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Kendrapara: At least five members of a family including a 20-day-old infant sustained critical burn injuries in a fire mishap at Girang village under Marshaghai police limits in Kendrapara district last night. Though the exact reason behind what triggered the fire is still unknown, it suspected that someone intentionally set the house on fire as […]

Cuttack: A group of cattle-grazers on Friday rescued a girl who was allegedly being kidnapped by an auto-rickshaw driver who also attempted to rape her. As per preliminary reports, the girl from Kendrapara district was to appear in an examination at Bhubaneswar. She reportedly got down from a bus at Link Road and took a […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could play a crucial role in boosting tourism sector of Odisha, the golden beach of Puri has received the ‘Blue Flag’ certification, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced through his Twitter handle on Sunday. In a tweet, Patnaik wrote, “The Golden Beach of Puri has received coveted Blue Flag certification by FEE […]

Bhubaneswar: The forest department’s proposal to demarcate the boundary of Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara has sparked an outcry, with the legislators of the ruling-BJD seeking intervention of Assembly Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro to direct the concerned minister to rethink the decision. On Sunday, as the Assembly proceedings were underway, three BJD MLAs from Kendrapara […]

Bhubaneswar: Even though the stage is all set for reopening of schools for Class 10 and 12 on January 8, students and parents are still in confusion over a lot of issues like conduct of COVID test and further reduction in syllabus, if any. Many students are expecting a further reduction of the syllabus due […]

Bhubaneswar: Huge quantities of stale and unhygienic food items were seized and destroyed by a joint enforcement squad of the Khordha Municipality and Health and Food Safety department following surprise raids at several hotels and road-side stalls selling various cooked food items in the area, on Saturday. “We have seized huge quantities of stale dal, […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst concerns expressed over the wildfire which has engulfed a large portion of Similipal Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district and other parts of the State, the Odisha government on Tuesday directed officials to intensify night patrolling to contain the fire. Apart from this, the State government has decided to deploy extra manpower and machines […]

Bhubaneswar: Following a steep rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, the district administration in Malkangiri on Monday decided to clamp night curfew as a preventive measure to check the spread even as speculations are rife about extension of similar measures to other parts of the State. As per the latest announcement, the night curfew […]