New dengue cases coming in
The death of one girl from dengue on Tuesday has jolted the health department into action. The department was proactive during the months of August and September as it conducted intensive fogging and organised camps in the affected areas but it relaxed its activities with the onset of winters. The incidence of...
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More sops for ruling MlAs as debt touches Rs4k cr
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Deobhoomidiary
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Nature Festival to see bird watching, heritage walks
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'Coop dept mandarins must be quizzed'
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Rajbhra Medicare MD lodges FIR against unknown person
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Sacks of Seashore files found on city outskirts
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Six more DIETs to be set up in State
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Ravenshaw bust stolen from varsity campus
After the shocking incident of showing disrespect to the bust of renowned scientist Dr Pranakrushna Parija, the Ravenshaw University here is now dogged with yet another dubious distinction as a newly-installed bust of its founder TE Ravenshaw was stolen from the high-security Kanika library in the campus. After a hue and...
CM seeks early Central nod for ITIR in State
The State Government on Thursday urged the Centre to grant approval for proposed IT Investment Region (ITIR) in Bhubaneswar. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said implementation of the ITIR project in the State would contribute significantly to the two new programmes launched by the...
Women, elderly to be given priority at RTO
The women and elderly who visit the Regional Transport Office (RTO) would not have to wait in long queues now as the department has decided to give priority to such customers. Hundreds of people could be seen waiting in long queues outside various counters of the RTO office. The Additional Regional...
OUAT engineer acquitted in Vig case
When the State is busy celebrating the Vigilance Awareness Week and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is boasting of high conviction rate, Vigilance officials have failed to prove charges against an Assistant Engineer whom they had caught “red-handed” while taking bribe on May 5, 2010. The Assistant Engineer Debasish Dixit works in...
Medical student jumps off train, dies
A 22-year old MBBS student allegedly committed suicide by jumping from a running train at 11.30 pm at laksar Railway crossing, Haridwar on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Vishwajeet, a native of Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh). He was pursuing MBBS from Meerut based medical college, said laksar GRP in-charge...
Injured jumbo calf rescued
Athagarh forest officials on Thursday rescued a three-year-old elephant calf near the Tigiria jungle under the Athagarh Forest Range in Cuttack district. According to sources, the calf got isolated from a herd of elephants near Karadapalli village under the Tigiria police station limits on Wednesday night. In the morning, the villagers...
Chhath puja celebrated across State
Hundreds of devotees offered the morning ‘arghya’ (prayer) to the rising Sun at various ghats in Dehradun, Haridwar and other districts of Uttarakhand on Thursday. The four-day long festival of Chhath that commenced with ‘nahai-khai’ on Monday concluded with the final obeisance paid to the Sun on Thursday. Though persons who...
