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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday launched the ‘Sambandh’ mega membership drive aimed at bringing more farmers into Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) and Large Area Multipurpose Cooperative Societies (LAMPCS), and said cooperative institutions should serve as a lifeline for farmers rather than function...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government will clear pension dues of beneficiaries who have not received their old-age pension due to technical glitches by October, state minister Nityananda Gond said Friday. In a written statement to the Assembly, Gond said 20.33 lakh beneficiaries are covered under the Indira...

Thuamul Rampur: Relentless rain and strong winds over the past three days have disrupted normal life across Thuamul Rampur block in Odisha's Kalahandi district, with landslides, fallen trees and rising water levels cutting off several villages and damaging houses and public infrastructure. Sources said several...

Bhubaneswar: Four Left parties in Odisha Friday demanded immediate dismissal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and restoration of the voting rights of people whose names have been "wrongly" excluded during the SIR of electoral rolls. In a joint statement, CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML) Liberation and...

Bhubaneswar: Twenty-four girl students in Odisha became pregnant while staying in hostels of residential schools run by a state government department during the last two years, a minister informed the Assembly Friday. In a written reply to a query of Congress legislator Tara Prasad Bahinipati,...

Nagoya: Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet ended an unusually long wait for a shooting gold and long-distance runner Gulveer Singh sparkled with his 10,000m silver but the first-round exit of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty from the badminton men's doubles event came as a setback for...

Nagoya: India's Manpreet Kaur clinched the bronze medal in women's shot put competition of the Asian Games with an effort of 17.17m here Friday. The gold and silver in this event were claimed by China through Song Jiayuan (19.40m) and Zhang Linru (18.14m). The 36-year-old...

Bhubaneswar: 2015-batch IPS officer Dr Saravana Vivek M Friday took charge as the new Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Bhubaneswar. Vivek was serving as Brahmapur SP before being appointed DCP September 22 in a four-officer IPS reshuffle. He replaces Jagmohan Meena, whose resignation was accepted...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Friday alleged that the safety of tourists in Odisha has become a matter of concern, with incidents of harassment and assault being reported from tourist destinations at regular intervals during the two-and-a-half-year tenure of the BJP government. In...

Baripada: Panic gripped a remote village in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district after a tiger cub was found inside a house, officials said Friday. The incident took place in Khaparakhai village, adjacent to the Similipal National Park, in the Karanjia Forest Division, they said. The tiger cub...