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Pratap Keshari Deb on Monday filed his nomination as BJD candidate for the by-poll to the lone vacant Rajya Sabha (RS) seat from Odisha.

A 25-year-old biker died while performing a stunt inside a Maut Ka Kuan (Well of Death) show at a fair at Jeypore in Odisha's Koraput district, said police on Sunday.

Krishna Kumari, a health worker in Ganjam district, has bagged the prestigious Florence Nightingale award 2017. She received the award from President Pranab Mukherjee.

The Supreme Court-mandated Oversight Committee has given approval for intake of students at Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital in Baripada from this academic session.

The state unit of BJP on Saturday demanded the removal of Sam Pitroda as technical advisor to the Odisha government for his alleged involvement in the National Herald scam.

The members of Chhatra Congress led by its president Itish Pradhan were detained while they were trying to barge into the Chief Minister’s residence on Saturday.

Yesteryear superstar Uttam Mohanty will be conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Odia film industry.

The death toll due to sunstroke has mounted to four in Odisha, said an official on Friday. According to the Special Relief Commissioner’s office, while two persons were killed in Angul district, two others were reported from Sonepur and Dhenkanal.

Senior Congress Leader Niranjan Patnaik has rejected Cabinet decision accepting a “sterile” Kalinga Nagar Commission Report and has demanded immediate tabling of the same in the State Assembly for a discussion.

Odisha Tourism has bagged the ‘Holiday IQ Best Heritage Destination Award for Konark’ at a glittering ceremony in New Delhi on Thursday.