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Bhubaneswar/Malkangiri: Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme VB-G RAM G Act was implemented across Odisha Thursday, officials said. The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Grameen), which replaced MGNREGA, was rolled out in different district headquarters in the presence of local MPs, MLAs, district collectors, gram...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Higher Education Department Thursday declared the results of the Common PG Entrance Test (CPET) 2026 for admission to postgraduate programmes for the 2026-27 academic session. Candidates who appeared for the entrance examination can check their scores on SAMS portal. A total of 58,613...

Bhuaneswar: Odisha government Thursday signed an MoU with UAE-based International Holding Company (IHC) and the Adani Group for setting up an integrated aluminium project worth Rs 1.10 lakh crore, officials said. The venture represents the "largest foreign direct investment in Odisha's history and the biggest...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Thursday remembered one of its greatest literary icons, Kalindi Charan Panigrahi, on his birth anniversary. Chief Minister of Odisha Mohan Charan Majhi, along with other dignitaries, paid rich tributes to the eminent Odia litterateur. ଓଡ଼ିଆ ସାହିତ୍ୟର ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ସ୍ରଷ୍ଟା, ପ୍ରଖ୍ୟାତ ସାହିତ୍ୟିକ ତଥା ଔପନ୍ୟାସିକ କାଳିନ୍ଦୀ...

Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure area formed over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha and West Bengal coasts early Thursday morning, regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. According to IMD, the system developed at 8:30 a.m. under the influence of a...

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah's scheduled three-day visit to Odisha from July 3 has been postponed due to official engagements in New Delhi, state BJP president Manmohan Samal said. "The Home Minister's Odisha visit is postponed due to some engagements in Delhi. The next...

Bhubaneswar: Doctors at various state-run hospitals in Odisha observed an indefinite strike for the second successive day on Thursday over 10-point demands, including transparency in the transfer policy and cadre restructuring, affecting services at the health facilities. Around 8,000 doctors under the banner of the...

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of aspirants for the Odisha Police Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment staged a protest outside the office of the Odisha Uniformed Services Selection Staff Commission (OUSSSC) Wednesday, demanding the immediate conduct of the recruitment examination, which has remained stalled for nearly 18 months. The commission's...

Bhubaneswar: Healthcare services across Odisha were partially disrupted Wednesday as government doctors launched an indefinite cease-work agitation, suspending outpatient services in government hospitals while continuing emergency and critical care. The protest coincided with National Doctors’ Day. Responding to a call by the Odisha Medical Services...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Crime Branch (CB) took three accused in the sensational Balianta mob violence case, in which 32-yearold GRP constable Soumya Ranjan Biswal was killed May 7, on a two-day remand. The accused — Panchanan Badajena alias Kalia, Skilab Pati and Bismay Mohanty — were...