Devotee’s Grand Gesture: Gold Crown Worth Rs 50 Lakh Donated To Ghatagaan Goddess Tarini

Bhubaneswar: A devotee showed his utter faith and devotion to Goddess Tarini of Ghatagaan by donating a gold crown worth Rs 50 lakh. He had had made a spiritual promise before the Goddess who listiened to his prayers and blessed him as per his wish. The devotee, Bajrang Agarwal, a resident of Sundargarh district gifted the…

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10 Years Of Mudra Yojana: Beneficiaries In Odisha Share Story Of Financial Empowerment

Khordha: The Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), launched ten years ago, has gone a long way in funding micro and small enterprises and making them an ‘unbreakable’ part of India’s growth story. Over the years, the PMMY has transformed lives by enabling young entrepreneurs to live with dignity and purpose. Those entrepreneurs, who once struggled due…

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Assistant Collector Khorda meets with road accident in Jajpur, critical

Jajpur: The Assistant Collector of Khorda, Ashwini Kumar Nayak is critically injured in a road accident in Jajpur. The incident happened on National Highway 16 near Mulapala square in Jajpur district. According to information, a truck reportedly hit his Innova vehicle while he was going to Balasore from Bhubaneswar. He was rushed to the Dharmasala medical…

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Heavy Rains Likely As Low-Pressure Area Intensifies Into Well-Marked Low Over BoB

Bhubaneswar: The low-pressure area over the southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal has intensified into a well-marked low-pressure area as of 0830 hours IST on April 8, 2025. This system is expected to impact the weather in the surrounding regions in the coming days, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Although the IMD has…

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Odisha begins work on AI system for child growth monitoring

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has launched a pilot program for the development of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool for monitoring the growth of children, officials said. A five-day training-cum-workshop on ‘AI for Growth Monitoring: Development of an AI Tool for Child Anthropometry’ was inaugurated here Monday, they said. Odisha has emerged as the “first state in…

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Woman held with 500 banned cough syrup bottles

Sambalpur: A woman was arrested late Sunday night for allegedly being involved in the illegal trade of narcotic cough syrup, following a raid by Sambalpur police. Around 500 sealed bottles of the banned cough syrup ‘Win-Cirex’ were seized during the operation. Acting on credible information received during the ongoing Ram Navami celebrations, a team from…

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Bihar Man Arrested In Connection With 2024 Firing Incident In Balasore

Balasore: The Remuna police arrested a man on Tuesday in connection with a firing incident that took place in 2024. The man has been identified as Lambu, alias Chandramohan Jha, a resident of Phulhara village in the Samastipur district of Bihar. According to Balasore Superintendent of Police (SP) Raj Prasad, the firing incident occurred in 2024…

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