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OST Bureau Kendrapara, Feb 9: Over a dozen villagers suffered burn injuries and at least 70 thatched houses were burnt down in a major fire that swept through Gadaramito village under Mahakalpada police station on Saturday, police…

Reported by Chinmaya Dehury Bhubaneswar, Feb 8: In an effort to take the advantage of information technology, the Union ministry of communications and information technology has urged the Odisha government to integrate 'Mobile Seva'…

OST Bureau Bhadrak, Feb 8: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Centre to take appropriate action within eight weeks to protect the Wheeler Island, India’s lone missile test-firing range, from erosion and to ensure…

OST Bureau Bhubaneswar, Feb 7: Keeping the acute shortage of teaching staff in colleges of the state, the Odisha government has decided to introduce virtual classrooms from July this year. Sources in the Higher Education department…

OST Bureau Bhubaneswar, Feb 6: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik today urged the Union Culture ministry to expedite the formalities with regard to according classical status to Odia language. In a letter to Union Culture minister…

OST Bureau Bhubaneswar, Feb 6: The double-line work between Delang and Puri would be in place before the Nabakalebara, officials of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) said on Thursday. Reviewing the progress of the high-priority project…

OST Bureau Cuttack, Feb 6: The state government has asked the district collectors and SPs to ensure fool-proof security for smooth conduct of this year’s annual High School Certificate (HSC) examinations beginning from February 25 In…

OST Bureau Bhubaneswar, Feb 4: Convergence of efforts by stakeholders to tackle the scourge of cancer would tip the scales in favour of those battling the disease at all levels, experts said at a gathering of cancer survivors here on…

OST Bureau Bhubaneswar, Feb 3: Nobel Laureate and Professor in George Washington University, USA, Ferid Murad inaugurated the second International Conference on Angiogenesis-Theragnostics in Cancer & Cardiovascular Diseases at…

OST Bureau Bhubaneswar, Feb 3: SOA QuizWiz, now reckoned as one of the foremost quiz contests in the country, was won by Saransh Mohapatra and Jyoti Prakash Panda, a team from city-based Silicon Institute of Technology, on Sunday.…