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Bhubaneswar: The Student Academic Management System (SAMS) of the Higher Education department on Thursday announced the first phase cut-off list for admission in Plus III streams in Odisha. Of 2,10,446 students, 1,88,446 students have been…

Bhubaneswar: Are you fond of e-Cigarettes or e-Sheesha? Bad news for you, if you are living in Odisha. The state government has issued a gazette notification that completely bans the use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) such…

Bhubaneswar: After a week-long dry spell, most parts of Odisha will receive heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. A low-pressure area is most likely to form off the Odisha coast in…

Bhubaneswar: The Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, has issued severe lightning warning for 28 blocks of Odisha on Wednesday. In its mid-day release, the centre advised people of Telkoi, Bansapal, Pallahara, Lahunipada, Barkot, Patana,…

Kolkata: Five youths from Odisha were killed and three injured in a road accident on the outskirts of Kolkata in West Bengal early on Wednesday. Sources said the youths from Bhadrak and Jajpur districts had gone to attend a marriage…

Bhubaneswar: A partial lunar eclipse will take place at night today in many countries including India. It will also be visible in Odisha. Besides India, it will be visible in South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. It will be…

Bhubaneswar: The prospect of releasing tigress Sundari, kept in an enclosure in the core area of Satkosia sanctuary in Odisha’s Angul district, into the wild appears uncertain. The state forest department and the National Tiger…

Paradip: The Paradip Port Trust (PPT) on Monday signed an MoU with the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, for setting up the first desalination drinking water project in Odisha. Talking to mediapersons later, PPT chief…

Bhubaneswar: Two BJP leaders of Cuttack district were suspended from the party on Monday for anti-party activity and gross indiscipline in the party organisation. The two leaders—Jyoti Ranjan Palei, president of the Cuttack Nagar Zilla…

New Delhi:  Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur on Monday made it clear that the Centre has no proposal for granting Special Category Status to Odisha. Replying to a question by the BJD MP of…