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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has declared the Odia film Mehermunda tax-free in the state. The proposal received the Chief Minister's approval on Tuesday, according to an official release from the Chief Minister's Office. Directed by noted filmmaker Nikunj Hota, Meher Munda is...

Bhubaneswar: The Odia translation of the biography ‘Nandini Satpathy: The Iron Lady of Orissa’ was unveiled at Geeta Gobinda Sadan in Bhubaneswar during a programme organised by BK Publications. The book, originally authored by Pallavi Rebbapragada, has been translated into Odia by Choudhury Ranjita Praharaj....

Bhubaneswar: Two persons were arrested Tuesday for allegedly raping a woman at a beauty parlour in Odisha's Bhubaneswar, police said. The beauty parlour owner, 51, and his 52-year-old staff were apprehended after the woman lodged a complaint at Khandagiri police station. The accused "lured" the...

Bhubaneswar: Four minor girls were rescued from the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bus Terminal (BSABT) under the jurisdiction of Bharatpur police station here in the early hours of Tuesday. According to the terminal’s security staff, the girls arrived at the bus terminal in a distressed state...

Bhubaneswar: In a significant welfare measure for home guards, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved an increase in the Duty Call-up Allowance (DCA) from Rs 639 to Rs 650 per day. According to a statement issued by CM’s Office, the revised allowance will come into...

Bhubaneswar: Of the RS 95,692.31 crore interim allocation released by the Centre to states and Union Territories (UTs) under VB- G RAM G, Odisha was allocated Rs 3,763.80 crore, Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. During a meeting...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday termed Narendra Modi's 12 years of rule as prime minister "the age of absolute transformation" and said the state witnessed fast-paced development under the BJP's rule in the past two years. Modi will create a new record...

Kolkata/Puri: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Tuesday announced the state government will remove the insignia 'Dham' from the state-funded Lord Jagannath Temple and cultural activity premises in Digha, which was inaugurated by former CM Mamata Banerjee in April last year. The premises will now...

Bhubaneshwar: 'Periods are not a curse or impurity. If women can give birth, why should they be stopped from entering a temple or kitchen during menstruation?' Driven by this conviction and drawing from her own experience of undergoing traditional 'purification' rituals after her first period,...

Bhubaneswar: BJP nominee Debashish Samantaray's nomination papers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha by-election from Odisha were found valid, sources said Tuesday. Samantaray had filed four sets of nomination papers for the June 18 by-poll. Following the verification process, election authorities accepted all required documents, officially...