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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to apply for the ‘Geographical Indication’ (GI) tag for 'Baripada Mudhi' (puffed rice). In a letter, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Science & Technology (S&T)...

Bhubaneswar: Andhra Pradesh, which has staked claim to the Kotia region in Odisha’s Koraput district, has often stoked tension with its neighbour by its activities in the bordering region. Against...

Rome: The first known case of a person testing positive for COVID-19, monkeypox and HIV all at once has been reported from Italy. According to a report in the Mail...

Bhubaneswar: The Centre’s move to give specific names to all the AIIMS seemed to have triggered a row in Odisha with leaders of the ruling BJD and opposition Congress voicing...

Bhubaneswar: Odia writers Narendra Prasad Das and Dillip Behera figured in the list of names for the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Awards 2022 announced on Wednesday.  Das has been selected for...

Bargarh: Two years after COVID restrictions, the world’s biggest open-air theatrical performance, Dhanu Jatra, will be held from December 27 in Odisha’s Bargarh. A decision to conduct the annual 11-day...

Srinagar: A captured terrorist has confessed that he had been sent to India on a suicide mission by a colonel of the Pakistani army. Identified as Tabarak Hussain by ANI,...

Kochi: The anticipatory bail granted to author and social activist Civic Chandran in a sexual assault case has been cancelled. Giving its judgment, the Kerala High Court observed on Wednesday...

Bhubaneswar: A selection committee constituted by the Department of Sports and Youth Services has recommended Bhubaneswar-born former Indian speedster Debasis Mohanty for Biju Patnaik Sports Award for 'Lifetime Achievement' in...

New Delhi: Congress continues to face desertions. In the latest blow, Jaiveer Shergill on Wednesday resigned as the party’s national spokesperson. A practising Supreme Court lawyer, Shergill alleged that the...