More News17 May 2026 | 1:13 PMBhubaneswar, May 17 (UNI) The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday urged the BJP-led Odisha Government to press the Centre for bringing petrol and diesel under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, saying the move would help reduce fuel prices and ease the burden of rising prices of essential commodities.
see more.. 17 May 2026 | 12:45 PMBhubaneswar, May 17 (UNI) Two women were killed and three others critically injured after a car collided head-on with a goods-laden truck near the Rajamatu traffic junction in the Pradhaniguda area of Odisha’s Nabarangpur district around midnight, police said on Sunday.
see more.. 17 May 2026 | 12:38 PMAgartala, May 17 (UNI) To enhance scientific water resource management, Tripura has set up a State Data Centre for Water Resources with state-of-the-art facilities under the PWD department.
see more.. 17 May 2026 | 12:38 PMBhubaneshwar, May 17 (UNI) Odisha Vigilance on Sunday arrested a junior engineer of the Rural Works (RW) Section in Nayagarh district and his associate while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.36 lakh from a contractor for clearing pending bills and facilitating refund of security deposits, officials said.
see more.. 17 May 2026 | 12:34 PMKolkata, May 17 (UNI)A week after coming to power the BJP government in West Bengal approved a long-pending proposal to hand over several stretches of national highways to central agencies, a move which was kept on hold by the previous Mamata Banerjee government.
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