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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer RS Gopalan Thursday said he has sought voluntary retirement (VRS) from government service for personal reasons, nearly 21 months before his scheduled superannuation. Gopalan, a 2001-batch IAS officer, has been serving as CEO since July 2024 and also holds the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday urged citizens to take individual responsibility for keeping the state capital Bhubaneswar clean, saying the city can become the cleanest and most beautiful city in the country if everyone performs their responsibility properly. "This city belongs to...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi Thursday and discussed issues related to the state's development. During the meeting, Kambhampati apprised the Prime Minister about the implementation of various Central schemes in Odisha and their progress, an...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday demanded that all decisions taken at the meeting convened in New Delhi to resolve the long-standing Mahanadi water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh be made public, questioning whether the meeting would lead to any concrete outcome. Addressing a...

Puri: Shree Jagannath Temple authorities in Puri have made special arrangements to ensure smooth 'darshan' for differently abled and elderly devotees at the 12th-century shrine, officials said Thursday. According to a statement by the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), a ramp and railing extending from...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha leaders across the political spectrum showered praise on Indian pilot Smit Machchhar for thwarting his co-pilot's alleged attempt to crash a flydubai flight, with Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi saying that selfless sacrifice "reflects the timeless Bharatiya ethos of 'Seva Paramo Dharma'. In...

Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty surface winds, with speeds reaching 30-40 kmph, are very likely at one or two places in eight districts of Odisha, Regional Centre of India Meteorological Department said Thursday. The affected districts are Baleshwar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Kataka,...

Bhubaneswar: A 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped at gunpoint by a masked man at her rented flat in Bhubaneswar, police said Thursday. The woman lodged a complaint at the Nayapalli police station, alleging that a man wearing a mask entered the apartment Wednesday night and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer RS Gopalan Thursday said he has sought voluntary retirement (VRS) from government service for personal reasons, nearly 21 months before his scheduled superannuation. Gopalan, a 2001-batch IAS officer, has been serving as Odisha's CEO since July 2024 and also holds...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD is set to up the ante over its demand for repeal of the amended mining law passed by Parliament recently, with month-long foot marches planned across Odisha from October 2 as part of its public outreach on the issue. The opposition party's...