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Bhubaneswar: As part of ongoing administrative training, IAS probationers participated in a comprehensive orientation programme organised by the Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) department here Wednesday to strengthen their understanding of urban governance and service delivery systems. The programme began with an interactive session with...

Bhubaneswar: The Office of the Principal Accountant General, in collaboration with the Home department, successfully organised a Pension Adalat at OSAP 7th Battalion, Chandrasekharpur  Wednesday. Also Read: Man dies in shop building collapse; close shave for three Orissa POST - Odisha’s No.1 English Daily

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to further strengthen the state’s revenue administration, the state government has approved direct recruitment of 1,363 Junior Revenue Assistants (JRAs) during a committee meeting chaired by the Finance department Principal Secretary. In this regard, Revenue and Disaster Management Department Additional Chief...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), in a move to strengthen the City’s cleanliness drive under the Swachh Survekshan campaign, launched a new initiative  Wednesday to enhance door-to-door waste collection. Beginning with this effort, three-wheeled sanitation trolleys have been introduced to ensure garbage collection from narrow...

Bhubaneswar: Police have detained six Bangladeshi women in Bhubaneswar for allegedly staying in India without valid documents, following an input shared by Military Intelligence, official sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, the women were detained during an operation conducted Tuesday in the city. Preliminary...

Bhala Chandra Mohanty is a prominent industrialist and the Managing Director of Oriclean Private Limited. Since founding the company in 1990, he has transformed a small-scale unit in Cuttack into a multi-crore manufacturing powerhouse. Under his leadership, Oriclean has become a critical strategic partner for...

Bhubaneswar:  A retired accounts officer killed his wife with a kitchen knife and surrendered before police Wednesday, officials said. The deceased has been identified as Priyambada Sarangi (54), and the accused is her 62-year-old husband, Debraj Sarangi. The incident took place in Swasti Nagar here...

Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra has resigned from his post as party’s parliamentary leader in the Upper House. According to reports, he has sent his resignation to party president and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday launched 36 industrial projects worth Rs 40,811 crore, which are expected to generate 59,000 jobs, officials said. Of the 36 projects, Majhi inaugurated 11 industrial units and laid foundation stones for 25 others in the presence of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police have invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against a suspected cattle smuggler currently in judicial custody, officials said Wednesday. The accused, Sakil Khan of Tigiria police station area in Cuttack district, was arrested in February, they said. At least 10...