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Bhubaneswar/Balasore, March 19 Five people were killed in two separate road accidents in the Ganjam and Balasore districts of Odisha on Thursday, police said.Three people who were travelling on a motorcycle died after their motorcycle collided with a bus at the Patapalli village under the...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 Diamond-bearing stones have been detected in the Nuapada district of Odisha, Steel and Mines Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena told the assembly on Thursday.Technical and economic assessment work is underway, he said, in response to a question by MLA Sanatan Mahakud.The...

Kendrapara, March 19 A dead snake was allegedly found in the 'prasad' served at a religious gathering in Kendrapara district of Odisha, following which panic gripped the area, officials said on Thursday.The incident occurred in Nuagaon in Ward 10 of Pattamundai Municipality on Wednesday night...

Kendrapara (Odisha), March 19 A court here on Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl, which resulted in her becoming pregnant.The POCSO court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the 53-year-old convict, with failure to pay resulting in an additional...

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...

Indore, March 19 The men's doubles competition at the 87th UTT Senior National Table Tennis Championships witnessed a dramatic upset as the top-seeded West Bengal team was eliminated, paving the way for an intriguing semifinal lineup here on Thursday.The biggest headline of the day belonged to...

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...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 Odisha Minister Suresh Pujari informed the Assembly on Thursday that 416 people have lost their lives in fire accidents across the state over the last three financial years.Property worth Rs 27.84 crore and 2,537 houses were damaged in the fire incidents during 2022-23...

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...

March 19, New Delhi – Renowned Padma Shri award-winning sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik celebrated the New Year by creating a 7-foot-high, 15-foot-long sand sculpture at Puri Beach.The sculpture attracted both locals and tourists, who admired Pattnaik's artistry and the festive atmosphere it...

Kolkata, March 19 – Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul is scheduled to chair a crucial meeting on Thursday regarding the publication of the first supplementary list of voters referred for judicial adjudication, which falls under the “logical discrepancy” category.The first...

New Delhi, March 18 Neelam Shami Rao, Secretary, Textiles, reviewed the status of jute cultivation and preparedness for the ongoing crop season on Wednesday, emphasizing the need to ensure the timely availability of high-yielding varieties of certified jute seeds and enhance coordination among...

Bhubaneswar, March 18 – Following the tragic fire incident at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack on March 16, which officially claimed the lives of 12 patients, as many as four individuals – including three fire department officials and one engineer – have been suspended on charges...

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

Bhubaneswar, March 18 The first phase of the Census House Listing Operations (HLO) will begin in all 30 districts of Odisha from April 16 and continue until May 15, a top official said on Wednesday.Addressing a press conference here, Director of Census Operations in Odisha, Nikhil Pavan...

Bhubaneswar, March 18 BJD president Naveen Patnaik said on Wednesday that he initiated the establishment of a charitable trust in the name of his father, Biju Patnaik, before undergoing a major neck surgery in Mumbai last year.The charitable trust, named ‘Biju Naveen Inspirational Foundation’...

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...

New Delhi, March 18 Mafatlal Industries announced on Wednesday that it has secured a contract worth ₹114 crore from the Odisha Computer Application Centre to set up 500 robotics labs across the state.The project will be executed over a period of five years, Mafatlal Industries Ltd said in a...