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Bhubaneswar, August 31:  Research and Development Initiative along with Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Indian Oil Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation would organise nation’s first international conference on cooking gas here on Thursday. Jharkhand Governor Droupadi Murmu would inaugurate the two-day conference. Besides, the conference would be addressed by a cross section of dignitaries, including Union Minister […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 31: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Bridge Partnership Asia Pacific PTE Ltd, Singapore and the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), India, laying the foundation of a Kalinga Fellowship on Tuesday. KIIT & KISS founder Dr Achyuta Samanta and Asia Pacific MD Simon McKenzie signed the agreement behalf of […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 31: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has refused to conduct an audit the details of the income and expenditure of the Lord Jagannath Temple, Puri. “Audit is being carried out on the basis of provisions contained in the Constitution, CAG’s DPC Act-1971 and various Codes and Manuals as per Audit […]

Jajpur, Aug 30: A youth has been sent to 20 years in jail for raping a minor by the Jajpur District and Sessions Judge Court here on Tuesday. District and Sessions Judge Padmacharan Dash handed down the jail term to 22-year-old Kalindi Mallick, a resident of Daniamoda under Jajpur police station, for raping a 15-year-old […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 30: A day after a sting operation exposed three BJD MLAs allegedly demanding money for helping industrialists, party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday ordered Vigilance probe into the entire incident. The sting operation conducted by a private investigating agency was aired by private TV channel ‘Kanak News’ on Monday. In […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 30: Paralakhemundi MLA K Surya Rao, accused of abetting the suicides of former Parala king’s former manager Anag Manjari Patra and her three siblings, approached the Orissa High Court seeking pre-arrest bail on Monday. The MLA moved the HC at a time when the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of CBI intensified its probe […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 29: Defending party leader Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for his Ola and Uber remarks vis-à-vis ‘Teacher on Call’ plan, the Odisha BJP on Monday said permanent arrangement must be made by the State Government for the betterment of students instead of resorting to hiring teachers. Briefing media persons here […]

Sambalpur, Aug 29: Munawar Khursheed, a 1992-batch Railway Protection Force (RPF) officer, on Monday took over the charge as the seventh Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, a flagship subsidiary of Coal India Limited, under Ministry of Coal. Prior to the new assignment he was the in-charge IG/RPF-cum-Chief Security Commissioner at the SEC […]

Cuttack, Aug 29: In the wake of the Soro incidence where the hospital sweepers broke the limbs and hips of a woman’s body and carried it in a sack due to the negligence of Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel, Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh on Monday directed all district SPs, Twin City DCPs, […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 29: A total of 241 students, including seven doctoral candidates, would receive their degrees at IIT-Bhubaneswar’s 5th Convocation Day here on Tuesday. The graduating students this year include seven PhDs, 55 MTechs, 69 MSc and 110 BTEch students. The ‘President of India Medal’ would be bestowed on Priyam Dey of the School of […]