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Bhubaneswar: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) on Sunday urged the National Monuments Authority (NMA) for immediate withdrawal of the proposed heritage bylaws for Puri Jagannath Temple. The move comes in the wake of reports that NMA plans to come up with heritage bylaws prohibiting any construction activity in the 100 metre periphery for Sri […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Transport Authority (STA) has come up with a slew of measures to improve the service-delivery mechanism in Regional Transport Offices (RTO) across Odisha. As part of the ongoing reforms initiatives, vehicle owners can avail various services including transfer of ownership, change of address and renewal of registration certificate in online mode at […]

Bhubaneswar: As schools for Class IX and XI students in Odisha are all set to reopen from tomorrow, State School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Sunday reviewed the preparedness of the school authorities. Dash visited University High School, Vani Vihar in Bhubaneswar and reviewed classroom teaching today. The Minister expressed happiness that […]

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) will soon take a call on allowing devotees to relish Lord Jagannath’s Mahaprasad on the premises of Ananda Bazar at Srimandir in the district. The SJTA has decided to make arrangements for the devotees to purchase and consume Mahaprasad at Ananda Bazar in a meeting on Sunday. According […]

Balasore: With the help of district cyber cell, the Balasore Industrial Area Police Sunday night managed to arrest five cyber-criminals and ATM fraudsters, all natives of Uttar Pradesh, who had come to Odisha to loot cash through illegal transactions at the automated teller machine (ATM) kiosks. Reports suggest that these cyber-criminals used an advanced ATM […]

Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) on Monday released the complete datesheet for the upcoming matriculation examination scheduled to be held from May 3, 2021. This year’s matriculation or the high school certificate (HSC) exam will begin on May 3 and will continue till May 15. Similarly, examination for Madhyama Sanskrit will be held […]

Bhubaneswar: In recognition of the sacrifice and services rendered by the COVID Warriors who have lost their lives fighting the pandemic, Odisha government has decided to construct a ‘COVID Warrior Memorial’ at the Biju Patnaik Park in Bhubaneswar. This is being done to pay tribute to the COVID-19 warriors who died after contracting the infection […]

Bhubaneswar: Protesting steep rise in the prices of petrol and diesel, the State unit of Congress on Tuesday announced to observe Odisha bandh on February 15, 2021. Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik said that the party had no option than to call for the state-wide shutdown […]

Bhubaneswar: In just one month, citizens lost over Rs 1.4 crore to various cyber frauds in the State, said Twin City Police Commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi on Tuesday. “From an analysis of the available data, we have found that cyber criminals have duped over Rs 1.4 crore from people in different parts of the State. The […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has braced up to move the Supreme Court with a writ petition challenging Andhra Pradesh’ announcement to conduct panchayat election in three villages of Kotia in Koraput district. In a letter to the Advocate on Record (AOR) Sibo Sankar Mishra, the deputy secretary of Law Department Bhagaban Nayak stated, “You (Mishra) […]

Bhubaneswar: The Leader of Opposition Pradipta Naik on Tuesday urged the State government to relax the age limit for aspirants of the Odisha Civil Services Examination (OCS) 2020. In a letter, Naik has requested Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to relax the age limit and allow the candidates, who had appeared the OCS Examinations 2011, […]

Bhubaneswar: All students studying in Odia Medium schools across Odisha who were in Standard IX last year will be eligible to appear this year’s matriculation examination scheduled to be held in May. The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) on Tuesday issued a notification making it clear that the Class IX students of 2019-20 academic session are […]

Bhadrak: Four buses and an SUV gutted after a major fire broke out at a garage on National Highway-16 near Dahanigadia Chhak here in the district in the early hours of Wednesday. The bus staff, who were sleeping inside the buses, managed a narrow escape in the incident. Eyewitnesses said the fire broke at around […]

Puri: Devotees may not be allowed to pay obeisance to the Holy Trinity at Shree Jagannath Temple in the Piligrim city during ‘Padma Mukha Besha’ of the deities on Sunday due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation. The Padma Mukha Besha of Lord Jagannath and his siblings falls between the new moon day of Magha and […]

Kalahandi: Another female elephant was found dead in Ghusugudi forest under the Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary in Kalahandi district on Tuesday. The carcass of the animal was spotted lying in the jungle by the officials Kalahandi (South) Forest Division, said reports. Though the exact reason behind the death of the jumbo will be known after we […]