Cyclist Swasti Singh conferred with Biju Patnaik Sports Award

Bhubaneswar, August 29: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday presented the prestigious Biju Patnaik Sports Award to cyclist Swasti Singh for her exceptional performance in the field of sports, on the occasion of National Sports Day. Swasti Singh was honoured for her extraordinary achievements and dedication to cycling, which brought laurels to the State. She […]

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LPG Price Cut: Centre slashes cost of cooking gas By Rs 200/Cylinder

New Delhi, August 29: With eyes set firmly on the forthcoming elections, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved reduction in prices of LPG gas cylinders by Rs 200 for all connection holders. In addition to this, the Cabinet also cleared the proposal to give 75 lakh new LPG cylinders connections under the Ujjwala scheme, thus […]

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ECI team to visit Odisha on Sept 13 amid speculations of early elections

Bhubaneswar, August 29: Amid speculations of early Assembly elections in Odisha, Election Commission of India (ECI) officials will visit the State on September 13 to hold discussion with the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and Collectors of all districts. “A team of ECI officials will visit Odisha on September 13 and hold discussions with Collectors […]

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Eminent poet Padma Shri Jayanta Mahapatra passes away at 95

Cuttack, August 27: Internationally acclaimed poet Jayanta Mahapatra passed away while undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital here on Sunday. He was 95. He was suffering from pneumonia. He was admitted to the hospital for last few days. Mahapatra, a celebrated Indian poet writing in English and one of the greatest Odia litterateurs […]

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Trouble mounts for BJD MLA Srikanta Sahu as ‘tortured’ woman leader moves High Court 

Bhubaneswar, August 26: The troubles of senior BJD MLA Srikanta Sahu seem to be mounting after woman BJD leader Sanjukta Mahala, who who had earlier brought physical and mental harassment allegations against the lawmaker, moved the Orissa High Court seeking justice. MLA Sahu, the State Government, Commissioner of Police, Bhubaneswar DCP, Mahila police station IIC […]

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INTACH seeks revival of Manpur’s Wooden Taa’Poi dolls

Bhubaneswar August 26: The legend of Taa’Poi is a primordial Odia folk narrative which is sung during ‘Khudurukuni Osha’ also known as “Bhalukuni Osha”. This festival and the rituals are reflective of Odisha’s glorious maritime history and trading culture and portrays the medieval Kalingans’ great expertise in sea voyage and trade links across the South-East […]

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Odisha: Crorepati Rayagada arrested  

Bhubaneswar, August 25: Vigilance sleuths on Friday arrested Rayagada Territorial Division Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) for possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of 206% of his known sources of income, which he could not account for satisfactorily. The anti-corruption Vigilance sleuths on Thursday detected several properties including a building worth Rs 1.8 crore in […]

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Odisha: Sambalpur-Talcher rail doubling project complete

Sambalpur, August 23: The construction work for Super Critical Doubling work of Talcher-Sambalpur line has been completed on Thursday. Commissioner of Railway Safety (South Eastern Circle) AM Chowdhary today  inspected the doubling and electrification work between Sambalpur City-Sambalpur section (6.10km) in Sambalpur Division. He inspected safety-related aspects like overhead equipments, signal and telecommunication equipments, Railway […]

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Chandrayaan-3 makes historic Moon landing in giant leap for India

New Delhi, August 23: India on Wednesday scripted history by becoming the first country in the world to land the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole, days after a Russian probe Luna-25 crashed in the same region. At 6.04 PM, ISRO’s Vikram lander successfully soft-landed on Moon’s south pole – […]

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‘Tortured’ by IPS officer wife, woman Home Guard attempts suicide, loses both legs; DIG transferred 

Bhubaneswar, August 22: Senior IPS officer and DIG (North Central Range) Brijesh Rai was transferred to the State Police Headquarters after a woman Home Guard alleged she was forced to attempt suicide following torture by the DIG’s wife. The Home Guard, identified as Sairindri Sahu, 47, lost her legs while attempting suicide on railway track. […]

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