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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said that Odisha aspires to be among the top five state economies in the country by 2047, when India will celebrate 100 years to independence. While addressing the joint business session between MEA and Odisha organised as part...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said that the residents of the state are overjoyed when people of Indian origin excel abroad. Majhi said this while addressing the young diaspora at the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas event in Bhubaneswar. “You are our cultural...

Bhubaneswar: The 18th Pravsi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention commenced at Bhubaneswar Wednesday with the inauguration of Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. Speaking on the occasion, EAM Jaishankar said that it was customary to hold...

Bolangir: The roads of Khairaguda and Kumuria in Kultapada panchayat of Deogaon block in this district turned red as thousands of animals were sacrificed on the occasion of traditional Sulia Jatra Tuesday. The festival held on the first Tuesday of the lunar fortnight (Sukla Paksha)...

Bhawanipatna: At a time when cold wave is sweeping across Kalahandi district, migratory birds have flocked to Bhatra dam in Junagarh block, making it their favourable destination. Brining cheers to the bird lovers, 10 new species of winged guests have also been spotted in the...

Chhatrapur: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) - UNESCO has recognised four Ganjam villages as ‘Tsunami Ready’ and renewed the certificate of one village at the 2nd World Tsunami Symposium held in Indonesia recently. The villages declared ‘Tsunami Ready’ are: Upulaputti under Chhatrapur block, Kantiagada and Prayagi...

Berhampur: Even as the government has mandated installation of speed governors in passenger and freight vehicles to curb road mishaps, lack of a mechanism to check the functionality of the devices has rendered the plan ineffective. According to reports, most accidents occur due to overspeeding,...

Rourkela: A patient jumped to death from the roof of a medical college and hospital here late Monday night. The deceased was identified as Manoj Dungdung, 39, of Kimjharia village under Kuanrmunda police limits in Sundargarh district. The man with liver ailment had undergone treatment...

Bhubaneswar: In a major crackdown on a financial fraud operation, Income Tax (IT) officials Tuesday conducted raids at 12 locations across the country, including an apartment in Bhubaneswar, a business office in Raghunathpur, and other sites in Jharsuguda, Delhi, Gurgaon, and Jharkhand. The raids are...

Berhampur: BJP MP Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy was acquitted in two cases of cheating by a special court in Odisha's Ganjam district Tuesday. The court also acquitted former IFS officer Abhay Pathak and his son Akash Pathak who were the co-accused in one of the two...