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Bhubaneswar: Amidst the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath with his siblings will be held sans devotees in Puri like last year. Except in Puri,  the Rath Yatra has been banned in all other places in…

Imphal: Ngangom Dingko Singh, Asian Games gold medalist boxer passed away on Thursday morning after battling prolonged illness. He was 47. He has been battling liver cancer since 2017. Dingko had undergone radiation therapy at the…

Bhubaneswar: The staff of all medicine shops in Odisha will be vaccinated on a priority basis. Chemists across the state were demanding to be acknowledged as Covid Warriors and get vaccinated.   Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, the additional…

Shillong: The Meghalaya government on Wednesday has decided to upgrade the infrastructures of 200 schools this year. A budget of Rs 100 crore will be allocated for the upgradation of the schools. The decision was taken after Meghalaya…

Bhubaneswar: The four-laning of 174.5 km long Biju Expressway connecting western and southern parts of Odisha has been approved in the state cabinet meeting held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.  The…

Guwahati: The Assam government has decided to institute a series of civilian awards on the line of Padma Awards. The decision was taken after a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday. Every year ‘Asom…

Bhubaneswar: World number one ace shuttler Pramod Bhagat from Odisha has qualified for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic to be held from August 25 to September 5, 2021. Along with Bhagat, two other players Tarun Tarun and Krishna Nagar have also…

Durban: Ashish Lata Ramgobin, a 56-year-old great-granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi has been sentenced to seven years jail in a six million rand fraud and forgery case. Lata was found guilty by Durban Court, South Africa on Monday. The…

Bhubaneswar: The Covid lockdown and weekend shutdown imposed in urban areas across the state has severely affected the street vendors financially. In order to help the street vendors of urban areas, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sanctioned…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha FC has signed 26-year-old Indian defender Lalruatthara ahead of the eighth season of the Hero Indian Super League (ISL). He has penned a two-year deal with the Bhubaneswar-based side with an option to extend for a third…