FIH Odisha Men’s Hockey Junior World Cup to be held sans spectators in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, October 26: The FIH Odisha Men’s Hockey Junior World Cup Bhubaneswar-2021 scheduled to begin on November 24, will be a telecast-only affair as Hockey India and FIH jointly decided to hold the marquee quadrennial tournament under closed-doors. With the sheer popularity of the sport in this region and expected crowds in the Kalinga […]

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Orissa High Court declares appointment of 378 OCS officers valid

Cuttack, October 26: The Orissa High Court on Tuesday declared the appointment of as many as 378 Odisha Civil Service (OCS) officers as valid and quashed the decision of the State Administrative Tribunal’s (SAT) decision. On the basis of an Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) advertisements of 2006, as many as 73 OAS (Class-I), 207 […]

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ABHYAS: DRDO successfully flight test high speed expendable aerial target off Odisha coast

ABHYAS is designed & developed by DRDO’s Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru The current flight test is carried out as a part of developmental flight trials Balasore, October 22: ABHYAS – the High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) was successfully flight-tested on Friday by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), […]

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CM launches Biju Swasthya Smart Card in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj

Mayurbhanj, October 22: Stepping up the transformation of public healthcare in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched distribution of Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) Smart Health Cards in Mayurbhanj district. The Chief Minister distributed the BSKY Smart Cards in a special function held in the district headquarters at Baripada. On the occasion, the […]

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Odisha STF seizes 1.43 kg brown sugar, arrests inter-State drug peddler

Bhubaneswar, October 21: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch has seized 1.43 kg brown sugar and arrested one inter-State drug peddler on Wednesday following a raid in Tangi area in Cuttack district, said a STF release on Thursday. “On the basis of intelligence input, a raid was conducted by a team […]

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Mahanga Tehsildar defies transfer order; Govt mum

Bhubaneswar, October 20: The Odisha Government has failed to implement its order of transferring Mahanga Tehsildar in Cuttack district even after the passage of more than one month, strengthening the speculation of political intervention. The Revenue and Disaster Management Department in its notification on September 14, 2021 had notified transfer of Mahanga Tehsildar Madhusudan Nayak […]

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Teacher Mamita missing case: ‘Most wanted’ Gobinda Sahu arrested in Odisha’s Bolangir

Bolangir, October 19: Gobinda Sahu, the prime accused in the sensational Mamita Meher kidnapping-murder case, was nabbed from Budhipadar village under Bangomunda block in the district on Tuesday. “Prime accused in sindhikela ps case has been apprehended. He absconded from Police custody earlier,” tweeted Bolangir SP. Earlier in the day, Balangir SP had announced Rs […]

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Mission Sanjeevani: Oxfam India distributes medical equipment in Kalahandi

Bhubaneswar, October 19: Medical equipment for prevention of Covid-19 was distributed at the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Thuamul Rampur of Kalahandi district on Tuesday under Mission Sanjeevani of Oxfam India. The equipment were distributed by Oxfam India Project Officer Charles Jimmy Bachmann in the presence of Block Programme Manager Deepak Majhi, Medical Officer Dr. […]

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Two leopard skins seized, one arrested in Odisha’s Boudh

Bhubaneawar/Boudh, October 19: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch with the help of Boudh Forest officials seized two leopard skins and has arrested one person following a raid near Kapasira village under Manmunda forest range, STF said on Tuesday. The accused was identified as Jibardhan Bhoi of Dundra village under Kantamal […]

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