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Bhubaneswar/Nayagada: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday disbursed over Rs 5,160 crore as the fifth instalment of the Subhadra Yojana to more than one crore women beneficiaries at a programme in Lathipada in Nayagada district. Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida...

Rourkela: Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram Friday said he had no objection to legal action being taken against his aide Rakesh Paswan, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in an organised crime case in Odisha's Rourkela. Paswan, an active BJP worker and Oram's...

Nayagada: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy and Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Friday tied rakhis on Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's wrist at a function organised to mark the disbursement of the fifth instalment of financial assistance to women beneficiaries under the state's flagship Subhadra...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to witness heavy rainfall in several areas Friday, with the Regional Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing an orange warning for Kendujhar and Mayurbhanj and yellow warning for 19 other districts. The weather alert comes amid an active cyclonic...

Bhubaneswar: More than 1.03 crore eligible women beneficiaries under Subhadra scheme will receive the fifth instalment Friday. A 1,03,26,162 beneficiaries are eligible to receive Rs 5,000 each through direct benefit transfer (DBT), involving a total transfer of more than Rs 5,160 crore, an official said....

By NARESH CHANDRA PATTANAYAK, OP Kendujhar: The Municipal Government High School in Ward No. 1 of the old town area of Kendujhargada Municipality is functioning in a hazardous condition with dilapidated classrooms, leaking roofs and inadequate basic facilities. The school’s old asbestos-roofed classrooms have deteriorated...

Sonpur: In a unique tribute to Swabhaba Kabi Gangadhar Meher, veteran weaver Shiba Shankar Meher has woven a Sambalpuri silk saree inspired by the poet’s celebrated epic Tapaswini. The 73-year-old weaver from Sagar pali village in Subarnapur district has named the creation Baunsharani, which has...

Bhubaneswar/Baragada: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday arrested a former branch postmaster of Bonda Post Office in Baragada district in connection with a post office savings fraud case. Shabda Swain allegedly misappropriated Rs 13.98 lakh between 2008 and 2014 by failing to account for...

Dhusuri: A 100-foot section of the National Highway 20 concrete road near Bodak under Olag panchayat in Bhadrak district caved in Wednesday night following low-pressure-triggered heavy rainfall in the past few weeks. Plying of commercial vehicles was disrupted as a stretch of 1.5 km has...

Bhadrak: A long-running marital dispute ended in tragedy Thursday when a man allegedly hacked his wife to death before hanging himself in Nangamahala area of Purunabazar, Bhadrak district, police said Thursday. Officers recovered the bodies of Mustafa Raj, 34, and his wife, Sona Bibi, 33,...