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Bhubaneswar:(ONT Bureau)14/2/17: The polling for second phase Panchayat elections will be held tomorrow. As many as 53,62,814 voters will exercise their adult franchise for electing their representatives for 174 Zilla Parishads under 65 blocks in 29 districts. Polling will be held at 18,581 wards of 1,386 gram panchayats from 7 am to 1 pm. Counting will begin from 1 pm. ...

Bhubaneswar: 14/2/17:During her four day of visit to the state, Hollywood actress and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Global Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd called on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and shared about her stay in the State. She expressed her gratitude and at the same time was happy to witness the rich tribal culture and tradition of the State and ...

Odisha:(ONT Bureau)14/2/17:The team from Odisha, Rising Students Football Club went down to Eastern Sporting Union in the final of the first ever professional women’s football league Indian Women’s League (IWL) organised in the country. Imphal based Eastern Sporting Union crushed the Cuttack based RSFC by a 3-0 margin in the final match played at Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on ...

Bhubaneswar:(ONT Bureau)14/2/17: In the first phase of the panchayat polls on Monday, despite BJD leading the results, the surprise victory of BJP in areas that were traditionally dominated by the ruling party, has fuelled political debates in the state. But it cannot be denied that much of the loss was created by BJD leaders who looked complacent throughout the campaigning ...

New Delhi(PIB)14/2/17:Publications Division, a Media Unit under Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Sasta Sahitya Mandal (SSM) has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for joint publication of books on heroes of freedom struggle, cultural leaders and other eminent personalities who worked towards Nation development. The agreement is a joint initiative between the two organisations to sensitise the young ...

*F. Sheheryar When Neil Diamond crooned “reaching out, touching me, touching you” in that iconic song Sweet Caroline, he could as well be singing about radio. Radio, which reaches out across seemingly insurmountable geographical divides, touches countless lives and yet remains in the background. Like a good friend who never pries but steps in on a bad day with alacrity ...

Balasore:(ONT bureau)13/2/17: Police on Sunday have detained two Bangladeshi youths, who were trying to get passports issued in their names on forged documents, while another managed to escape . The youths are said to be hailing from Mumbai. Police interrogated the duo and started an investigation into their intention of getting passports. According to reports, the regional passport office of ...

New Delhi(PIB)13/2/17:With buyers entitled to seek relief under the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act,2016 with effect from the first of May this year, the central government has cautioned the States of a serious situation of vacuum arising if necessary institutional mechanisms, as required under the Act were not put in place before that. In the context of only four ...

Bhubaneswar(Odisha News Times Bureau)13/2/17: A few hours before panchayat polls began in Odisha, Maoists allegedly set ablaze many vehicles kept at an Anganwadi Centre in Rengali Kuliamunda under Langer police station in Bolangir district and asked people not to participate in the polls started today. According to information, about 20-25 masked persons came and set ablaze a JCB, three tractors ...

Cuttack:13/2/17: Animal lovers and school children made a beeline on Sunday at the campus of Bhubananda Orissa School of Engineering (BOSE) to witness a Siberian Husky and an Alaskan Malamute, which made debut in the Cuttack dog show this year. Organised jointly by Rotary Club and Pasu Seva Sadan, the event drew around 200 pet animals and huge crowd at ...