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Bhubaneswar: The Health department is scheduled to hold a crucial meeting January 15 to address concerns regarding Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in the state and to prepare strategies to implement guidelines, if issued, by the Centre. The meeting assumes significance as deliberations will be made with...

Bhubaneswar: The second Patha Utsav of the year at Jagamara New Road witnessed overwhelming enthusiasm and response from the citizens when the street turned into a stage. The event, launched by Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra, Ekamra-Bhubaneswar MLA Babu Singh, City Mayor...

Kendrapara: The crew of a fishing trawl allegedly attacked a patrol vessel in the prohibited seawaters of Odisha's Gahirmatha marine sanctuary, a forest official said Sunday. The attack was allegedly pre-planned by the crew, who were illegally fishing near the Babubali coast, the official added....

Malkangiri: A huge cache of arms and ammunition has been seized in a dense forest in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said Sunday. The arms dump, suspected to be of Maoists, was unearthed when District Voluntary Force (DVF) personnel were conducting a search operation in Jinelguda...

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik has announced that he would bear the expenses of studies of both minor daughters of the BMC employee who was killed in Bhubaneswar in broad daylight a few days ago. The 36-year-old man, Sahadev Nayak,...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday virtually flagged off pilgrim bus services from Odisha to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh for the Maha Kumbh Mela. The luxury buses will operate from Puri, Sambalpur, Bhawanipatna and Berhampur. The buses will go to Ayodhya via Varanasi and...

Berhampur: The managing committee of Aska Cooperative Sugar Industries Ltd (ACSIL) in Odisha has increased sugarcane price by Rs 420 to Rs 3,500 per tonne this year, officials said. The factory will also bear the transportation charge of sugarcane beyond the 10-km distance this time,...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to study the pattern of migration of birds visiting Chilika Lake every year during winter, the Odisha government fitted solar-powered trackers on two flamingos for the first time. A senior forest department official said that the solar-powered trackers with global positioning...

Hatadihi (Keonjhar): Irregularities have come to light in spending of funds under the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) in Keonjhar. Allegations indicate widespread corruption through approvals for various projects. Significant expenses were incurred for a single project, despite trust board meetings not being held in regular...

Chandikhole: Excavation work has resumed at Ratnagiri, the world-famous Buddhist site in Jajpur district, revealing numerous ancient Buddhist relics. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), during its ongoing excavation, has discovered a fragmented statue of Gautama Buddha, a stone-crafted elephant, and remains of fragmented ancient...