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New Delhi/Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that she is “shocked and stunned” by the “unilateral order” that asked the state’s Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay to report to the…

Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday directed Odisha government to initiate stern action against Apollo Hospitals for alleged illegal transplantation of kidney. The Commission, while rejecting the plea of…

Bhubaneswar: In a major blow to the tiger translocation programme to increase big cats' population in Odisha, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has asked the state government to immediately send back tigress Sundari from…

Bhubaneswar: After imposing a complete ban on the single-use plastic in the urban areas, the Odisha government has decided to ban this item completely in the state by October 2 next year. A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level…

New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a show cause notice to the Odisha government on 36 children falling ill after being allegedly administered expired deworming syrup at a village in Kendrapara district. The…

Cuttack: For the first time, the full bench of the Orissa High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the state government and district bar associations on the ongoing strike by lawyers. The full HC bench comprising Chief Justice KS Jhaveri…

Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Odisha government to submit a detailed Action Taken Report (ATR) on the follow-up action it has taken so far to stop the growing malnutrition among the children of…

Bhubaneswar: President Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Odisha on a two-day visit on Friday. He was accompanied by his wife Sabita Kovind. The President landed at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar aboard a special flight of the…

Bhubaneswar:  The flight services from Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Jharsuguda to Bengaluru and Kolkata will begin soon. This was revealed at a meeting of the Regional Air Connectivity Council presided over by chief secretary Asit Tripathy…