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Bhubaneswar: Former minister and senior BJP leader Samir Dey died Monday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Cuttack, family members said. He was 67. Dey was suffering from a kidney-related illness and was receiving treatment in the ICU of a hospital for the...

Sambalpur: Three elephants, including a calf, were electrocuted to death after coming in contact with a power line in Odisha's Sambalpur district, a forest official said Monday. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Rairakhol division, Aurobinda Mohanty told PTI that two female adult elephants and a calf...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha vigilance Monday launched raids on the properties of a sub-collector and a senior engineer for allegedly possessing disproportionate assets (DA), an official said. Acting on inputs, the vigilance department launched search operation at properties and office of Narayan Chandra Nayak, sub-collector, Kamakhyanagar in...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president and former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik said politics without morality is hypocrisy. Addressing a function on the occasion of the 91st birth anniversary of former Odisha minister Harischandra Baxipatra Sunday, Patnaik said politics is a "commitment to work for an ideal...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Khadya Adhikar Abhijan and Civil Society Forum for Human Rights, at a conference in Lohia Academy here Sunday, urged the state government to conduct a survey immediately to identify food insecure families in the state. Noted environmentalist Prafulla Samantara, researcher Ravi Sankar Behera...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: Paddy procurement for Kharif season will start from Bargarh and Sambalpur November 20 and November 22 respectively, said an official Sunday. It was decided at an inter-ministerial review meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo. The meeting noted...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) Sunday directed the police to inquire into allegations over a man claiming his minor son to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu’s Kalki Avatar and minting money from unsuspecting people. OSCPCR chairperson Mandakinee Kar...

Bhubaneswar: Governor Raghubar Das Sunday gave away the State Film Awards for 2020, 2021 and 2022 under various categories at a special ceremony here. The governor conferred the awards in presence of Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida, Odia Language, Literature and Culture Minister Suryabanshi Suraj...

Bhubaneswar: Founder of KIIT and KISS, Achyuta Samanta has received the International Volleyball Federation’s (FIVB) prestigious Grand Cross Award during the 39th FIVB World Congress held in Porto, Portugal, from Nov 15 to 17. This award is the highest recognition from FIVB. This acknowledges Samanta's...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday urged Singapore-based Orind Singapore Pte Ltd to set up its unit in Odisha. A high-level delegation led by Majhi is on a four-day official visit to Singapore to woo investors. He met Ravin Jhunjhunwala, chairman of Orind Singapore...