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Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal Friday slammed BJP government in Odisha for attempting to take mileage from the Singapore President's visit to the World Skill Centre and a vaccine manufacturing plant in the state. BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty welcoming the visit of the Singapore...

Bhubaneswar: Terming dowry as a social stigma, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Friday asked all sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs) to strictly enforce the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 to make Odisha a dowry-free state. Parida, who is in charge of the Women and Child Development Department, issued...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday flagged off a pilgrimage train carrying 800 senior citizens to Shirdi and Nashik in Maharashtra. Accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida and MLA Babu Singh, Majhi gave the green signal to the Bhubaneswar-Shirdi-Nashik special train under...

Kendrapara: A 16-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped in June last year, attempted to kill herself by consuming poison on court premises in Kendrapara Friday, police said. She was first taken to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack and then to the Government...

Berhampur: The midwinter bird census in major water bodies across Odisha, including the Chilika lagoon, the biggest waterfowl habitat in the country, will be conducted Saturday. A training programme for the enumerators was held at the Wetland Training and Research Centre (WTRC) near Chilika Friday,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday signed eight MoUs with Singapore-based organizations for collaborations in different fields including skill development, green energy and industrial park development. The MoUs were signed in the presence of Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Maji, Union Minister Dharmendra...

Kota: An 18-year-old NEET aspirant from Odisha allegedly hanged himself in his hostel room in Kota -- the third such case in Kota this year -- police said Friday. Officials said that no suicide note was recovered from the room. The incident occurred in Ambedkar...

Sundargarh: Efforts are on to rescue three workers believed to have been trapped for hours under the debris of a coal hopper, a large iron structure, which collapsed in a cement factory in Odisha's Sundargarh district, officials said Friday. The authorities have been removing the...

Bhubaneswar: Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam arrived in the Odisha capital Friday on a two-day visit to the state, during which several memorandums of understanding (MoUs) will be signed between the island country and the coastal state. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Union Education Minister...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday hiked the monthly remuneration of junior teachers from Rs 11,000 to Rs 16,000, the CMO said in a statement. This hike will benefit around 13,740 teachers across the state, it said, adding that Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved the...