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Odisha To Hold Online 8th Sem Exam In Engineering Colleges From July 1st Week

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Skill Development and Technical Education department on Friday announced to conduct the eighth semester examination of all engineering colleges across the State through online mode between the first and second week of July. Informing about decision, Skill Development and Technical Education Minister Premananda Nayak said those students who will not appear for online […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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ArcelorMittal & Nippon Steel To Invest Rs 2000 Crore In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Global steel giant ArcelorMittal & Nippon Steel on Saturday expressed its willingness to invest around Rs 2000 crore in Odisha. The CEO of ArcelorMittal group Lakshmi Mittal informed about the investment proposal while holding discussions with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik via video conferencing today. During the online discussion, Lakshmi Mittal informed that his […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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Union Minister Pratap Sarangi Seeks Flood Mitigating Measures For Bhograi

Bhubaneswar: Union MoS, MSME, Pratap Sarangi has urged the Centre to take a comprehensive view on persistent flood problems faced by people of Bhograi block in Balasore district and address the issues. In a letter to Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Sarangi requested for flood mitigating measures for safeguarding the lives and […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Odisha Sees 108 New Covid-19 Cases, Malkangiri Highest With 21 Positives

Bhubaneswar: The upward trend of Covid-19 cases continued in Odisha with 108 more persons testing positive for the virus on Tuesday. With this, the total number of confirmed cases surged to 4163 in the State. Of the 108 new positive cases, 95 cases were reported from various quarantine centres across the State while the remaining […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Rath Yatra: Chariot Works In Puri To Be Finished In Next 3 Days

Puri: Amidst speculations regarding the celebration of annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath during Covid pandemic, carpenters carving the chariots of the Holy Trinity for the Car Festival meanwhile are all set to finish the construction work in next three days. Though rain interrupted the construction work on Monday, the Maharana, Rupakar, Chitrakar, Bhoi and […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Rise in fuel prices: Odisha govt hikes bus fares across all categories

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday increased bus fares across all categories under the automatic fare adjustment mechanism following hike in fuel prices. According to sources from the State transport department, the fares for the ordinary and express buses have been increased by 3 paise per km while the fares of the deluxe and AC […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Coronavirus: 175 New Cases Push Odisha’s Covid-19 Tally To 4338

Bhubaneswar: The total number of Covid-19 cases in Odisha mounted to 4338 with the addition of 175 new cases in the last 24 hours, the State Information and Public Relations Department informed on Wednesday. Of the total cases detected today, 145 were reported from various quarantine centres where returnees from other states are lodged while […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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BJP Balasore Sadar MLA Madan Mohan Dutta Passes Away At 61

Balasore: BJP MLA from Balasore Sadar constituency in Odisha, Madan Mohan Dutta passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar at the age of 61. Dutta was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar and breathed his last today morning after suffering a heart attack, informed his son Manas Dutta. #BREAKING BJP MLA from […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Rath Yatra: BJP Targets Odisha Govt For ‘Delay’ In Clarifying Stand Over The Festival

Bhubaneswar: The opposition BJP on Wednesday lashed out at Odisha government for delay in clearing its stand on the conduct of annual Rath Yatra in Puri this year. Senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra termed court cases pertaining to Rath Yatra as state-sponsored and said it has created speculations in the minds of the people. “Though […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Help Pours In For Elderly Woman In Odisha Who Was Carried On Cot To Bank

Bhubaneswar: A couple of days after a bed-ridden woman of Odisha was carried on a cot to a bank by her daughter for withdrawal of money from her Jan Dhan account in Nuapada district, India Post Payments bank lent a helping hand to the elderly woman. India Post Payments bank which aims to provide house […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Locust Threat Resurfaces For Odisha Amid Monsoon

Bhubaneswar: After a brief lull, the fear of possible desert locust attack has again gripped the farmers in some regions of Odisha bordering with Chhattisgarh following reports of a fresh swarm entering the neighbour State. According to reports, swarm of locusts from Madhya Pradesh have entered Bharatpur area of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh. Earlier on […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Rath Yatra Cancellation: Crores Await As More Petitions Knock SC Door Seeking Modification Of Order

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Supreme Court has directed that the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath will not be celebrated anywhere this year in view of the Covid19 pandemic, petitioners continue to knock the doors of the apex court seeking reconsideration of its June 18 order and allow the conduct of the festival in Puri […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Allow Rath Yatra In Puri As Special Case: Gajapati To CM Naveen

Puri: Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb on Saturday urged Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to re-consider the sensitive issue of stopping Puri Rath Yatra this year and direct appropriate steps to be taken immediately by the State government for approaching the Supreme Court seeking partial modification of its June 18 order so that centuries-old festival can be conducted […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Supreme Court Ruling On Rath Yatra: Artisans Shed Tears

Puri: The Supreme Court’s decision to stay Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra, one of the most popular festivals of Hindus, this year in view of the COVID-19 pandemic has left the multitude of artisans connected to the construction of the grand chariots in tears. The makers of the gigantic chariots, which is pulled by lakhs of […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Odisha Police Continues Strict Enforcement Drive Against Covid-19 Norms Violators

Tightening screws on the enforcement of Covid-19 norms in the State, Odisha police continued its strict enforcement drive against the Covid-19 norm violators. According to police sources, surveillance has been intensified in market places, malls, schools, colleges and other educational institutions. Some people have been penalised for violating the guidelines in market places too. Special emphasis is laid on the enforcement of mask use and maintenance of social distancing norms. Odisha Police has appealed people to maintain all Covid-19 norms including wearing of masks and maintaining social distancing.

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  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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