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Jajpur: A day after arresting a banker, Odisha vigilance officers Thursday arrested his father and mother along with another man for allegedly embezzling government funds to the tune of Rs 5.56 crore in Jajpur district, officials said. The accused have been identified by the vigilance...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday appointed Dr Durga Madhav Satpathy as the new Director Medical Education & Training (DMET), officials said. Satpathy was presently working as the superintendent of MKCG Medical College Hospital in Berhampur. Dr Santosh Mishra, the current DMET, has been appointed as...

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of women activists of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday staged a demonstration in front of the official residence of party MLA Subasini Jena, who voted in favour of BJP-supported Independent candidate Dilip Ray in the recent Rajya Sabha elections. Jena, a lawmaker from...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Five people were killed in two separate road accidents in Odisha's Ganjam and Balasore districts on Thursday, police said. Three people travelling on a motorcycle died after their bike hit a bus at Patapalli village under the Sorada police station of Ganjam district, the...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police arrested a man for his alleged involvement in swindling Rs 9.6 crore of the District Mineral Foundation (DMF), Mayurbhanj, an official said Thursday. One builder, Brajesh Mishra, was arrested from Chhattisgarh Tuesday, and he was brought...

Nuapada: Diamond deposits have been discovered in Odisha’s Nuapada district, with initial findings reported from Kalamidadar, Mines Minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena informed the Assembly Thursday. He said technical, economic and other related assessments of the deposit are currently underway. The minister also said indications of...

Kendrapara: A court Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl, which led to her getting pregnant. The POCSO court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the 53-year-old convict, non-payment of which would lead to the jail...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government's Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment department has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Watershed Support Service and Activities Network (WASSAN), a non-profit organisation, to revive forgotten foods and neglected crops in the state. According to an official statement, the state government...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Thursday urged the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) to take suo motu cognisance of the alleged molestation of a girl in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district and atrocities against tribal women in the state. The BJD, in a memorandum to the NCST, expressed...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha minister Suresh Pujari Thursday informed the Assembly that 416 people have lost their lives in fire accidents across the state over the last three financial years. Property worth Rs 27.84 crore and 2,537 houses were damaged in the fire incidents during 2022-23, 2023-24...