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Bhubaneswar: AIIMS Bhubaneswar Executive Director and CEO Dr Ashutosh Biswas said the institute has been placed in the top 100 institutions in the country in the overall category, making it one of the few medical institutions to achieve such a distinction. AIIMS Bhubaneswar has been...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Odisha September 27 and address a public meeting in Berhampur, state Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari said Saturday. The final itinerary of the PM's visit is yet to be finalised, but preparations are in full swing, he...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's five-state visit to Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar is "a testament to the scale and speed of progress across the nation." During the visit, the PM is scheduled to inaugurate...

Nandapur/Padua: Coffee plantations in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju district, bordering Odisha’s Koraput district, are facing a severe infestation of the berry borer pest, causing alarm among farmers in Koraput’s Nandapur, Lamtaput and Pottangi blocks. A 500-member team of experts from the Coffee Board, Andhra...

Puri: The Odisha women’s team opened their campaign in the third All-India T10 Tennis Ball Cricket Championship with a commanding seven-wicket victory over Jharkhand at the Shree Jagannath Cricket Stadium in Penthakata Friday. The hosts had already registered an opening-day win against Sikkim, giving them...

Cuttack: The Odisha Pro T20 League (OPTL) announced their revised dates Friday, with the league now kicking off September 17 with the finals to be held September 26. The captain and coaches of six franchises, Cuttack Panthers, Sambalpur Warriors, Puri Titans, Bhubaneswar Tigers, Keonjhar Miners...

Deogarh: A tusker was found dead in the Khasada forest near Chiragunikudar under the Palasama forest section of Riamal in Deogarh district. Villagers spotted the carcass Friday morning and informed the Forest department officials. Alerted, Deogarh Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Rashmi J, Assistant Conservators of...

Balasore: A suspected ISI agent, Asif Ali, was produced before the JMFC Court in Balasore Friday by the Meerut police. Ali, who was earlier lodged in Meerut Jail in Uttar Pradesh in another case, has been brought to Odisha for trial in connection with his...

By Rehmi Yadav, OP Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha has made substantial progress in education, healthcare, nutrition, and child and women empowerment, women’s access to employment is crucial for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary to the government Anu Garg, while addressing...

Bhubaneswar: The police are investigating the disappearance of a 25-year-old woman traffic constable posted in Bhubaneswar September 6, an official said Friday. The missing constable has been identified as Subhamitra Sahoo, a native of Paradip area in Jagatsinghpur district, the police said. Sukanti Sahoo, the...