patients being carried on cots and slings owing to non-motorable roads and lack of transportation facilities in several pockets of Odisha, have certainly revealed the ground reality of the health care delivery system in the State. In yet another incident, a pregnant woman was carried on a cot […]

Berhampur: Amid reports of the highly contiguous new variant of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom fast-spreading its tentacles, Ganjam district Collector Friday said that at least three persons have returned to Berhampur from Britain recently. “One of the three returnees has been traced and is under home quarantine. We have also conducted RT-PCR test […]

Bhubaneswar: Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal has stressed on improving the existing features on the IRCTC e-ticketing web site. Goyal reviewed the upgradation work that is being initiated by the Indian Railways for the E-ticketing system. The Minister sought that E-ticketing web site should provide holistic convenience to the passengers for their train journey. The […]

Bhubaneswar: In the last leg of its adolescent years, the ruling BJD, which is in power since the last two-decades, will blow out the candles on Saturday to celebrate its 24th birthday.  With a string of scandals weighing heavily on the cadres’ minds, all eyes are riveted on the BJD patriarch and Chief Minister Naveen […]

Bhubaneswar: Despite only a handful of names from Odisha making their way into the Indian cricket team till date and probably the most successful of them, Debasish Mohanty, who was recently appointed as the selector to the national cricket team, on Friday stated that there is no dearth of talent in the State. Only few […]

Puri: The health sector in Odisha has undergone a sea of transformation and strict observance of COVID-19 guidelines by people in Odisha can combat any spread of new mutant Coronavirus strain first detected in the United Kingdom (UK), said Suresh Mohapatra, the newly appointed Chief Secretary. In an exclusive interview to OTV, Mohapatra said that […]

Kalahandi: Armed dacoits allegedly looted 400 grams of gold, a bullet and a TV from a house at Moter village under Koksara block in Kalahandi district late last night. As per reports, around five masked miscreants barged into the house at the midnight and looted at gunpoint. They decamped with the gold, bike and other […]

left Puri: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Puri Lord Jagannath Temple reopened today for the residents of the district. The locals can have the darshan of the Trinity till December 31. People of ward number 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 12 today got the chance to have the darshan of the deities in a phased manner […]

Rayagada: It is said the virtue of a father can be seen in the goals and aspirations he sets for himself as well as his kids. Ladi Sameswar Rao of Gudiabandha under Padmapur block of Rayagada district also had woven dreams for his son to be a doctor, and Rakesh, like most kids do, started […]

Bhubaneswar: Good news for motorists as the Odisha government on Sunday extended the validity of learner’s license till March 31, 2021. As per the State Transport Authority (STA), the learner’s license which had expired since March 18, 2020, or world expire by December 31, 2020 will be treated as valid till March 31, next year. […]

Bhubaneswar: The coronavirus pall of 2020 was writ large on Odisha like the rest of the world in a year that also brought with it the vagaries of nature, as a super cyclone and floods left a trail of destruction in the coastal State. Amid the pandemic crisis, various controversies especially towards the final months […]

Bhubaneswar: Is the appointment of the senior IAS officer and outgoing Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy, who in bureaucratic circles is known as the beater of the clock with a penchant for wrapping up any assignment on or before time, to the post of Chairman in the western Odisha’s top planning and development body – the […]

Bhadrak: The famous Akhandalamani Temple at Aradi in the district has reopened on Monday in strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols. The temple, which was remained shut for last nine months, has reopened in phased manner. In the first phase, the servitors and their family members have been allowed to have a glimpse of the Lord […]