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Crop Loss mars Nuakhai Festive Season in Odisha’s Kalahandi
By Rajeev Lochan Rathan: People of Kalahandi celebrated “Nuakhai” on Wednesday welcoming the new rice harvest of the season. The celebration of the festival is quite different from Western Odisha that based on Lagna of Goddess Samaleswari.…
JMM Bandh: Normal life cripples in Mayurbhanj District
Baripada, Sep 23: Normal life in crippled in Mayurbhanj district today due to 12-hour bandh called by Jharkahnd Mukti Morcha (JMM) opposing closure of Urban Co-operative Bank in Baripada. The state government has closed the bank following…
BJD appoints Pratap Keshari Deb as State Returning Officer
Bhubaneswar, Sep 23: Pratap Keshari Deb has been unanimously elected as State Returning Officer of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) party for elections at the executive body meeting on Wednesday. Deb is the former MLA of Aul assembly constituency…
CM seeks report from Rayagada Collector over Bribe Offering
Bhubaneswar, Sep 23: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed the Collector of Rayagada to submit a report over the incident in which a 75-year-old tribal woman tried to give bribe to him. Taking serious over the incident, the…
Odisha CM orders Crime Branch Probe into Astaranga Murder Case
Bhubaneswar, Sep 23: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has ordered crime branch probe into Astaranga murder case on Wednesday. Four members of a family were found dead with throat slit yesterday night.
It was reported that a…
Cuttack-Angul NH Expansion to boost Industrial Growth: Pradhan
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi, Sep 23: Union Cabinet has approved for expansion of the 112 Km Cuttack–Angul road into four lanes of National Highway NH -42 in the State of Odisha under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase III at…
Roshan Kumar – 1st Player from Nabarangpur to get Ranji Trophy Call
P Roshan Kumar Rao, the 21-year-old youngster from Jharigam village of Nabarangpur district, became the first player from the district to make it to Odisha Ranji Trophy team. Roshan's family, friends as well as people in Nabarangpur, have…
CM approves Odia Chair at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Bhubaneswar, Sep 23: In a significant development, Odisha Chief Minsiter Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday approved to a proposal to set up Odia chair at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi.
"Government approves establishment of…
Central team to study Odisha Drought: Agriculture Minister
New Delhi, Sep 22: The central government will shortly send a team to Odisha for taking stock of the drought situation in the state, an official said on Tuesday.
The direction for setting up the team was given by Agriculture Minister Radha…
FHRAI proposes new circuit ‘Splendours of Eastern India’
Bhubaneswar, Sep 22: Aiming to tap the tourism potential of eastern India including the north east, the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) has urged the state governments to jointly market the region by…