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Bhubaneswar: Fifty-three-year-old Ravi Kumar Singsetti, the US-based CEO of an international firm, expressed happiness over being shortlisted for the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, which he will receive in his home state Odisha. Ravi Kumar will receive the award from President Droupadi Murmu on the concluding...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar Friday chaired the fourth plenary session of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Odisha, titled 'Diaspora Divas: Celebrating Women's Leadership and Influence - Nari Shakti', and remarked that progress is superficial until the human side is addressed. He said...

Bolangir: Serious allegations of large-scale corruption have emerged regarding the use of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) fund in the Bolangir Forest Division over the past 10 years. It is claimed that funds allocated for compensatory afforestation have been misappropriated under...

Rayagada: Two Class VI students drowned in the Nagavali river on the outskirts of Rayagada town Thursday, official sources said. The deceased were identified as CH Bhargav, 12, of Raniguda area and Srinu Kumar Yadav, 12, of Saipriya Nagar in the town. They were studying...

Nabarangpur: In the remote pockets of Nabarangpur district, where medical care once seemed out of reach, Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) Dalimba Mali has emerged as a saviour for pregnant women and patients battling chronic illnesses. Known as the “Nightingale of the Hinterlands”, Mali has...

Bhawanipatna: Police Thursday arrested eight persons in connection with an attack on three constables of Excise department during a raid at an illegal liquor production unit at Karnala village under Bhawanipatna Sadar police limits in Kalahandi district the previous day. The accused were identified as...

Bhograi: The renowned Gangasagar Mela got up to a kick start Thursday at Sagar island under South 24 Parganas district in neighbouring West Bengal close to this block in Balasore district. The fair is held annually on the island also known as Gangasagar or Sagardwip,...

Bhubaneswar: The police Thursday arrested five persons, including two women, in connection with the recent murder of a middle-aged man in Bhubaneswar. The man was allegedly hacked to death by miscreants Wednesday in the state capital. The deceased, identified as Sahadev Nayak, was a trade...

Rourkela: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constable shot himself dead while on duty inside the Rourkela Steel Plant here in the early hours of Thursday, police said. The deceased constable has been identified as Abhinandan PK (23), a native of Kerala. Around 2.30 am,...

Bhubaneswar: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Thursday said that the hydrogen fuel-run train engine developed by Indian Railways has the maximum horsepower in the world. Vaishnaw, who is also the Union Minister in charge of Information and Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, said this while...