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Bhubaneswar: Over 6,000 government doctors under the banner of Odisha Medical Services Association (OMSA) Wednesday boycotted OPD service for two hours to demand fulfilment of their charter of demands, including filling up of vacant posts. The state government Tuesday had announced the doctors' agitation as...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has taken several key decisions to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure in the state, according to an official statement issued Wednesday. These decisions were taken by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi during a high-level review meeting of various programmes being implemented by the...

Bhubaneswar: Census in Odisha will be conducted in two phases. The first phase will begin in April with the house-listing exercise, followed by door-to-door population enumeration across Odisha in February 2027, officials said Wednesday. Officials said that the first phase of the Census will involve...

Patna/Cuttack: Sangam Kumar Sahoo, who hails from Odisha, was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court Wednesday. The oath was administered by Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan in a ceremony at the Lok Bhavan in Patna, officials said. The function was...

Bhubaneswar: The mercury plummeted in several parts of Odisha Wednesday, with over 20 places recording minimum temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius, officials said. G Udaygiri in Kandhamal district was the coldest place in the state, registering a minimum temperature of 3 degrees Celsius, while Phulbani...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD in Odisha has alleged that the CBI concealed key facts in the chargesheet filed in connection with the multi-crore sub-inspector recruitment scam in the state, and sought a deeper probe to identify those responsible at the higher level. Addressing a press conference,...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Excise department, during a special drive, seized 282 litres of illicit distilled liquor (IDL) and five litres of country-made liquor in separate operations Tuesday and arrested five persons from the Mancheswar Line Sahi, Jaripatna, Nilachakra Nagar and IDCO slum areas. The identities...

Bhubaneswar: The Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bus Terminal (BSABT) at Baramunda is set to emerge as a major transport and business hub, with IT companies likely to commence operations from the facility soon, officials said. The move is expected to enhance the terminal’s profile and expand...

Bhubaneswar: Khandagiri Police arrested three persons, including a woman and seized 22 grams of brown sugar during a raid near Ramamani Petrol Pump at Baramunda in the early hours of Tuesday. Acting on credible intelligence, police registered a case and launched an investigation. The information...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC), the technical directorate of the Electronics and Information Technology department Tuesday launched ‘Emerging Technologies Training Camps’ for secondary and higher secondary school students across the state in presence of Electronics and Information Technology Minister Mukesh Mahaling and School and...