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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has constituted the Chief Minister's Economic Advisory Council (CM-EAC) to further strengthen evidence-based policymaking, enhance fiscal prudence, and provide strategic guidance on the state's long-term economic development. The finance department, in a notification, said that the council will function as an...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday said his government was encouraging fathers to take an active role in childcare and nutrition, stressing that collective efforts were needed to build a well-nourished state. Addressing the state-level 'Angan Ka Utsav' at an Anganwadi centre in...

Bhubaneswar: BJP MP from Puri Dr Sambit Patra has strongly defended the amended Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, dismissing Opposition allegations that the legislation would undermine the federal structure and curtail States' powers to collect mineral-related revenue as "completely baseless and false". Patra...

Puri: Food safety officials and the district administration have intensified inspections of khaja-making units in Puri ahead of the festive season Tuesday, sealing five units for alleged violations of food safety norms. During a raid in Dolamandap Sahi near the Shree Jagannath Temple, officials seized...

Bhubaneswar: Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS), a farmers’ rights organisation, has called for a statewide Odisha bandh September 30, demanding accountability over the errors in government-issued school textbooks and the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond. Separately, INDIA bloc Tuesday announced an...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance Tuesday launched raids on properties of two government officers at multiple locations for possessing disproportionate assets (DA) beyond their known sources of income, an official said. Vigilance sleuths launched search operations on properties of Umakant Samantaray, assistant director of factories and...

Bhubaneswar: Funds from the District Mineral Foundation (DMF), meant to provide various facilities and livelihood opportunities to people in mining-affected areas, have not been properly utilised in Odisha, according to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). The CAG found that no project had...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has flagged significant financial and implementation lapses in the development of tourism in Odisha’s coastal zone, including a loss of Rs 207.68 crore incurred by the Tourism department in organising seven eco-retreats between...

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a high-level meeting October 1 to address the long-pending Mahanadi water-sharing dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. The meeting will bring together the Chief Ministers of the two states in an effort to work out an amicable and...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: As many as 39.55 lakh e-challans involving Rs 1,136.62 crore were pending with regional transport offices (RTOs), courts or police authorities, while enforcement officials failed to impose fines amounting to Rs 640.87 crore for multiple motor vehicle offences, according to a...