HC allows Anubhav-Varsha divorce
In a major development in the marital discord between actor-turned-politician Anubhav Mohanty and actress Varsha Priyadarshini, the Orissa High Court on Thursday allowed the divorce of the celebrity couple. Hearing a petition filed by Mohanty challenging the verdict of the Family Court, Cuttack, the High Court quashed the lower court’s order. “Our...
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Heavy vehicle drivers to get free tea on NHs
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Pandian reviews dev works in Cuttack
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BBSR records season’s lowest 12.4 deg temp
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BBSR CCSO’s assets worth crores detected
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2-day Odisha Sc, Environ Cong ends at BU
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IIT BBS imparts literacy for kids of migrant workers
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JSW BPSL distributes blankets in J’suguda
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Banks extend Rs 5,763.86-cr credit to SHGs
While the State Government has set a target for the banks to extend Rs15,000 crore credit to the Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Odisha, the latter have disbursed credit of Rs 5,763.86 crore as on September 30, 2023. The Department of Mission Shakti has set the financial target of Rs15,000 crore...
Tigers fight for territories in Similipal forest
T35, a Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) of the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) fought with another RBT, T31, for its territory inside the STR last month and got victory, an official said on Monday. Sharing a video of the T35 roaming in its territory in the STR in X, the STR said,...
Rs 66L drug seized in city
The Commissionerate police on Monday arrested two drug peddlers in the city and seized 660 grams of brown sugar from their possession. The estimated market value of the seized contraband is around Rs 66 lakh. Acting on a tipoff about illegal drug trade ahead of New Year celebrations, personnel of the Special...
UCCIL honours war veterans on Vijay Divas
The Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limited (UCCIL) celebrated the Vijay Diwas on December 16, the victory day celebrated in India for its victory over Pakistan in the Bangladesh Liberation War and in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Governor Raghubar Das graced the event as chief guest. The Board of Directors of UCCIL felicitated...
STF seeks 7-day remand of Bukhari
The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch (CB) on Monday sought permission of the court to take Kashmiri fraudster and suspected terrorist Ishaan Bukhari on a seven-day remand for custodial interrogation. Bukhari is currently lodged at the Ragadi jail in Jajpur district. Moreover, the National Investigating Agency (NIA) and Punjab...
Interview of the week: AI will disrupt media industry, journalistic profession
Dr Kailash Mishra strides the international intellectual world like a colossus. The Odisha-born scholar is a numero-uno figure in very many spheres of national and international academia and a globetrotting visiting professor to universities in the USA, England, Middle East, Japan and the like. He is an educationist in areas...
Indian Society of Agri Economics conf begins
The Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar began organising a three-day 83rd Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (ISAE) on Monday. State Agriculture Principal Secretary Dr Arabinda Kumar Padhee attended the inaugural session and highlighted the changes in the agri-food system. He advised to improve the...
