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Bhubaneswar: After handing over two key parking lots in the city to transgenders to collect parking fees, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday initiated process to revise the parking charges in the State capital which will be implemented from April 1. According to sources, the BMC has invited tender for 32 parking lots in […]

Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 vaccination will be carried out at Community Health Centres (CHCs) across Odisha only three days a week, informed State Health and Family Welfare department director Bijay Panigrahi on Friday. Speaking to reporters here Panigrahi said, “After discussions with the Central government, we have decided not to carry out vaccination at Community Health […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor and Chancellor Prof Ganeshi Lal on Friday appointed Professor Sanjay Kumar Nayak as the new Vice-Chancellor of Ravenshaw University. “In exercise of powers conferred by Sub Section(1) read with Sub Section(7) of Section 6 of Odisha Universities (Amendment) Act 2020, Honble Governor and Chancellor of Universities,  Odisha Prof. Ganeshi Lal appointed Prof. […]

Bhubaneswar: On the day-6 of the largest ever vaccination drive against the coronavirus in the country, Odisha posted another record performance on Friday. The State has overshot the target for the second consecutive day today. With this spirited up show, the State has till date vaccinated a whopping over 1.21lakh corona warriors to finish 3rd […]

Bhadrak: It seems Bhadrak is fast turning into a big manufacturing hub of fake tobacco products as in another major crackdown, Bhadrak police busted one more duplicate chewing tobacco (Zarda) manufacturing unit at Chandakamahala area under Puruna Bazaar police limit in the district on late Friday night. According to reports, huge quantity of duplicate tobacco […]

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police on Saturday forcibly dispersed and also picked up Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) workers protesting at Lower PMG square in the Capital City. A scuffle reportedly ensued between the police and the ANM protestors who were on protest demanding regularisation of jobs. “We will continue our protest till the Odisha government fulfill our […]

Bhubaneswar:  The country took a pause for a while on Saturday to take a rewind. It was for a revisit to the lanes of India’s freedom history and how mother India’s charismatic son Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had been portrayed by many historians as ‘India’s tragic hero’. Is it really so? Born on 23 January […]

Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the ancestral house of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Kolkata on Saturday afternoon as he came to the city to take part in the revolutionary’s 125th birth anniversary celebrations. The prime minister was greeted with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chants by people waiting outside the Netaji Bhawan in the Bhawanipore […]

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition-BJP and Congress in Odisha have termed Biju Janata Dal (BJD)’s plan to organise sports tournaments from panchayat to district levels in the State as a political gimmick before the panchayat polls. While political experts view it as a bid by the ruling party to strengthen its loosening base among youths and students, […]

Bolangir: At least two persons were killed and several others are feared dead in a fierce clash between two rival groups over a suspected past enmity at Jarasinga village under Deogaon police limits in Bolangir on Saturday. As per reports, one Dhanamata Raut of Jarasingha Baharapada suffered a heavy loss when a fire broke out […]

Berhampur: In a major crackdown on the adulterated food units in the State, Berhampur police busted a fake sauce manufacturing unit at Ganesh Nagar area under Bada Bazar police limits in Ganjam district on Saturday. Police seized a huge stock of the adulterated sauce and raw materials used in manufacturing. Acting on a tip-off, the […]

Rayagada: It’s an endless wait for T Venketratnam to get the benefits claim for which she is entitled to following the death of her husband who was an Odisha government employee. Venketratnam has been running from pillar to post for the last three years now for monetary assistance and her compassionate ground appointment. However, the […]

Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha will experience dense fog cover, especially during early morning hours in the next two days, predicted India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday. As per the latest weather bulletin, shallow to moderate fog is likely to occur at a few places over the districts of north coastal Odisha – Angul, Dhenkanal, […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the State has implemented the Modi government’s ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, scheme in the all the 30 districts, the conspicuous signs of the battle of sexes have been still witnessed in many districts in Odisha, where the sex ratio at birth had dipped below the 2001 census level. As the country is […]

Sambalpur: Veteran Odia film actor Shanti Swarup Mishra passed away at a private nursing home here on Sunday. Mishra had sustained critical injuries on head after falling down in his bathroom a couple of days back. He was admitted to a private nursing home in the city. However, he succumbed to the injuries while undergoing […]