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Bhubaneswar: The third meeting of the State-Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) for the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0’ plantation campaign was held here Wednesday, during which the status of monitoring, portal data uploads and plantation survival, in line with the detailed programme guidelines, was reviewed....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has directed the Chief Secretary to submit a report on issues related to outsourced employees engaged across various state government departments and agencies. The directive was issued while hearing a petition filed by noted human rights activist Biswapriya...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday announced that the state government will set up a centre of excellence at IIIT Bhubaneswar for the development of the semiconductor sector with an investment of Rs 400 crore. Speaking at the valedictory session of Indocrypt 2025,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Opposition BJD and the ruling BJP Wednesday traded charges over the allotment of a bungalow to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in the national capital, with the regional party alleging political control from Delhi and the BJP dismissing the charge as "electoral frustration"....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is going to host a two-day AI Summit here from December 19, state IT Minister Mukesh Mahaling said Wednesday. Organised by the Electronics & IT Department, the conference will serve as an official precursor to the India AI Impact Summit 2026, scheduled...

Puri: Odisha Police Wednesday registered a case after a photograph of the ‘Ratna Singhasan' (bejewelled throne) inside the sanctum sanctorum of Shree Jagannath Temple went viral on social media, raising questions over the security arrangements at the 12th-century shrine. Puri SP Prateek Singh said, "We...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday thanked the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), expressing happiness over the successful rescue of Adarsh Kumar Behera from Odisha, who had been trapped in the African nation of Sudan. Behera, a resident of Kotakana village in the Tirtol...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress chief Bhakta Charan Das Wednesday demanded a public apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, after a Delhi court refused to take cognisance of the ED's money laundering charge against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the...

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a man was arrested Tuesday for attempting to set his wife and daughters on fire over prolonged marital discord in the Kuha area under Airfield police station limits. The accused has been identified as Ajit Mallick (36), husband of the...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: An international digital fraud syndicate allegedly involved in cheating its victims of over Rs 50 crore by impersonating law enforcement officials has been busted, with the arrest of 10 people, including from Odisha, police said Tuesday. The arrests were made from Delhi, Maharashtra,...