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-------  IMD forecasts heavy rainfall across Odisha in next 24 hours. -------  BrahMos missile test-fired successfully from Chandipur Integrated Test Range today at 10.19am today. -------  Process for discharge of Separated Conjoined…

------  Mahanadi Water Row: Hearing a petition, NGT directs Chhattisgarh government to submit all facts by August 20. ------  Bhubaneswar finds place in the list of 50 smart cities across globe announced by Singapore based Eden Strategy…

ONI Bureau:  In yet another achievement for Odisha, the capital city Bhubaneswar finds place in the list of 50 smart cities Governments across the globe announced by Singapore based Eden Strategy institute. Eden Strategy Institute on…

ONI Bureau:  -----  Girl drowns while trying to save 8-year-old brother in Khadakhai river of Rairangpur, Mayurbhanj; villagers recover body of elder sister Heena, boy still missing. -----  A joint team of Cuttack and Khordha flying…

------  Heavy downpour expected during Ratha Jatra in Puri: IMD. ------  731 pilgrims including 298 women from Odisha to go on 45-day Haj Pilgrimage from mid-July. ------  Former Bhawanipatna MLA Dusmanta Naik quits Congress, citing…

-----  Met Dept forecasts thunderstorm,lightening and heavy rains in 11 districts including Kendrapara, Puri, Keonjhar, Angul, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur and Cuttack till 6.15 PM today. -----  140…

ONI Bureau:  ----- Separated conjoined twins Jaga Kalia recovering well at AIIMS, Delhi. ----- Erik Solheim, UN Environment head hails Odisha Govt for taking steps to ban use of plastic from Oct 2 in 6 cities & in the entire state in…

ONI Bureau:  ---- Odisha ranked 14 in Ease of Doing Business rankings released by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry today. Odisha finds place in the list of "achievers" with a score of 90-95%. ---- District & Sessions Judge…

----  Supreme Court directs Odisha govt to appoint Lokayukta within two months. ----  Odisha CM announces ban on the use of plastic polythenes in Odisha from October 2 on Gandhi Jayanti. ----  Bhartruhari Mahtab and Tathagat Satpathy…

----- Engine of Puri-Cuttack passenger train leaves behind three bogies at Puri station and travels 5 kms; returns 28 minutes later to pick the carriages. ----- Odisha Govt to present detailed report on the progress made for appointment…