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Jamankira: While patients battled for their lives, the Jamankira hospital premises under Sambalpur district became the setting for an Independence Day celebration amid mud, stagnant water and unhygienic conditions. Local representatives and government officials stood under a waterproof tent to hoist the National Flag, while...

Kataka: Senior IPS officer Vinaytosh Mishra Sunday took additional charge as the interim Director General of Police (DGP) of Odisha from outgoing DGP Yogesh Bahadur Khurania at the State Police Headquarters in Kataka. Mishra is currently serving as the Director General of Police, Crime Branch....

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: Around 5.15 lakh people have been affected, while 2.37 lakh people have been evacuated to safety, during the current floods in five districts – Baleshwar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar – while the state government Sunday sounded a high alert for...

Kendrapada: Around 100 metres of an under-construction portion on National Highway-53, a key stretch connecting Odisha's Paradip Port with the mineral-rich areas in Jajpur, caved inSunday due to incessant rain, officials said. The incident took place near Nilachal Bazar under Marshaghai police station limits in...

Brahmapur: An inter-state dacoity gang was busted with the arrest of four criminals, including three from Andhra Pradesh, Odisha Police said Sunday. The police seized Rs 6.92 lakh in cash, recently robbed by them from the Golanthara area in Ganjam district, a car, 14 mobile...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi is scheduled to visit flood-hit Bhadrak and Jajpur districts Monday as the state remains on high alert following an IMD forecast of extremely heavy rain in the wake of the formation of a fresh low-pressure area over the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha BJP's youth wing Sunday lodged a complaint against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at Kharvel Nagar police station here over alleged disrespect to 'Vande Mataram' during an Independence Day programme. BJP Yuva Morcha state president Abhilash Panda said...

Bhubaneswar: Curbing the trade of narcotic substances, including ganja, cybercrimes and road accidents are three major challenges before the Odisha Police, outgoing DGP Y B Khurania said Sunday. Addressing a press conference here on his last working day, Khurania said the Union Ministry of Home...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Sunday urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to convene an all-party meeting and a special session of the state Assembly to discuss the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2026, passed by Parliament last week. Addressing a...

Galle: Devdutt Padikkal's sophisticated 167 was the centrepiece in India's strong 460 for nine at stumps despite the Sri Lankan spinners growing fangs on a truncated second day of the first Test in Galle Sunday. Kuldeep Yadav (12) and Prasidh Krishna (1) were batting at...