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From sugar to vegetables, essential food items get costlier in Odisha

India, Aug. 20 -- Prices of vegetables and essential grocery items have risen sharply across Odisha in recent days. Sugar has recorded one of the steepest increases, with its retail price rising from ... Read More


Google Maps leads truck to farmland in Odisha, driver escapes unhurt as vehicle overturns

India, Aug. 20 -- A goods truck carrying around 29 tonnes of material overturned after its driver allegedly took a wrong route while following Google Maps in Niali tehsil of Odisha's Kataka district.O... Read More


113 arrested in violence during agitation by rideshare drivers in Bhubaneswar

India, Aug. 20 -- Police have arrested 113 people and forwarded them to court in connection with the violence during the rideshare drivers' protest at Master Canteen in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.Geogra... Read More


Odisha Vigilance nabs Kujang CHC Block Programme Manager taking Rs 20,000 bribe

India, Aug. 20 -- Odisha Vigilance officials on Thursday apprehended Manoj Ranjan Nayak, Block Programme Manager (NHM) at Kujang Community health Centre (CHC) in Jagatsinghpur district, while allegedl... Read More


Cabinet approves Cuttack-Paradeep, Bhadrak-Haridaspur multitracking projects in Odisha

India, Aug. 19 -- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today approved four multitracking projects of the Indian Railways in Odisha and three other sta... Read More


SCB Hospital's new building to be inaugurated in December, fully operational from January: Minister

India, Aug. 19 -- The new building of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Kataka is expected to be inaugurated in December and become fully operational from January, Odisha Works Minister Prithiviraj ... Read More


Protest by ride-hailing app drivers turns violent in Bhubaneswar as they damage Ama Bus, pelt stones at cops

India, Aug. 19 -- A protest by app-based cab and bike-taxi drivers in Bhubaneswar turned violent on Wednesday, with agitators allegedly pelting stones at police personnel and damaging an Ama Bus durin... Read More


"Take a decision, otherwise we will": SC directs Odisha to decide on Dara Singh's premature release plea

India, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court has directed the Odisha State Sentence Review Board to take a decision on the premature release plea of Rabindra Kumar Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving a life s... Read More


Odisha Revenue Department launches WhatsApp chatbot for citizen services

India, Aug. 19 -- Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari on Wednesday launched a WhatsApp-based chatbot to make revenue-related services more accessible to citizens and help res... Read More


Kendrapada: 230 students rescued from flood-hit residential school after four days

India, Aug. 19 -- A team of the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) on Wednesday rescued 230 students who had been stranded for four days at the Government Residential School at Kulsahi under P... Read More