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Bhubaneswar: A disciplined and regulated lifestyle and regular health checkup can help avoid Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), experts said at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here on Thursday. Around two lakh people in the country were afflicted by CKD and half of the cases developed serious complications while 25,000 people required frequent…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday asked all colleges and universities in the state to defer all examinations from March 22 to March 24, in view of the ensuing civic elections. The Higher Education department wrote to all vice-chancellors of public universities and principals of Degree Colleges coming under its purview to defer exams following…
Bhubaneswar: The construction of a new airport at Malkangiri in Odisha has been put on fast track after chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra directed works department to operationalise the airport by January 2024. “As Malkangiri is the farthest district from state headquarters, the airport will add to boosting the quality health and education services in…
Puri: Police on Tuesday recovered 10 antique ‘Astadhatu’ (eight metal) idols of different Hindu Gods and arrested a man in Odisha’s Puri district, an officer said. The police had formed a special squad led by Puri Sadar SDPO Kishore Chandra Mund and Pipili SDPO Debadutta Baral, to hunt antique idol thieves after a series of…
Odisha made an exit from this season of Ranji Trophy after losing their Elite-D group match to Mumbai by an innings and 108 runs on Sunday. In reply to Odisha’s first innings total of 284, Mumbai were powered by the twin tons by Sarfaraz Khan and Armaan Jaffer. Mumbai declared at 532 for 9 and…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha chief minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik on Sunday sought urgent intervention of prime minister Narendra Modi for continuance of studies of medical students who have returned from Ukraine to India. In his letter to the PM, Patnaik said a large number of medical students from Odisha and other parts of India had to…
Bhubaneswar: A total of 189 people filed papers for the posts of mayors and chairpersons of urban local bodies in Odisha on Sunday, an SEC official said. Congress candidates Madhusmita Acharya and Giribala Behera on Sunday filed their nominations for the post of mayor in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack Municipal Corporations respectively, reported PTI. The state…
Bhubaneswar: Cochlear implant surgery has given hope to millions of children who are born deaf. The most complex and delicate ENT surgery was done at the SUM Ultimate Medicare recently on a four-year-old boy from Bargarh who could not hear since birth and did not learn to speak. The devastated parents explored different options of…
Bhubaneswar: The Railway Police seized 32 kg of gold jewellery worth Rs 16 crore from Mumbai-Bhubaneshwar Konark Express on Wednesday. “We became suspicious of the movement of the four passengers namely Hasmukh Lal Jain, Suresh Sahadev Kharey, Mahesh Bhonsale and Deepak Patel in the Konark Express from Mumbai to Bhubaneshwar. On checking their luggage, we…
Bhubaneswar: A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Thursday, the National Center for Seismology said. Though cracks were seen in some houses, there were no reports of any major damage or casualty so far, a district official said. The quake occurred at a depth of 9 km around 11.30 am, reported PTI.
