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Mumbai: From Lata Mangeshkar to Amitabh Bachchan, the sad demise of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has put all in pain. His demise led to an outpouring of tributes from the Indian film industry. Here’s what they said. * Lata Mangeshkar: Rishitulya purva pradhan mantri Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayeeji ke swargwas ki vaarta sunke […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Sridevi Mishra has been shortlisted among the top finalists of ‘Haut Monde Mrs India Worldwide 2018’ beauty contest. Born and brought up in Bhubaneswar, Sridevi is now on cloud nine as she is the only contestant from Odisha to have secured a berth for the next round of the mega beauty pageant. #Everyday […]

Sundergarh: Setting an example for fellow bureaucrats, Sundergarh Collector Surendra Kumar Meena today sat down to eat mid-day meal with students of the higher primary school in Amgobha village of Kutra block in Sundergarh. Meena, during his visit to the school went around different classrooms, interacted with the students and also took a class. The […]

Bhubaneswar: A disturbing video of blackbucks being swept away in floodwaters of Kharkhari river in Ganjam district emerged this morning sparking off criticism from people all across particularly wildlife enthusiasts. The video reportedly filmed from the Purushottampur –Huma road near Balia in the district showed dozens of these endangered animals struggling to find a ground […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: With the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s decision to issue new notes of Rs 100 denominations, speculations about the fate of the older notes have already started. The questions regarding the legality of older notes of Rs 100 denominations are also doing rounds. This new denomination has motif of “RANI KI VAV” of […]

Rourkela: Police on Sunday arrested five persons for allegedly impersonating as examinees while attending a competitive examination of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at different centres in Rourkela. All the arrested have been identified as residents of Bihar. One was arrested by the Plant site police from Delhi Public School while the rest four […]

Moscow: The current edition of FIFA World Cup in Russia has been an unpredictable tournament so far. Many reputed players of various top teams have failed miserably in the tourney while youngsters have come up to grab limelight. In a tournament where teams like Italy, Netherlands and USA didn’t get a chance to participate and […]

Bhubaneswar: The School and Mass Education Department today announced the second cut-off mark for admission into different streams of Plus Two colleges across Odisha. The cut-off marks are available on the website www.samsodisha.gov.in. In science stream, cut-off at Ravenshaw Higher Secondary School has been recorded as 87.83% followed by Saraswati Vidya Mandir College Higher Secondary […]

Bhubaneswar: Raising questions on the importance of free passage to ambulances in smart city, today an incident of an ambulance carrying a critical patient and getting stuck for over five minutes in a serpentine queue of vehicles near Forest park here has shocked one and all. The ambulance was stuck in traffic chaos  that had […]

Dhenkanal: Forget about luxurious air-conditioned classrooms and colourful school buildings, with the unavailability of even a single room and an Anganwadi centre for children, primary education has taken a back seat in Kalada village under Kankadahada block of the district. As per reports, around hundred students of five classes of Kalada Primary School are forced […]

Sambalpur: After being established as one of the third generation Indian Institute of Management some three years back, IIM Sambalpur is all set to participate in the National Institutional Ranking Framework. The National Institutional Ranking Framework is a ranking methodology adopted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to rate institutions of higher education, […]

Rayagada: As the local tribals’ agitation entered the second day today in front of the Therubali plant of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) in Rayagada district, three labour unions and  district tribals’ association today took to streets to meet the district magistrate protesting the ongoing agitation at the plant. As per sources, over […]

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Department has issued thunderstorm alert for 16 places in the state till 12:30 pm today. Heavy rains accompanied with lightning are also predicted in these places. The alert has been issued for Puri, Cuttack, Kandhamal, Balasore, Khurda, Talcher, Boudh, Bhawanipatna, Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Gajapati, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Ganjam and Nayagarh districts. As […]

Bhubaneswar: The southwest monsoon has covered 24 districts in Odisha triggering rains in most parts of the state. The remaining districts will be covered in a couple of days, informed weathermen. “Rain is likely at most places over north coastal and many places over interior and coastal Odisha in next 24 hours. However, the amount […]

Kendrapara/Puri: As many as two persons were killed while seven others were injured by lightning strikes at different places in Odisha today. In a tragic incident, two persons of a family were killed while two others were injured when lightning struck a country boat at Jamboo village in Kendrapara. According to sources, a woman and […]