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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday launched the Odisha chapter of the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP), an initiative supported by NITI Aayog to promote women-led entrepreneurship in the state. Launching the platform at the 'Udyami Odisha MSME Programme' organised on the occasion of International...

Baripada: A woman and her minor daughter were found dead under mysterious circumstances in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said Saturday. The incident took place at Muktajhari village of Taramara panchayat under Mahuldiha police station in Mayurbhanj district. The deceased were identified as Sitamani Tudu (36),...

Baripada: At least three labourers died when their motorcycle fell into a ravine in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said Saturday. The incident took place Friday night when they were returning from work along a stretch of a hilly forest road at Goradapani village. The two-wheeler...

Raurkela: A woman sustained severe burn injury after her jilted lover allegedly sprayed petrol in the room where she was sleeping and ignited a fire in Odisha's Sundargarh district, police said Saturday. The incident took place at Santoshpur village under Bisra police limits in Raurkela...

Baleshwar: At least four persons were injured in a clash between 'Akhada' groups taking part in a Muharram procession in Odisha's Baleshwar town over which group would perform first, police said Saturday. The clash took place at Dargha Maidan in Baleshwar town in the early...

Bhubaneswar: As Odisha and Chhattisgarh move closer towards a consensus on the Mahanadi water-sharing dispute, the opposition BJD Saturday alleged that the state's BJP government has "completely surrendered" before the neighbouring state. Addressing a press conference, BJD leaders Rohit Pujari and Bhrugu Buxipatra alleged that...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday dismissed newly appointed Odisha Taxation and Accounts Service (OT&AS) officer Bhimsen Tudu from government service following his arrest in connection with the alleged abetment of suic*de of an MBBS student. Sources in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said...

Jajpur: Odisha Police Saturday arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly marrying and impregnating a minor girl at a village in Jajpur district, police said. Though the incident took place last year, it came to the fore after the minor delivered a baby girl at Dharmashala...

Puri: Jagannath temple in Odisha's Puri will remain closed for devotees from 10.30pm Saturday till around 1 pm of Sunday in view of preparations for a special ritual, officials said. The annual 'Snan Yatra' (bathing ceremony), also religiously observed as the birthday of Lord Balabhadra,...

Jharsuguda: Special Court under the POCSO Act in Jharsuguda has sentenced a 30-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl. Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Court Judge Ms Puja Sarangi convicted Ajay Singh, son of Jayakrushna Singh, resident of...