BJD MLA arrested over sit-up row day before Assembly session

Bolangir: In a major development, Bolangir police on Monday Patnagarh BJD MLA Saroj Meher in connection with an FIR lodged against him for forcing a Government Junior Engineer (JE) to do sit ups in public on June 5 after blaming him for the low quality of an under-construction road at Gambhari village in Belpada block. […]

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Online Plus-III admission process begins in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Online admission into degree colleges for Plus-III courses started across the State at 11 am on Monday. The e-admission process into Plus-III courses at all degree, (self-financing) and Sanskrit colleges across the State is being held for the academic Session 2019-20. While online application is available on the website, http://www.samsodisha.gov.in, the last date to […]

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Sit-up row: Patnagarh BJA MLA Saroj Meher detained, likely to be arrested

Bolangir: In a major development, Bolangir police has detained Patnagarh BJD MLA Saroj Meher in connection with an FIR lodged against him for forcing a Government Junior Engineer (JE) to do sit ups in public on June 5 after blaming him for the low quality of an under-construction road at Gambhari village in Belpada block. […]

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Vedanta donates 5K dustbins in Jharsuguda

Bhubaneswar: The Vedanta Limited has donated 5,000 dustbins to the Jharsuguda district administration with aim for effective waste management  in the Jharsuguda Municipality area. On June 20, the first phase of distribution took place at Sunarimunda, where 100 twin bins (blue for dry waste and yellow for wet waste) were distributed to the people. The […]

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Bhubaneswar ILS scientist gets national award for research on anti-chikungunya virus

Bhubaneswar: In a major recognition, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar scientist Dr Soma Chattopadhyay has been selected for the Biotech Product, Process Development and Commercialization Award-2019 by the Department of Biotechnology of the Central Government. The award was given to her for her scientific contribution for development of antibodies against the non-structural proteins (nsP1, nsP2, […]

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Hyderabad-Guwahati flight makes emergency landing in Bhubaneswar after ruckus by passenger

Bhubaneswar: An IndiGo flight from Hyderabad-Guwahati made an emergency landing at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here this morning after a mentally-disturbed passenger allegedly created disturbances. After offloading the passenger, the flight took off to its scheduled destination, sources said. A few minutes after takeoff, a passenger identified as Irsad Ali, who was accompanied by […]

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BJP to meet to elect leader of legislature party today

Bhubaneswar: The BJP Legislature Party (LP) would meet here today to elect its leader who will eventually be the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the State Assembly. Apart from Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, and party State-unit president Basanta Panda, the BJP legislature party meeting will be attended by BJP national general secretary and MP Saroj […]

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Australian students join Monks, Caves & Kings Heritage trail

Bhubaneswar: At least eleven Australian students from city-based Centurion University joined the 73rd Monks, Caves and Kings Heritage trail at the Twin Hills of Khandagiri and Udayagiri on Saturday. The walk began in front of the facade of the Udayagiri Hill at 6.30 am and continued through the various caves. The visitors were enthralled by […]

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Vedanta’s Shiksha Sambal helps 76% students crack Matric exam

Lanjigarh: Vedanta Lanjigarh’s flagship educational initiative ‘Shiksha Sambal’ has enabled 76% of the total number of students, who had appeared for the annual High School Certificate Examination (HSC) or Matriculation, to pass with flying colours in Kalahandi district. The overall district success rate in matriculation in Kalahandi stood at 59.76% followed by Rayagada 60.89%. In […]

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