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Sambalpur: Considering the steady rise in the water level of Hirakud dam following heavy rain in the upper catchments of Mahanadi, the dam authorities have decided to open the sluice gates to release the year's first floodwater next week.…

Bhubaneswar: In view of heavy rainfall causing water-logging on the railway track and landslide in Bombay-Pune route, the Railways have decided to divert the Konark Express from Mumbai and partially cancel Visakhapatnam-LTT Express from…

Bhubaneswar: Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, will launch the BJP membership drive in Odisha from Saturday. According to a release by Odisha BJP, Singh will arrive in Khurda town in the afternoon and interact…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government effected a minor reshuffle in the Indian Forest Service (IFS) cadre by appointing 1987 batch officer Sushil Kumar Popli as Director, Environment, a General Administration notification said. While 1998…

Bhubaneswar: Srujan Samagra IV, a collection of the feature writings of Ganeswar Mishra, was unveiled on the renowned writer’s fourth death anniversary here on Friday. At a function, organised by city-based socio-cultural organisation…

Nayagarh: An undertrial prisoner (UTP) of Khandapada sub-jail in Nayagarh district gave the jail authorities a slip for the third on Friday. The UTP, identified as Tapan Rout, jumped off the van while being taken to a local court for…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday released a list of new chairpersons of the District Planning Committee (DPC). As per the notification, barring Arun Kumar Sahu, Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi and Premananda Nayak, the remaining…

Bhubaneswar: Worried over the 1.34 lakh vacant seats in the Plus II streams after the first round of admission in the current academic session, the Odisha government on Friday issued a fresh notification for admission in the vacant seats in…

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police have made elaborate arrangements for the Independence Day celebration in the city. A review meeting was held at its camp office here on Friday. It was presided over by the Director General of Police…

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will unfurl the tricolour at the state-level Independence Day in Bhubaneswar on August 15. Apart from the Chief Minister, the following ministers will grace I-Day function at the district level.…