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Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall in several districts from November 18 as a depression over the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by November 17, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Sunday. The...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday announced development projects worth Rs 161 crore for Malkangiri district while addressing the state-level celebration of Janjatiya Gaurav Divas, marking the 151st birth anniversary of tribal freedom fighter Bhagwan Birsa Munda. Addressing a large gathering in Malkangiri, the...

Baleshwar: The Odisha Police Sunday arrested a shopkeeper and his father for allegedly beating a boy to death in Odisha's Baleshwar district, officials said. The body of the 11-year-old boy was found in an under-construction market complex room near the Tentulia gram panchayat office Saturday,...

Barhampur: The carcass of a wild elephant calf was found in a forest in Odisha's Ganjam district Sunday, a forest official said. The one-and-a-half-year-old calf got separated from its herd Saturday and its carcass was found in Bhaleri forest under Khallikote forest range, Barhampur Divisional...

Dhenkanal: The Odisha government Sunday suspended two forest officials, a day after a female elephant and her six-month-old calf died of suspected electrocution in Dhenkanal district. While the duo was suspended for alleged dereliction of duty, the police arrested a 51-year-old man for laying live...

Brahmapur: Researchers from Berhampur University have discovered a new marine nematode, a tiny worm-like species, along the Gopalpur coast in Odisha's Ganjam district. The researchers of the Marine Science Department of the university had collected around 15 specimens of the new species, named 'Ceramonema leduci'...

New Delhi: Vice President C P Radhakrishnan will visit Odisha, where he will address the orientation programme for members of the Odisha Legislative Assembly in Bhubaneswar, Monday. He will also inaugurate the Iconic Tower (Academic Building) of Sri Sri University in Kataka during the visit,...

Kandhamala: A schoolteacher who had gone missing in floodwaters during Cyclone Arnab was rescued from a forest area in Odisha's Kandhamala district after nearly 15 days, sources said Sunday. The teacher, identified as Mohan Maharana, was rescued by local residents and carried to Raikia Community...

Mount Maunganui: Arshdeep Singh produced a fine 3/30 spell as India beat New Zealand by 22 runs in the fifth and final ODI to take the series 3-1, while also ending the Kiwis' 11-series unbeaten streak at home Sunday. India had earlier beaten New Zealand...

Bhubaneswar: The male Royal Bengal Tiger spotted in Odisha's Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary November 9 was previously recorded in Chhattisgarh's Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve in 2025 and may have originally dispersed from Maharashtra, forest officials said Sunday. Camera-trap images shared by Chhattisgarh forest authorities have confirmed the...