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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has asserted that the economy of Odisha is now future-ready and on course to become an industrial powerhouse. In an official statement Tuesday, the state government described the recent investors’ meets in Hyderabad and Kolkata as a massive success,...

Berhampur: The three-day annual dolphin census began Tuesday in Odisha's Chilika, Asia's biggest brackish water lagoon, officials said. Over 100 persons, including experts, retired forest officers, wildlife activists and forest staff, were engaged in the exercises, carried out by the Chilika Wildlife Division, with support...

Vadodara: Delhi Capitals opted to bowl against Mumbai Indians in their Women's Premier League match here Tuesday. DC are playing 16-year-old Deeya Yadav in place of Minnu Mani, while MI have made four changes to their playing XI. Teams: Delhi Capitals: Shafali Verma, Lizelle Lee...

Bhubaneswar: An arrest warrant has been issued against Odisha Higher Education Commissioner-cum-Secretary Aravind Agrawal, a source said Tuesday. The source stated that Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad of the Orissa High Court issued the warrant, directing authorities to produce Agrawal by January 22. The order was...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Odisha Assembly and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president, Naveen Patnaik, Tuesday expressed deep anguish over the recent killing of a youth belonging to a minority community over allegations of illegal cattle smuggling in Balasore district of the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress leaders Tuesday expressed displeasure after they were denied permission to meet Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati to submit a memorandum seeking restoration of the MGNREGA, which the Centre recently replaced with the VB-G RAM G. The party claimed that a security officer at...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday announced a one-month-long house listing exercise from mid-April as part of the work for Census 2027, a notification said. The notification issued by the Revenue and Disaster Management department said that the house listing exercise will be carried out across the...

Sambalpur: Over 4.21 lakh birds visited Hirakud reservoir in Odisha's Sambalpur district this winter, registering a significant increase from last year. During the bird census at the reservoir covering 5.72 sq km of the power channel area upto the Chhattisgarh border, a total of 4,21,763...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati will unfurl the National Flag and take ceremonial salute at the state-level Republic Day function in Bhubaneswar, while Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will preside over celebrations in Cuttack, an official notification said. A letter issued to different authorities...

Bhubaneswar:  A rare Buddhist relic dating back to the 3rd century BC was brought out of museum and put on public display at Lalitgiri in Jajpur district to allow monks, scholars and devotees from across the country to get an opportunity to have a glimpse...