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Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to auction 12 natural ponds in the city for fish farming, with an aim to generate revenue while ensuring their conservation and maintenance. BMC Additional Commissioner Kailash Chandra Dash said the initiative would help generate revenue through the...

Anugola: A special vaccination campaign for sickle cell patients has been launched in Anugola district to protect them from serious pneumococcal infections and reduce disease-related complications. Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Mukesh Mahaling inaugurated the campaign at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH), Monday. Anugola...

Chhatrapur: A joint team of Aryapalli Marine Police and the Marine Fisheries Department seized a fishing trawler from Andhra Pradesh for allegedly fishing illegally in Odisha’s territorial waters and detained the fishermen aboard the vessel. According to reports, the trawler was allegedly fishing illegally off...

Khordha: Several landless families residing in Badha Sabarsahi of Jemadei mouza under Khordha municipality have approached the district collector seeking legal rights over the government land they have reportedly been occupying for more than 30 years. The families submitted a petition to the collector seeking...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: With Durga Puja drawing closer, excitement is building across the City as puja committees race against time to complete their elaborate pandals and prepare to welcome Goddess Durga. Among the prominent celebrations this year, Nayapalli Durga Puja Committee is set to...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: A few days after the Election Commission of India (ECI) directed the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of 20 states and Union Territories (UTs) to run a special drive to enrol voters left out during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-2026, the state...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Election Commission (SEC) Tuesday held a meeting with representatives of various political parties to discuss the preparation of a transparent, impartial and error-free electoral roll for the upcoming Panchayat and Municipal Elections-2027. According to an official statement, representatives of various recognised...

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday criticised the Opposition over its protest against the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, asserting that the Opposition lacked substantive issues against the BJP governments at the Centre and in...

Bhubaneswar: A POCSO court in Bhubaneswar Tuesday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old girl near her school in July last year, a government counsel said. The court of ad hoc Additional Sessions Judge Saroj Kumar Sahoo also imposed...

Bhubaneswar/Koraput: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday urged the Centre to set up another defence manufacturing unit in the state, saying its growing industrial ecosystem can help India achieve self-reliance in defence production. He made the request while sharing the stage with Defence Minister...