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Bhubaneswar: The State Government has suspended the distribution of Bhoodan land and the mutation of such land in favour of beneficiaries until further orders, citing concerns over non-compliance with prescribed procedures and inadequate verification of land records. In a letter issued to all Revenue Divisional...

Bhubaneswar: The 35-year-old ragpicker, Anil, who was swept away after falling into an open drain near Vani Vihar Square Saturday af ternoon , still remains untraceable as the search operation continues to trace him. According to locals, the man identified as Anil Singh reportedly slipped...

Bhubaneswar: Puri's titular king Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb wrote to ISKCON, accusing it of hurting the sentiments of devotees by organising Lord Jagannath's Snan Yatra and Rath Yatra on dates that are not in accordance with scriptures. In a letter addressed to Shree Madhusevita Dasa...

Baripada: Two police personnel were suspended and a home guard was served a show-cause notice Sunday for allegedly passing confidential information about a raid to a suspected cattle smuggler in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, officials said. According to a senior police officer of the district, a...

Dhenkanal: An adult male elephant was found dead in a forest in Odisha's Dhenkanal district Sunday, with preliminary investigations suggesting the animal may have been killed by a lightning strike, officials said. The carcass of the tusker, estimated to be 25-30 years old, was found...

Bhubaneswar: Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will inaugurate two new train services from Odisha Monday -- the Brahmapur-Surat (Udhna) Amrit Bharat Express and the Puri-Koraput Express, officials said. The inaugural ceremonies, to be held at Puri and Brahmapur, will also be attended by Odisha Chief Minister...

Jharsuguda: A family in Odisha's Jharsuguda district was forced to transport the body of a deceased woman on a motorcycle due to "unavailability" of hearse services at the Mundrajora Community Health Centre (CHC) in Laikera block. According to reports, after the death of Jamuna Chhatria, the...

Bhubaneswar: A 22-year-old man was arrested Sunday for allegedly circulating an AI-generated morphed video containing “obscene and defamatory” content targeting Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on social media, police said. Biswajit Sahu, a resident of Jagatpur in Cuttack district, was arrested in connection with...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Monsoon activity intensified across India Sunday, with heavy rain disrupting flight operations in Mumbai, triggering weather alerts in Kerala, Odisha and Jharkhand, and bringing widespread downpour to Delhi. Mumbai took the hardest hit as heavy overnight rain lashed the city, forcing the suspension...

Bhubaneswar: A day after a woman police official was found hanging at her official residence, the Odisha Police Officers' Association Sunday demanded a high-level inquiry into her death. The body of Beauty Mohanty, the inspector-in-charge of Chauliaganj police station in Cuttack, was found in her...