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Bhubaneswar, March 19 The Odisha government appointed Dr. Durga Madhav Satpathy as the new Director of Medical Education & Training (DMET) on Thursday, officials said.Satpathy was currently working as the superintendent of the MKCG Medical College Hospital in Berhampur.Dr. Santosh Mishra...

March 19, New Delhi: India will host the 2028 World Indoor Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar, the World Athletics Council announced at its meeting in Torun, Poland.The decision was made a day before the start of the 2025 World Indoor Athletics Championships in the Polish city. Earlier...

New Delhi, March 19 – Bahadur Singh Sagoo, president of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), announced that the World Athletics Council has awarded India the hosting rights for the 2028 Indoor Championships.“India will host the 2028 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Bhubaneswar. The...

New Delhi, March 19 India will host the World Indoor Athletics Championships for the first time in 2028 in Bhubaneswar, as the international body awarded the hosting rights of the prestigious event to the country at its council meeting in Torun, Poland, on Thursday.The decision was made at the...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 The BJD on Thursday urged the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) to take suo motu cognizance of the alleged molestation of a girl in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district and atrocities against tribal women in the state.In a memorandum to the NCST, the BJD expressed...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 A school teacher in Bhubaneswar was suspended for alleged dereliction of duty while performing election-related responsibilities as a Booth Level Officer (BLO), according to a notification.Rashmi Sahoo, an assistant teacher at Government High School, Chandrasekharpur...

New Delhi, March 19 India will host the prestigious World Indoor Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar, as the international body awarded the hosting rights to the country at its council meeting in Torun, Poland, on Thursday.The decision was made at the World Athletics Council meeting a day...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 Altogether, 6,578 people were killed due to lightning, drowning, and snakebites in Odisha in the last two financial years, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari told the assembly on Thursday.In response to a question from MLA Chakramani Kanhar, the...

Bhubaneswar, March 18 Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday suspended four officers for dereliction of duty, two days after a fire incident at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack claimed the lives of 12 patients, officials said.The suspended officials include three...

Bhubaneswar, March 18 The regional passport office in Bhubaneswar received a bomb threat via email on Wednesday, which later turned out to be a hoax, police said.According to police, passport officials received an email warning that a bomb had been planted on the premises.Acting swiftly...

Bhubaneswar, March 18 The Odisha government has installed rooftop solar plants on 56,793 buildings across the state under a central scheme, Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo told the Assembly on Wednesday.Responding to a written question by BJD legislator Arun Sahoo, the deputy chief minister...

Bhubaneswar, March 17 A day after some party MLAs cross-voted in favor of the independent candidate Dilip Ray, backed by the BJP, in the Rajya Sabha elections, the opposition BJD issued a show cause notice to six lawmakers on Tuesday, asking them to explain their actions, which were considered a...

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack (Odisha), March 17 The death toll from the devastating fire at the government-run SCB Medical College and Hospital here rose to 12 on Tuesday, after two more patients succumbed to their burn injuries.Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling informed the assembly...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday responded to his predecessor and BJD president Naveen Patnaik over the latter's remarks on cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha elections, saying that his comments describing some MLAs as having a "criminal past" were an affront...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Voting for the four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha ended at 6 pm on Monday, as at least five MLAs from the opposition BJD and Congress reportedly voted in favour of the BJP-backed Independent candidate, Dilip Ray.The polling for the Rajya Sabha elections was held in the...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 At least three people were killed and one person was injured when a speeding car hit pedestrians and fell into a roadside ditch on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on Monday, police said.The incident occurred near the Uttara area, under the jurisdiction of the Pipili police...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Voting for the four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha was halted for about half an hour on Monday due to a dispute over the issuance of a second ballot paper to a BJP MLA.The BJD agent, representing the opposition, objected to the issuance of a second ballot paper to BJP MLA...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Polling for four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha is underway in the assembly complex on Monday, with the opposition BJD and Congress accusing the ruling BJP of indulging in "horse trading".As the voting commenced at 9 am, Health and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mukesh...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Polling for four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha began on Monday, with the opposition BJD accusing the ruling BJP of engaging in "horse trading."Voting commenced at 9 am and will continue until 4 pm at the assembly complex, where MLAs have begun casting their ballots, an...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Polling for four Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha will be held on Monday, with the opposition BJD accusing the ruling BJP of engaging in "horse trading".The voting for the RS polls will be held in the state after a gap of 12 years, as this time, five candidates are in the...