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Bhubaneswar: The All Odisha Film Directors’ Association (AOFDA) and Odisha Producers Guild (OPG) jointly demanded the formation of a permanent development committee, comprising directors and producers as key stakeholders for policymaking and decision-making processes and appealed Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to intervene for the...

Bhubaneswar: In a joint operation, Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Crime Intelligence Branch (CIB) seized 14.75 kg of ganja at Bhubaneswar Railway Station and arrested one person in connection with the case, officials said Sunday. The accused was identified as Basudeb Mal (25), a resident...

BHUBANESWAR: The Mahanadi Banchao Andolan (MBA) will meet members of the state government’s high-level committee on Mahanadi water dispute May 25, and will urge for a reconsideration of the data submitted before the Mahanadi Tribunal. According to a statement issued by MBA spokesperson Prasanna Bishoi,...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the ongoing heatwave conditions, the state Public Works Department (PWD) has instructed all concerned officers to ensure that no labourer will be engaged in work during peak hours (11 am to 3 pm). The directive was issued by the department’s Engineer-in-Chief...

Bhubaneswar: A 23-year-old man was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol after his speeding Thar SUV rammed into a roadside garage near Crown Hotel under Nayapalli police limits, leaving three persons injured and damaging multiple motorcycles, police said Sunday. The accused has...

Bhubaneswar: Normal life was affected in several parts of Odisha as severe heatwave conditions prevailed in the state, with nine places registering a day temperature of 44 degrees Celsius or above Sunday. Roads in many places, especially in western Odisha, wore a deserted look during...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday visited a defence manufacturing unit and a garments facility in Khurda and interacted with the workers and assured the promoters of full administrative support. He visited the Trimetro garments manufacturing unit of EPIC Group and the Mundamba...

Bhubaneswar: Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was responsible for the prevailing oil crisis in India. When people of India are standing in queues for hours before fuel stations, the union government has exported petrol and diesel worth Rs...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple authorities in Puri have decided to postpone the ongoing inventory of valuables in the 'Ratna Bhandar' of the 12th-century shrine till June in view of the prevailing hot and humid weather in this seaside holy town and 'Chandan Jatra' (summer...

Bhubaneswar: A truck "hit and dragged" an auto-rickshaw for nearly 60 metres near Pandara Square in Bhubaneswar Sunday, critically injuring the passenger and leaving a biker hurt after the driver allegedly "tried to flee the scene", sources said. The accident took place near Pandara Square...