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Bhubaneswar: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has secured trademark protection for five more terms associated with the Puri temple, including 'Jagannath Dham', an official said Thursday. In a social media post, the Shree Jagannath Temple Office, Puri, said the SJTA had achieved "a significant...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Wednesday issued a yellow warning for heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and gusty winds in several Odisha districts, including Puri, ahead of the Bahuda Yatra Friday. According to the weather office, till 8.30 am of Friday, heavy...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has revised the delegation of financial powers for Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) along with Bhubaneswar and Raurkela smart cities, officials said Thursday. The revised framework, notified by the Housing & Urban Development Department, comes into force with immediate effect, superseding all previous...

Puri: Devotees can have final Sandhya Darshan of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra till 6 pm Thursday, ahead of the Bahuda Yatra Friday. Thursday marks the last opportunity for devotees to offer prayers to the sibling deities at the Adapa Mandap inside Shree Gundicha...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Wednesday took a step toward technology-driven forest governance with the inauguration of the Integrated Forest Monitoring and Command Centre (IFMCC), a digital platform designed to strengthen forest conservation, wildlife protection and natural resource management. Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia...

Bhubaneswar: The fourth edition of the Children’s Film Festival (CFF), organised by the Film Society of Bhubaneswar (FSB), began Wednesday at the GKCM Odissi Research Centre auditorium, bringing together students from different schools for film screenings and creative workshops. Students of Classes VI, VII and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has established six new exclusive special courts with an aim to ensure speedy trial and effective prosecution of offences under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The Home Department issued a notification regarding this after statutory consultations...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Wednesday strongly criticised the Odisha BJP government over alleged scarcity of fertiliser during the ongoing Kharif season, which has pushed lakhs of farmers into severe distress. The BJD also alleged that there was rampant black marketing of fertiliser in the state and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha police Wednesday served notice to ex-bureaucrat turned politician VK Pandian to appear before the ACP on July 25 in connection with its probe into the alleged disappearance of two inquiry commission reports from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) during the previous BJD government's...

Thuamul Rampur(Kalahandi): Odisha Vigilance Wednesday arrested the principal of a government school for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a self-help group (SHG) functionary to clear pending bills for cleaning work, officials said. Sitakanta Rana, principal of Odisha Adarsh Vidyalaya (OAV),...