Puri: The chariot-making process for the annual Rath Yatra in Puri started here Wednesday as part of the 'Akshaya Trutiya' rituals in the 12th-century Shree Jagannath Temple here. The day also marked the beginning of the Lord's 42-day 'Chandan Jatra' as per tradition in the...
Bhubaneswar: A man was killed allegedly by his younger brother in Santipalli slum in Bhubaneswar, police said Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Hamidul Khan, elder brother of the prime accused Imat Khan, a police officer said. On a trivial matter, there was a quarrel...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has provided home guard jobs to widows of two police officers who died in a road accident while on duty in April this year. During the day, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi gave them the appointment letters for the post of...
Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Wednesday urged the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) to intervene and take action on alleged rising child abuse cases in the state and also "deteriorating" law and order situation, particularly in Ganjam district. A delegation of the BJD...
Bhubaneswar: At least three persons from Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district were among the 14 killed in the devastating fire at a hotel in central Kolkata, family sources claimed. The deceased from Jagatsinghpur have been identified as Manoj Kumar Patra (45), Dushmanta Kumar Nayak (46) and Dushmanta...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha vigilance Wednesday arrested the superintendent of excise of Dhenkanal on the charge of corruption, an official said. "Acting on an intelligence input, our team Tuesday intercepted the official near Deulasahi road in Dhenkanal when she was travelling back home from office with...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) Wednesday said it will re-conduct the Anthropology optional Papers I and II of the Odisha Civil Services (OCS) Main Written Examination 2023 because of serious faults detected during the tests held April 27. The written examination for Anthropology...
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Wednesday welcomed the Union Cabinet's decision to include caste enumeration in the next Census exercise. BJD president and former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik claimed that his regional outfit had been demanding a caste-based census for long, as his...
Balasore: A court in Odisha's Balasore district Wednesday sentenced a man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of defrauding investors. The designated court set up under the Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 2011, also slapped a...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday disbursed Rs 1,025 crore for 51 lakh farmers under the CM Kisan Assistance Scheme during Krushak Dibas held on the occasion of ‘Akshaya Tritiya’ in Bhubaneswar. Financial assistance of Rs 2,000 each was credited to the bank...
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