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Forest fires contained and controlled in Odisha
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 15 (ANI): The Odisha government on Sunday claimed that the forest fire situation in the state is "totally contained and controlled".
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Italian Odissi-Chhau dancer teaching the dance forms in India since 1995
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 15 (ANI): Impressed by Indian art and culture, Italian-born Odissi and Chhau dancer and instructor Ileana Citaristi, who came to Odisha in 1979, decided to make the state her home and has been imparting the knowledge of these dance forms since 1995.
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Farmer in Odisha builds solar-powered car during lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], March 14 (ANI): A farmer in Mayurbhanj has built a four-wheeled electric vehicle that runs on a solar-powered battery.
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Police seize ganja worth Rs 70 lakh in Odisha's Malakangiri
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Malkangiri (Odisha) [India], March 13 (ANI): During an anti-narcotics drive in the district, the Mathili police seized ganja weighing 880 kilograms worth Rs 70 lakh from a Bolero on Friday night.
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BJP MLA Subash Panigrahi attempts suicide in Odisha Assembly by consuming
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Subash Panigrahi attempted suicide in the Odisha Assembly by consuming sanitiser on Friday.
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Parent's plea for CBI probe in whistleblower son's death: SC dismisses cas
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the case as withdrawn while responding to the petition filed by the parents of whistleblower Aditya Dash, seeking a direction for a CBI probe, as the Crime Branch of Odisha could not solve his alleged murder.
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Odisha forest officer dances as it rains during fire at Similpal reserve,
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], March 12 (ANI): The video of a forest official involved in dousing fire at the Similpal biosphere reserve has gone viral on social media.
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Fire in Similipal biosphere reserve now under control
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 12 (ANI): The Odisha government on Friday stated that the fire in the Similipal biosphere reserve is now under control.
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Odisha Crime branch seeks help of Facebook for clue in whistleblower's dea
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): The Odisha CB-CID on Thursday informed the NHRC that it has asked the law enforcement response team, Facebook Security, California for the production of documents with respect to the Facebook account of Aditya Dash, a whistleblower who was allegedly kill
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Odisha Health Department directs officials to step up of COVID-19 vaccinat
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 11 (ANI): Odisha Health Department on Wednesday asked all the district collectors to step up of COVID-19 vaccination of the elderly to one lakh per day.
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Dharmendra Pradhan along with other Odisha MPs meet Prakash Javadekar over
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): Days after a fire devastated the Similipal forest division in Odisha, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other MPs from the state on Wednesday met handed over a memorandum to Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, demanding his intervention in the
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Odisha cancels leaves of forest officials in wake of raging forest fires
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 10 (ANI): The Forest and Environment Department of Odisha on Wednesday cancelled the leaves of field forest officials in all divisions of the state in view of the forest fire alerts.
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