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Bhubaneswar: A book containing sketches of 50 prominent freedom fighters from Odisha was released in the SOA campus on Wednesday coinciding with the country’s 73rd Republic Day. Written by Prof. Siba Charan Nayak, former dean of NIT, Rourkela, the book titled ‘Odishara Pachas Swadhinata Sangramee’ and mainly meant for children was released at a function…
Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has opened outreach camps to look into the concerns raised by the candidates in regard to the results of 1st Stage CBT of Centralised Employment Notification CEN 01/2019 of Non Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) issued by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs). Indian Railways has formed a high-level committee to go…
Bhubaneswar: Three coal-laden wagons of a goods train derailed in Odisha on Thursday, reported PTI. The derailment disrupted freight movement between Cuttack and Paradip, an East Coast Railway official said. The incident took place at a loco shed near Cuttack station, additional divisional railway manager (Khurda Road) Kalyan Patnaik said. No one was injured due…
East Coast Railway observed 73rd Republic Day at Railway Stadium, Bhubaneswar where Sudhir Kumar, additional general manager hoisted the National Flag and took salute in the parade organised by Railway Protection Force (RPF) with Covid protocols. Speaking on the occasion, Sudhir Kumar said the Covid pandemic has impacted the life of each individual and each…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police has seized brown sugar worth over Rs 3 crore, Rs 65 lakh in cash and three revolvers from a house in Nayagarh district, a senior officer said. The STF arrested one accused and two others were in the police scanner, said ADGP, Crime Branch, Sanjeev Panda. The STF team on Monday raided…
Cuttack: A man and his wife have been sentenced by a court in Odisha’s Cuttack for kidnapping and raping a 10-year-old girl. Amit Bindhani, 45, was sentenced to imprisonment till death while the court sent Asha Lohar to jail for 20 years. The prosecution said the couple had kidnapped the girl from a slum here,…
Bhubaneswar: At least five people were killed and five others injured in a head-on collision between an SUV and a truck in Odisha’s Subarnapur district on Saturday, police said. The accident took place on Mahanadi Bridge early during the day when the 10 occupants of SUV were returning home in Nimma village in Ullunda block…
Odisha has a very rich cultural heritage, historical monuments, ancient temples and heritage sites. Bhubaneswar, the capital, plays a very important part in building up the cultural tourism of Odisha. The state is home to a lot of Hindu, Jain and Buddhist temples, built about 2,000 years ago and some of which are UNESCO-approved world…
Bhubaneswar: In the upcoming panchayat polls in the contentious Kotia area of Odisha, three major political parties Congress, BJD and the BJP on Thursday decided to select consensus candidates in the border region. The parties decided to select consensus candidates for sarpanch, samity member, and ward member posts instead of going for elections in Kotia…
Bhubaneswar: Surgeons at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital have removed an abdominal tumour weighing about 10.5kg after a critical surgery on a 50-year-old woman. Associate professor Dr. Sangram Keshari Panda of Department of Surgical Oncology and his team successfully conducted the rare surgery on the cancer patient from Kalahandi district and successfully…
