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Bhubaneswar: Several organisations, including opposition BJD, Thursday submitted memoranda to the parliamentary committee on welfare of other backward classes (OBCs) demanding a caste-based census in Odisha for proper well-being of the community. The organisations met committee chairperson Ganesh Singh here. The BJD delegation, which was...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday advised former MLA and BJD leader Dipali Das to write to the Chief Minister requesting a CBI probe into the murder of her father, former minister Naba Kishore Das, January 29, 2023. This was said by law minister Prithviraj Harichandan...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government constituted a 16-member committee Thursday to develop the state curriculum framework in alignment with the National curriculum framework. In a notification, the School and Mass Education department said that a state steering committee was formed under the chairmanship of Prof Nityananda...

Bhubaneswar: Two persons were killed and another two critically injured after their car fell into a pond in Odisha's Konark area, police said Thursday. The deceased were identified as Sanatan Senapati of Balasore district and Sandeep Mohapatra of Puri district. According to the police, the...

Keonjhar/Hatadihi: The state Planning and Convergence department has sought a report pertaining to alleged irregularities in the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) funds in Keonjhar district. The allegations include advance salary payments to Project Management Unit (PMU) staff hired by E&Y LLP, absence of required documentation,...

Rajnagar: Unlawful fishing activity has taken a heavy toll on the endangered Olive Ridley turtles as forest officials recovered the carcass of a turtle weighing 40kg from a trawler seized during a face-off with fishermen illegally fishing in the prohibited zone of Gahirmatha marine sanctuary...

Raighar: Six masked miscreants allegedly attacked a businessman with sticks and looted `15 lakh from him in broad daylight at Raighar in Nabarangpur district Wednesday. According to reports, Raighar-based businessman Abdul Ansari, along with his two employees, Guddu Dhoba and Yunus Lathia, was on his...

Gopalpur: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will construct two overbridges and six underpasses on National Highway-16 in Ganjam district in order to ease traffic and prevent accidents, according to sources. The stretch of NH-16 from Andhra Pradesh border to Puintola Square in Ganjam...

Berhampur: Two couples have been arrested for allegedly cheating at least 11 job seekers of over Rs 11.70 lakh in Ganjam district on the pretext of getting them jobs in a company at Bhubaneswar, police said Wednesday. The arrested couple identified as Ganesh Nayak, 42,...

RAJESH MOHANTY, OP Rourkela: Doctors at Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here successfully performed a critical plastic surgery on an 18-year-old male patient from Banki Karamtoli hamlet of Indrapur village under Raiboga tehsil in Sundargarh district, according to IGH sources. The patient, a beneficiary of Biju...