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Dhenkanal: A private bus carrying around 50 passengers veered off the road and entered a pit near Shakti Sugar square on NH-55 in Dhenkanal district Sunday. Reports stated that all the passengers are safe. The bus, named ‘Pooja,’ was travelling from Telkoi in Kendujhar district...

Bhubaneswar: Damana Market remains one of the prominent markets in Bhubaneswar, catering to thousands of residents of the City’s northern neighbourhoods. Spread over 8 acres and 162 decimals, the market currently operates on around 4 acres due to certain legal disputes. Established August 12, 1990,...

Jajpur: A 32-year-old woman was allegedly raped by two men at Chandikhole area in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said Sunday. Two accused were arrested Saturday, after the woman filed a complaint at Kalinga Nagar police station Wednesday night, they said. The incident took place Tuesday...

Phulbani: Water woes, absence of a dining hall and poor infrastructure have made schooling difficult for children at Gochhapada Government Primary School in Kandhamal district raising concerns among students and parents. Despite repeated appeals to education officials to address the prob lems, little action has...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government will undertake a high-level investment outreach to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from September 9 to 11, led by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, with a strategic focus on attracting global capital, strengthening export-oriented industries and building new investment and business linkages...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has asked every district to develop five to 10 smaller tourism destinations as part of a fresh push to take tourism beyond established hotspots and make it a driver of rural economic growth, employment and local enterprise. Chief Secretary Anu Garg...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police Saturday arrested Pramod Kumar Sahoo, former director of real estate company M/s Mishra Creations Pvt Ltd, in connection with an alleged cheating and fraud case involving its ‘UTOPIA’ housing project at Chandaka. Sahoo was arrested in...

Bhubaneswar: The 17th Odisha Environment Congress (OES), scheduled to be held at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, from November 3 to 5, will focus on climate change, biodiversity conservation, environmental protection, sustainable development and the use of technology to protect natural resources. A...

Bhubaneswar: Joint Secretary in the department of Financial Services, Central Government, Shalini Pandit Saturday urged banks to take concerted measures to improve Odisha’s Credit-Deposit (CD) ratio and bring it on par with the national average. Addressing the 184th State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) meeting here,...

Bhubaneswar: Four teachers from Odisha were among 82 from across the country who received the prestigious National Teachers’ Awards from President Droupadi Murmu at a special ceremony in New Delhi Teachers’ Day Saturday. While 48 teachers were from the Department of School Education and Literacy,...