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Puri: Thousands of devotees thronged Jagannath Temple on Monday here to witness rituals of Snan Purnima or Hati Besa of Lord Jagannath and His siblings, the prelude to Rath Yatra, which begins on July 4. On the auspicious occasion, Lord Jagannath and His siblings, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra, and Sudarsan were given a ceremonial […]
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Bhubaneswar: At least three more new Cyber Crime Police stations will be set up in Bhubaneswar, Balasore and Jeypore, said Director General of Police (DGP) Dr RP Sharma on the sidelines of inaugural function of a four-day specialised training programme on cyber crime. Sharma said three new cyber police stations have been proposed as there […]
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Bhubaneswar: Balasore MP and Union Minister of State (MoS) Pratap Chandra Sarnagi surprised everyone by taking oath in Sanskrit as a member of the 17th Lok Sabha on Monday. The Minister of State (MoS) for MSME and Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries pledged that he would abide by constitution in delivering his duties. The oath […]
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Puri: Odisha police has put in place elaborate security arrangements here for Snan Purnima festival of Lord Jagannath and His siblings scheduled on Monday. “Three commandants, 9 Deputy Commandants or ASPs, 37 Inspectors, 16 DSPs, 225 officers, 42 platoon police and 550 home guards have been deployed for Snan Yatra,” said IG (Central Range) Soumendra […]
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Bhubaneswar: The narrow and muddy lanes of Salia Sahi slum here reverberated with songs and dances to the popular numbers of Odia and Hindi films and folk music by the women and girls marking the last day of the three-day Raja festival. Various rounds of competitions like music chair, quiz, straw-ball game and rangoli were […]
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Bhubaneswar: The weekly Ekamra Walks resumed on Sunday after a gap of more than a month. Today, Ekamra Walks, organisers of the only guided heritage trails in the capital city of Bhubaneswar, played the role of a green crusader with distribution of eco-friendly pens among the visitors on Sunday. After a brief break following the […]
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Bolangir: Demanding immediate arrest of Patnagarh MLA Saroj Meher for forcing a Public Works Department Junior Engineer (JE) to do sit-ups in public glare, Bolangir District Tribal Welfare Association on Sunday decided to launch stir from Monday. The victim belonged to a tribal community. The association decided to stage demonstration in front of all block […]
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Malkangiri: Malkangiri district police has distributed identity cards to at least 85 senior citizens as part of efforts to protect them in the Maoist-affected district. District Superintendent of Police (SP) Jagmohan Meena on Saturday distributed the ID cards to the senior citizens in a programme organised at district police headquarters. Through these ID cards, senior […]
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Bhubaneswar: As many as 34 students of DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur have qualified the JEE Advanced, results of which were published on Friday. Swayam Prakash Singh with 1430 AIR topped the list from the school. Along with him Pratikhya Ranjit, Sagar Das, Arman Atibuddhi were placed within 5,000 All India Rank (AIR). A total 19 […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday attended the NITI Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and demanded that natural calamity be included as criteria for according Special Category Status to Odisha. “Natural calamity should be included as a criteria for according Special Category Status to Odisha. As an interim […]
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