Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is all set to launch an elaborate exercise to conduct its own tiger census in the state every year. The census operation is slated to begin from October 15 and a detailed report on the big cat population…
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Bhubaneswar: Eminent author, documentary filmmaker and journalist Geeta Mehta passed away at her residence in New Delhi on Saturday. She was 80. Daughter of Odisha’s former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik, Geeta was one among three siblings…
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Bhubaneswar: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday met the artists and craftsmen at Kapilaprasad near Bhubaneswar and discussed various issues faced by them. Vaishnaw, who arrived in the city in evening, will join the launch of…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has handed over more than 119 acre of land to Gopalpur Port in Ganjam district for further development and expansion. The Commerce and Transport Department on Saturday signed a Memorandum of…
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Keonjhar: More than 11,000 students were awarded DMF Scholarship for 2023 worth more than Rs 18 crore in Odisha’s Keonjhar. The district mineral fund (DMF) scholarship was distributed among the students at a function organised at…
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Bhubaneswar: Startup Odisha, an initiative of the MSME department of the state government, on Saturday launched a one-of-its-kind Rs 100 crore Startup Growth Fund with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) as the fund manager.…
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the newly-constructed Cuttack Netaji Bus Terminal (CNBT) at Khannagar on the banks of river Kathajodi by flagging off the first bus to pilgrim town of Puri on Saturday. Speaking on…
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Bhubaneswar: At least seven new cases of scrub typhus have been detected in Odisha’s Sundargarh where the highly infectious disease appears to be spreading rapidly. With the detection of fresh cases, the total number of scrub typhus…
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Sambalpur: The authorities of Hirakud Dam in Odisha’s Sambalpur district opened four more sluice gates on Saturday as the water level of the reservoir kept rising following heavy rain in the upper catchment areas of Mahanadi river. With…
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Bhubaneswar: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar will confer Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Award-2022 on four veteran artistes from Odisha at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday. The awardees are Chhau dancer Siba Prasad Das, theatre…
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