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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government is all set to renovate and beautify the historic Atharanala bridge, widely known as the entrance of Srikshetra and Puri town. A meeting to this effect was convened under the chairmanship of Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Panda here on Monday at the Secretariat. The meeting revealed that Centre has made […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday directed district collectors of 12 districts- Sundargarh, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh and Boudh to stay on high alert in view of the flood threat triggered by heavy rains in these districts. “The Chief Miister asked the concerned departments to keep a […]

Sabyasachi Panda Bhubaneswar: With the 10-day police remand of Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda ending on Monday, the Crime Branch police are all set to take Panda on 10-day remand from Tuesday. “We have submitted all the necessary documents of Sabyasachi Panda along with the Nayagarh SDJM Court’s order allowing the Crime Branch to bring him […]

Bhubaneswar: The cyclonic storm formed in Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast turned into a low pressure on Sunday triggering fear particularly among the flood affected people in nine districts in Odisha. “Under the influence of the low pressure widespread rainfall in most parts of the state with heavy to very heavy rainfall at one […]

Noncompliance may lead to cancellation of NOC, allotment of land Bhubaneswar: In pursuance of the direction of the Supreme Court, the Health and Family Welfare department on Friday issued a notification instructing all private hospitals and nursing homes, who have been allotted Government land at subsidised rates, to submit monthly reports on compliance with the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Minority Forum strongly condemned the communal remarks made by Goa Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza that India is a Hindu country and that he is a Christian Hindu. The Forum unequivocally slammed these communal statements made by D’Souza and termed his action as political opportunism. Forum president Dr. Sasmit Patra in a […]

Bhubaneswar: KIIT hosted Iftar party during the holy month of Ramzan on Friday. Significance of the month of Ramzan and Iftar were discussed on the occasion, an annual event at KIIT, which was attended by Dr. A. Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS, Prof. P. P. Mathur, Vice Chancellor, KIIT University, Dr. Sasmita Samanta, Registrar and […]

Bhubaneswar: Cancer and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are dreaded words worldwide. But generally, the Hepatitis-B infection is less discussed and feared though it is a killer and 100 times more infectious than HIV because people are not yet aware about the threat it poses. This ignorance is causing at least one million deaths across […]

Bhubaneswar: Distribution of liquor to the party cadres to imbibe their spirit and energy for campaign and to the common people to buy vote by major political parties during election time is very common in the State. But the range of consumption of liquor is so high during the last general election which is unimaginable by any sensible person in […]

Bhubaneswar: A four member team of Jana Jagaran and ActionAid on Thursday called on governor Dr SC Jamir and apprised him about the improper implementation of provision for Panchayats’ Extension to Scheduled Areas Act-1996 (PESA) in tribal pockets.   The members also submitted a sample study report which was undertaken in four district like- Koraput, […]