Odisha

Odisha man sentenced to 20 years in jail in rape case

10:56 pm December 17, 2020

Cuttack: A 25-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in jail on Thursday by a special court in Odisha‘s Cuttack that convicted him of raping a girl. The special POCSO court also fined Rama Munda alias Rama Laguri Rs 10,000, besides directing a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the survivor’s family. Judge Bandana Kar […]

Girl raped by 55-year-old man in Odisha’s Kalahandi

10:50 pm December 17, 2020

Bhawanipatna (Odisha): An 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 55-year-old man in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, police said on Thursday. Though the incident took place in the Jaipatna police station area on December 8, it came to light after the parents of the girl, a student of class 6, lodged a complaint on Wednesday, they […]

Team co-led by Indian scientists solve 100-year-old mystery of how malaria affects brain

6:29 pm December 16, 2020

New Delhi: Using brain imaging techniques, scientists, including those from The Center for the Study of Complex Malaria in Odisha, have unravelled the century old mystery of how malaria affects the brain, an advance which reveals how the deadly disease causes different outcomes in adults and children. According to the researchers, cerebral malaria is a […]

Odisha CM announces financial aid for dairy farmers

Odisha CM announces Rs 289.42-crore package for MSMEs

11:43 pm December 15, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday approved a stimulus package of Rs 289.42 crore for MSMEs that have been facing stiff challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic, official sources said. The package includes assistance measures such as interest subvention, top-up subsidy, reimbursement of state GST and waiver of annual institutional maintenance charges. The initiative will help […]

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Odisha govt to set up two more medical colleges in Puri, Jajpur

11:20 pm December 14, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday approved a proposal to set up two more medical colleges in Puri and Jajpur at an expenditure of Rs 651.10 crore. Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari said a private construction major will take up the project of a 600-bed government medical college and teaching hospital in Puri, and a 500-bed medical college and teaching […]