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Liver transplant process commences at SCB MCH in Cuttack
Liver transplant process commences at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack

The advance treatment has begun at the special modular operation theatre at the trauma building on the hospital premises.

  • Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Arrangements have also been made for the bears to take bath in ice water
Nandankanan Zoo makes special arrangements to keep animals cool against heat wave

Amid the heat waves, Nandankanan authorities have taken special care of animals and placed air coolers, ice slabs and proper arrangements for water sprinkling on the roofs regularly.

  • Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Odisha sizzles under intense heat wave
Odisha sizzles under intense heat wave, mercury may touch 44 degree Celsius in next 2-3 days

Odisha people have to be prepared for more hard days as the mercury level will rise further by two to three degree Celsius in the next two to three days.

  • Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Odia devotional singer Santilata Barik’s mortal remains consigned to flames in Puri 
Odia devotional singer Santilata Barik’s mortal remains consigned to flames in Puri 

Odia devotional singer Santilata Barik's mortal remains were taken from her residence in the Kedargouri area to Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya where students as well as teachers paid their last tributes to the departed soul. From there, the hearse went straight to Swargadwar. 

  • Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Artha Tatwa chit fund scam: Advocate Debakant Mohanty grilled by CBI for 3 hours
Artha Tatwa chit fund scam: Advocate Debakant Mohanty grilled by CBI for 3 hours

The advocate was put on notice under section 160 of the CRPC on Monday by the premier investigating agency for deposition in connection with the Artha Tatwa (AT) Group chit fund case. 

  • Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Age Is Just A Number! 98-Year-Old Man Runs Cycle Repairing Shop In Odisha’s Koraput District
Age Is Just A Number! 98-Year-Old Man Runs Cycle Repairing Shop In Odisha’s Koraput District

At the age of 98, when mostly people are either bedridden or are confined to one place, Mohan Behera from Sunabeda has justified that ‘age is just a number’. Still hale and hearty, he is running his 60-year-old cycle repairing shop with the same vigour.

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  • Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Paradip Port pips Kandla to become India’s highest cargo handling port
Paradip Port pips Kandla to become India’s highest cargo handling port

Paradip Port Authority has clocked a record 145.38 million metric tonnes (MMT) cargo throughput in FY 2023-24 to nudge past Deendayal Port, Kandla and emerge as the highest cargo handling major port of the country, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Ports and Shipping And Waterways on Tuesday.

  • Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Temperature rise in Odisha
Heat wave alert: Odisha to witness rise in temperature by 2-4 degree Celsius in next two days

As per the prediction by IMD, the heat wave condition will be intense during April and the surge in temperature is likely to break all time record during the period.

  • Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Renowned Odia Bhajan singer Santilata Barik passes away
Renowned Odia Bhajan singer Santilata Barik passes away

Her demise was confirmed by her husband Basant Chhotray.

  • Monday, 01 April 2024
President Murmu, PM Modi extend greetings to people of Odisha on Utkala Dibasa
President Murmu, PM Modi extend greetings to people of Odisha on Utkala Dibasa

Utkala Dibasa is not just a celebration of Odisha’s formation, but also a celebration of its rich cultural wealth, heritage, colourful architecture, folk music, dance form, paintings, tourist attractions, traditional Odia recipes and all that the state has to offer.

  • Monday, 01 April 2024
Odisha Elections 2024: Why parties buying time to complete candidate announcement?
Odisha Elections 2024: Why parties buying time to complete candidate announcement? 

The Congress has not at all come out with its lists of candidates for LS and Assembly seats. In certain seats, the three parties have adopted a wait-and-watch policy, though they say that their candidates have been selected. 

  • Sunday, 31 March 2024
Sans basic facilities, 'poll boycott' voice gets louder in Odisha villages
Sans basic facilities, 'poll boycott' voice gets louder in Odisha villages

The villagers of Nuagaon under Kashipur block in Rayagada are upset over the alleged administrative apathy towards the absence of irrigation and warned of poll boycott.

  • Sunday, 31 March 2024
9 kg gold worth Rs 6.44 cr seized from car in Cuttack
9 kg gold worth Rs 6.44 cr seized from car in Cuttack

The DRI sleuths had specific information about the smuggling of foreign-origin gold from Kolkata. The officials intercepted a car at the Bandalo (Manguli) toll plaza in Cuttack on the evening of March 28. On searching the vehicle, the officials recovered 65 pieces of smuggled gold bullion weighing 9,180 grams.

  • Saturday, 30 March 2024
Odisha Man Installs Telescope On His Rooftop; Skygazers Flock To Learn More About Space
Odisha Man Installs Telescope On His Rooftop; Skygazers Flock To Learn More About Space

Children and locals stand in a queue here to have a closer look into the space. However, this is neither a planetarium nor any government office. These visuals are from the terrace of Nilagiri resident Sujit Mohanty.

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  • Friday, 29 March 2024
Anjani Soren
Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha seat: It’s a fight like BJP vs JMM vs BJD

Anjani will lock horns with BJP’s Naba Charan Majhi and BJD’s Sudam Marndi. Interestingly, Marndi was once at the helm of the affairs as far as the functioning of JMM in Odisha is concerned.

  • Friday, 29 March 2024
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