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Bhubaneswar: Noted Gotipua dancer Guru Birabar Sahoo passed away on Tuesday. He was born at Indolakusiari village of Kurangipur Panchayat under Balipatana block in Khurda district in 1930. According to sources, he breathed his last at his…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will release the second instalment of KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) money to the beneficiaries in November. Briefing the mediapersons after a high-level review meeting…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police will introduce the e-Office system in five police battalions. Informing this at the 3rd Commandant conference at the Police Bhawan here on Tuesday, Director General of Police (DGP) BK Sharma said the five…

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday laid emphasis on disaster-resilient infrastructure in the state to reduce the risk of large scale damage due to natural calamities in future. “The recent disasters demonstrate the need…

Bhubaneswar: Ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh were looted from a lawyer’s house at Unit-VI in the city. According to sources, some unidentified miscreants had looted the ornaments and important documents from the house of Sukant Sahu when he…

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Tuesday announced special trains to accommodate the rush during Chhath Puja. The first train will depart Puri at 1.30 pm on October 30 en route to Hatia. On the return journey, it will start…

Sambalpur: Devotees thronged the Radha Krishna temple in town to partake in the Govardhan puja celebrations on Monday. Also referred to as Annakut puja, it’s celebrated a day after Diwali on the first lunar day of Shukla Paksha (bright…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai to identify landslide prone areas in the state, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) and principal secretary, Disaster Management, Pradip Jena said…

Bhubaneswar: BJP on Tuesday urged the Odisha government to carry out a fresh audit of the ornaments of the sibling deities in the Puri Jagannath temple. In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, BJP leader and leader of the Opposition,…

Puri: The Puri district administration has contacted its Andaman counterpart regarding the handover of Amit Kujur, a castaway sailor, to them. “We will hand over Amit to the Andaman officials after they arrive here with his family members.…