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Nayagada: 30 hurt as bus plunges into paddy field

Bhubaneswar/Nayagada: At least 30 people were injured Tuesday after a bus carrying them plunged into a paddy field following a collision with an unauthorised concrete speed breaker on the Nayagada bypass, police said. The accident occurred around 2am when the Bhubaneswar-bound bus lost control after...

CM reviews plan to ease traffic, beautify twin cities

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday reviewed plans for a permanent solution to the growing traffic congestion in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, while stressing the need to improve their overall appearance and infrastructure. A high-level review meeting was held at Lok...

Bad road: Woman, baby carried on stretcher

Lanjigada: In what has once again highlighted the lack of all-weather roads in remote pockets of the state, a woman and her newborn daughter had to be carried on a stretcher for nearly half a km to reach the ambulance waiting at a distance in...

HC orders adequate boats for flood-hit Pattamundai villagers

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has come to the aid of flood-hit villagers in Pattamundai block of Kendrapada district, directing the state government to ensure the immediate deployment of an adequate number of power and manual boats to restore connectivity for residents cut off by...

B S Mishra appointed member of Odisha human rights panel

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday appointed advocate Biraja Shankar Mishra as a member of the state human rights commission, an official notification said. The appointment will be effective from the date on which Mishra assumes office, it said. The rights panel was being run by chairperson...

Odisha official held while accepting Rs 8,000 bribe

Malkangiri: Odisha Vigilance Department Tuesday arrested a revenue inspector for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 8,000 from a caste certificate applicant, officials said. Suraj Bala, the revenue inspector of Jharapali circle in Malkangiri district, was apprehended while receiving the bribe amount from...

Odisha launches overseas scholarship scheme for SC, ST students

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday launched a new scholarship scheme for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students seeking to pursue postgraduate and PhD courses at top-ranked foreign universities. Named 'Bidesh Sikhyabruti', the scheme has been introduced under the Mukhyamantri Medhabi Chhatra Protsahan Yojana (MMCPY)...

 

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