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Bhubaneswar: Former PCC president Niranjan Patnaik has criticized the BJP for betraying the trust of the people by increasing passenger rail fare by 14.2 % and freight by 6 % at a time when the country is already reeling under severe inflationary pressure because of rise in prices of onion and potatoes and there is […]

Surjya Patro alone receives Rs 54,35,13 Bhubaneswar: A total of Rs 12,34,141 has been spent towards medical treatment of as many as four former and current Ministers of the State from the State exchequer during 2005 to 2014. As per the information provided by the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry PIO on an RTI application filed by […]

Bhubaneswar: MLAs cutting across party lines on Sunday met Odisha Energy Minister Pranab Prakash Das and urged him to expedite the finalization and implementation of a robust solar power policy in Odisha.   The MLAs, Anant Das, Amar Satpathy, Prafulla Samal, Prasant Muduli of BJD, Chiranjeev Biswal and Ansuman Mohanty of Congress and Dilip Ray […]

Bhubaneswar: Putting all the speculations to rest the Orissa High Court on Friday upheld the view of upheld the views of Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Govardhan Peeth Swami Nischalananda Saraswati and the Jagannath Temple Management Committee on the issue of devotees climbing the chariots and touching the deities and has directed Odisha government to provide supports […]

Bhubaneswar: Acting on a tip off the Quick Action Team (QAT) of the Commissionerate Police along with the Khandagiri police on Friday raided a duplicate zarda and gutkha factory at Jokalandi in Bharatpur and arrested seven persons from the spot.    The police also seized a gutkha manufacturing machine, a weighing machine, a packing machine, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Thursday opposed the two per cent hike in the VAT on petrol and diesel by the BJD Government and said the hike is anti-poor. The party too demanded immediate withdrawal of the hike.    “The hike in the VAT on petrol and diesel will affect poor people […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) on Tuesday announced special tour packages for the ensuing annual Rath Yatra and Bahuda Yatra scheduled on June 29 and July 7 respectively at Puri.    According to OTDC chairman Narendra Swain the OTDC has developed a one day package for tourists of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack and two […]

Bhubaneswar: Odia sprinter Dutee Chand was felicitated at the KIIT campus upon her arrival in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. Dutee, who is a student of KIIT Law School, won double gold – women’s 200 m and 400 m x 4 relay – in the recently concluded Junior Asian Athletic Championship held in Taipei, China from June […]