6+ hour, 25+ min ago   (163+ words) The New Indian Express BHUBANESWAR: Chhattisgarh government has sought details of contractual remuneration being paid to employees in Odisha as it considers revising the lump-sum contractual pay for its own contractual workforce.The Finance department of the neighbouring state has…...

8+ hour, 36+ min ago   (460+ words) Their journey is a testament to what can be achieved when opportunity, inclusion and determination come together. Their lives took a significant turn in 2022, when they became part of Sabal, the Tata Steel Foundation’s disability inclusion initiative. Through Sabal, they…...

6+ hour, 41+ min ago   (333+ words) ROURKELA: The Excise superintendent of Rourkela division was arrested on Sunday on charges of possessing assets worth Rs 93 lakh, which is reportedly 100 per cent higher than his known sources of income. The officer, Dhaneswar Barad (47), was remanded in judicial custody…...

6+ hour, 59+ min ago   (274+ words) BARIPADA: A differently-abled woman and her brother drowned while the former was allegedly attempting to rescue him after he was swept away in the Naluha river in Khunta block of Mayurbhanj district on Friday evening. Their bodies were retrieved by…...

6+ hour, 44+ min ago   (177+ words) The New Indian Express NUAPADA: A 38-year-old police constable was arrested on Saturday for allegedly duping a man of Rs 2 lakh on the promise of getting him a government job in Nuapada He belongs to Khaira under Boden police limits…...

6+ hour, 15+ min ago   (390+ words) BHUBANESWAR: Following Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi’s successful business outreach to the UAE that attracted investment proposals worth over Rs 2.43 lakh crore, a ministerial delegation from the Gulf nation is likely to visit Odisha soon to cement the investment momentum…...

6+ hour, 32+ min ago   (265+ words) BHUBANESWAR: The state government has begun work on an investment-friendly roadmap to unlock its small hydropower potential and expand clean energy infrastructure. The Energy department and GRIDCO, in collaboration with the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST), held…...

6+ hour, 30+ min ago   (259+ words) BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Bhakta Charan Das on Saturday demanded a white paper from the BJP government on actual investments made and jobs created in the state since June 2024. Questioning the credibility of the investment claims during the…...

6+ hour, 36+ min ago   (197+ words) BHUBANESWAR: More than 50 teams from schools, colleges and corporate organisations participated in a quiz on Odisha’s rich food heritage titled ‘Curry-O-Sity 2.0’, which was organised at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) deemed-to-be-university here on Saturday. Supported by SUM Diagnostics, Summa Real Media…...

6+ hour, 13+ min ago   (370+ words) CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has imposed Rs 50,000 fine on a petitioner for filing a PIL challenging construction of a government Kalyan Mandap on private land in Badamba block of Cuttack district. A division bench of Chief Justice Harish Tandon…...