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Nayagarh: Ever since the emergence of the summit structure (Dadhinauti) of an ancient temple from the waters of River Mahanadi, Padmabati village under Bhapur block in Nayagarh district has been hogging all the headlines. According to some elderly people of the village, it is Gopinath...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has decided to distribute specially-made masks among the Srimandir servitors in the wake of novel coronavirus outbreak. The servitors will wear the masks while performing the rituals at the 12th century shrine, said SJTA chief administrator Krishan Kumar...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday granted bail to a tribal woman from Gajapati district after considering her claim that she was a juvenile during the commission of offence and also that she has a one-year-old child. A three-judge bench of the apex court comprising...

Bhubaneswar: Odia Language Literature and Culture department celebrated International Archives Day here Tuesday. The online event was attended by several dignitaries including Culture Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, Commissioner-cum-Principal secretary Manoranjan Panigrahi, Director Bijay Kumar Nayak and ex-technical director of National Information Centre Rabindra Narayan Behera....

Jaipur:  Beware, the second wave of locust attacks are coming. Yes there is a strong possibility of locust attacks in India once again. The Centre’s ‘Locust Warning Organisation’ will press into service 25 drones as the threat increases. It will also buy 60 vehicle-mounted insecticide...

Bhubaneswar: Postponement of all cultural programmes followed by the closure of auditoriums due to coronavirus outbreak has not only affected the livelihoods of the performers, the viewers have also been deprived of their sources of entertainment. With the pandemic driving lives online across the globe,...

Bhubaneswar : Curtains rolled down on the first edition of Covid-19 International Film Festival (CIFF) Friday after exhibition of more than a hundred short and documentary films. The online festival aimed at providing windows to the promising filmmakers and spreading positivity during these difficult hours,...

New Delhi: The Centre has justified in the Supreme Court its March 29 direction asking private establishments to pay full wages to workers during the COVID-19 lockdown and said that employers claiming incapacity in paying salaries must be directed to furnish their audited balance sheets...

Bhubaneswar: With the completion of institutional quarantine of lakhs of returnees, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy directed the district Collectors to focus on community surveillance to check Covid-19 spread. Tripathy held a review meeting on novel coronavirus with all the Collectors and superintendents of police (SPs)...

Digapahandi: The registration process implemented for migrant workers returning to Odisha due to the pandemic coronavirus has helped police nab a rape accused Tuesday. The man had been on the run for close to three years. He is the main accused in the kidnap and...