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Shot, strangled, burnt and stoned -- over a thousand women are victims of honour killings annually in Pakistan, says the country's first Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who is in the Oscar race yet again for her latest…

A three day State level Refresher Training Programme for trained Youth Red Cross Counsellors has been organized by Indian Red Cross Society, Odisha State Branch(IRCS-OSB) from 4th to 6th February, 2016  at Red Cross Bhavan Bhubaneswar where…

Bhubaneswar, Feb 5: The carcass of a 33-foot-long sperm whale washed ashore at the Rushikulya rookery in Odisha's Ganjam district, a forest official said on Thursday. The Forest official said they spotted the carcass on Wednesday near…

The Odisha government has relaxed its restrictions on visits by foreign tourists to tribal pockets in the state after over three years, officials said on Thursday. The relaxation in restrictions would enable foreign tourists to trek and…

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday urged Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to allocate a sizable amount of Railway Budget 2016-17 for strengthening and expanding rail infrastructure in the state. In a letter to Prabhu, Patnaik…

As the suicide of Rohith Vemula puts the focus back on the contentious issue of Dalit rights, former IAS officer and author P. Sivakami says that the community is denied even the minimum human rights. The critically acclaimed author and…

The National Talent Festival of Asian School of Business Management was inaugurated by Shri Sanjay Kumar Das Burma, Hon'ble Minister, Skill Development & Technical Education, Govt. of Odisha by lighting the 'Lamp of Wisdom' as Chief…

Regional Centre for Development Corporation(RCDC), a State based NGO working on Democratic forest governance and Forest Rights Act  with the support of Oxfam India organised district level workshop on “Free Prior and Informed Consent…

A one day training programme (third phase) for officers associated with Odisha Community Policing Scheme “Ama Police” was conducted on 3rd February, 2016 at Biju Patnaik State Police Academy, Bhubaneswar. Sri K.B.Singh, IPS, D.G.P., Odisha…

A team of 18 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) probationers, along with two Joint Directors Tejveer Singh and Jaspreet Talwar of Lal Bahadur Sashtri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, visited Kalinga Institute of…