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Bhubaneswar: In a significant welfare measure for home guards, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved an increase in the Duty Call-up Allowance (DCA) from Rs 639 to Rs 650 per day. According to a statement issued by CM’s Office, the revised allowance will come into...

Bhubaneswar: Of the RS 95,692.31 crore interim allocation released by the Centre to states and Union Territories (UTs) under VB- G RAM G, Odisha was allocated Rs 3,763.80 crore, Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. During a meeting...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal Tuesday asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi infuses "speed and scale" to government schemes to enhance benefits for people. Addressing a press conference here to mark 12 years of the Modi government, Meghwal said implementation of schemes under the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday termed Narendra Modi's 12 years of rule as prime minister "the age of absolute transformation" and said the state witnessed fast-paced development under the BJP's rule in the past two years. Modi will create a new record...

Kolkata/Puri: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Tuesday announced the state government will remove the insignia 'Dham' from the state-funded Lord Jagannath Temple and cultural activity premises in Digha, which was inaugurated by former CM Mamata Banerjee in April last year. The premises will now...

Bhubaneshwar: 'Periods are not a curse or impurity. If women can give birth, why should they be stopped from entering a temple or kitchen during menstruation?' Driven by this conviction and drawing from her own experience of undergoing traditional 'purification' rituals after her first period,...

Bhubaneswar: BJP nominee Debashish Samantaray's nomination papers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha by-election from Odisha were found valid, sources said Tuesday. Samantaray had filed four sets of nomination papers for the June 18 by-poll. Following the verification process, election authorities accepted all required documents, officially...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Odisha government has suspended an assistant revenue inspector for allegedly demanding a bribe for the issuance of caste certificates to students, an official said. The suspended inspector was posted at Sadar-IV RI Circle under Sadar Tahasil of Sambalpur. He was accused of demanding Rs...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Parents’ Federation (Odisha Abhibhabak Mahasangha) Monday staged an indefinite hunger strike outside the office of the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha, demanding a judicial inquiry into alleged irregularities in the evaluation of Plus-II examination answer scripts. The association expressed serious...

Bhubaneswar: In a major initiative to strengthen citizen-centric urban governance and deepen public participation in urban development, Housing & Urban Development department will launch a statewide “Saharanchala Janasamparka O Nagarika Bhagidari Karyakrama” (Urban citizen outreach and civic participation campaign) across all urban local bodies (ULBs)...