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Republic Day Sweets render 35 Odisha Students Ill
As many as 35 students of an Odisha school had to be hospitalised as they fell ill after eating contaminated sweets on the occasion of 66th Republic Day celebrations. Students of Bileigarh Primary School in the state's Bargarh district were…
Prafulla Kar gets Padma Shri Award 2015
Prafulla Kar, eminent singer and musician of Odisha, will be felicitated with Padma Shri award this year. Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award is being conferred by the government of India. This year, in total, 104 people have…
Odisha celebrates Republic Day with Gaiety
The 66th Republic Day was celebrated across Odisha Monday with gaiety and enthusiasm despite intelligence bureau inputs on a possible terror strike and a Maoist boycott call. Governor S.C. Jamir took the salute at the Republic Day parade…
‘NY Times Travels Show’ illustrates Odisha Tourism
The Odisha Pavilion in the ‘New York Times Travels Show’ in America, a three-day tourism extravaganza has become the centre of attraction. The fair that started on 23rd this month and attended by Sri Ashok Chandra Panda, Minister, Tourism…
Priyanka Kumari crowned Miss Odisha India 2015
Priyanka Kumari (Gupta), a B.Tech (Computer Science) student at the KIIT University, has been crowned the 'Miss Odisha India 2015' at a glittering ceremony at Hotel Kalinga Ashok in Bhubaneswar tonight. The 'Miss Odisha India 2015' is part…
CBI arrests Seashore Group Director Pravat Dash
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Pravat Dash, Director of Seashore Securities Ltd in connection with multi-crore ponzi scam in Odisha. He is the brother of Prashant Dash, Chief Managing Director of Seashore Group of…
Blast at Muniguda Railway Track, One Injured
The suspected Maoists triggered a blast near Munikhol near Muniguda Railway track at around 1:40 AM today. A Railway Gangman was injured in the blast. The second blast took place at around 4 AM during the restoration work.
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ED to open Zonal Office in Bhubaneswar
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has finally realised the importance of setting up a zonal office in Odisha following the rising cases of money laundering and illegal financial scams in the state. The multi-crore chit fund scam has forced…
Coal Scam: CBI registers case against Hindalco
A few days after former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumarmangalam Birla were questioned in connection with the coal scam, the CBI has registered a case against M/S Indal (acquired by Hindalco) and some…
ISI Agent Ishwar Behera arrested in Balasore
Just a day after the Intelligence Bureau (IB) issued terror alerts for Odisha and three other states - Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, an ISI agent has been arrested by Balasore police today. He was identified as Ishwar Chandra…