Berhampur: With less than a month to go before Rath Yatra, the biggest festival of the state, artisans are leaving no stone unturned to show their devotion to the Trinity – Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra. Satyanarayan Moharana of Berhampur is known for...
Bhawanipatna: In a bizarre incident, the rubber stamps at Golamunda CDPO office in Kalahandi district have gone missing. The officials have blamed rats for the development. They claimed that rats had devoured the rubber stamps. Sources said, Premlal Sunani a resident of Khasiguda village under...
Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police (CP) Thursday launched several awareness programmes on Covid-19-related issues. The CP stressed on social distancing and use of masks at public places to keep the deadly virus at bay. It conducted the trial of a drone to monitor the compliance of...
Bhubaneswar: After the lockdown period of over two months, most parts of Odisha saw Thursday the resumption of private bus services. In the last few days cabs and auto-rickshaws have been plying both here and in Bhubaneswar providing relief to the commuters. Inter-district bus operations...
New Delhi: A new wave of locust attacks has alarmed India’s farmers. Experts have also warned of extensive crop losses if authorities fail to curb fast-spreading swarms by June. The monsoon rains spur rice, cane, corn, cotton and soybean sowing. Locust menace Desert locusts have...
Mumbai: For years people have known her as the ‘Dil Chahta Hai girl’ Actor Suchitra Pillai is hoping her latest Netflix series Betaal will help newer audiences discover her work. Films Suchitra has featured in Suchitra has featured in films such as Page 3, Fashion,...
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday extended support to Odisha and West Bengal in the wake of the destruction caused by Cyclone Amphan. In a series of tweets addressed to the Chief Ministers of Odisha (Naveen Patnaik) and West Bengal (Mamata Banerjee) Kejriwal offered...
Bhubaneswar: The state government Wednesday said that more than 2 lakh people who were stranded in different parts of the country have now returned to Odisha after the partial relaxation of lockdown norms was allowed. The Information and Public Relations (I&PR) department said that 2,03,220...
Bhubaneswar: A rights activist Monday lodged a petition with the Odisha Human rights Commission (OHRC) regarding irregularities in ration card distribution. The activist sought OHRC's intervention into the allegations of irregularities in distribution of ration cards and accumulation of ghost cards in Binjharpur block of...
Cuttack: The Vigilance department officials are now probing the assets of IAS officer Bijay Ketan Upadhyay who has been charged with accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh during his tenure as the director of Horticulture department. The Vigilance department had written to the Horticulture...
The ongoing war between the US-Israel combine and Iran has unexpectedly turned out to be a windfall for Russia. In...
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The widening conflict in West Asia is beginning to cast a shadow over India’s economic outlook. The country’s heavy dependence...
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On 4 November 2013, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to over 120 heads of Indian missions and outlined the...
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In Rajasthan, accountability has recently discovered a rather dramatic sense of urgency. A ten-minute technical glitch at Prime Minister Narendra...
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