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Bhubaneswar: The State Film awards for the year 2020, 2021 and 2022 were declared by Odia Language, Literature & Culture Minister Suryabanshi Suraj here at Sanskriti Bhawan, Thursday. Among the top awardees, ace writer, director and dramatist Anant Mohapatra has been selected to receive the...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Thursday called for the immediate arrest of senior BJP leader and MLA Jayanarayan Mishra after the Supreme Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea. BJD spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sulata Deo made the demand, emphasising that Mishra should be held accountable for...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday waived food fees for students of 455 school hostels and ordered a one-rupee hike in mid-day meal price per student. Speaking at the state-level children's festival, ‘Suravi', which began on November 12, Majhi said the state government...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Pralhad Joshi Thursday flagged off 10 battery-operated vehicles in Puri and inaugurated a two-day ‘Chintan Shivir’ in Bhubaneswar focused on the progress of renewable energy in the country. Joshi handed over the eco-friendly vehicles to the Shree...

Bhubaneswar: The Army officer and his fiancee who were allegedly tortured in custody inside Bharatpur police station in the Odisha capital Bhubaneswar, Thursday appeared before a judicial commission probing into the case and recorded their statement. Commission Secretary Suvendu Mohanty said the panel had summoned...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Thursday dismissed an anticipatory bail plea of Odisha MLA and BJP leader Jayanarayan Mishra who is accused of slapping a female police officer during a protest outside Sambalpur Collectorate in 2022. A bench comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti rejected...

Bhubaneswar: A 45-year-old woman who was injured after falling from a moving two-wheeler when miscreants tried to snatch her gold chain, died in Bhubaneswar, police said Thursday. The deceased was identified as U Bishnu Patra, a resident of Bhubaneswar, they said. The incident happened Monday...

Balasore: An 80-year-old woman was mauled to death by a stray dog in Odisha's Balasore district Thursday, police said. The dog was also beaten to death by locals, they said. The woman, identified as Basanti Sahu, was sleeping when the dog entered her house in...

Bhubaneswar: Holding the previous BJD government "responsible" for the "miseries" of farmers in Odisha, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday said that the state government will now pay an additional Rs 800 per quintal of paddy to cultivators. Farmers will get the additional Rs 800...

Koraput: The Central University of Odisha (CUO) has opened a germplasm plot at its Landiguda campus in Koraput to study different varieties of indigenous crops for conservation and potential reintroduction to mainstream agriculture. CUO vice-chancellor Chakradhar Tripathi inaugurated the germplasm conservation crop field Wednesday, an...