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Bhubaneswar: Odisha's opposition BJD Monday said Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar must resign, as he had "lied" that modification of Form 6 during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was approved by the Supreme Court. Earlier in the day, the apex court said...

Brahmapur: Drug inspectors in Odisha's Ganjam district have been directed to take stringent action against the sale of medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) kits and other abortion pills without prescriptions, officials said Monday. The move is aimed at protecting women's health, curbing illegal abortions and...

Bhubaneswar/Dhenkanal: Odisha Monday paid tributes to martyr Baji Rout, who sacrificed his life fighting against the British at the age of 12 in Dhenkanal district, on his birth anniversary, with Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi remembering his indomitable courage and...

Bhubaneswar: Following the announcement of students' union elections in Odisha, Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj Monday appealed to students to participate in the campus polls as part of student democracy, while ensuring free and fair participation without resorting to violence. “Look, my earnest appeal to...

Bhubaneswar: In a major initiative to build a skilled workforce for the clean energy transition, the Odisha government will establish a Green Energy (Solar) Centre of Excellence (CoE) at the World Skill Centre (WSC) campus in Mancheswar here in partnership with the Odisha Hydro Power...

Bhubaneswar: The State unit of BJP Monday mounted a fresh attack on the previous BJD government after the CAG flagged major lapses in DMF spending, including Rs 983 crore expenditure in villages not directly affected by mining and the exclusion of 584 affected villages. BJP...

Kendrapada: A tattoo in Odia script on her hand helped establish the identity of a 70-year-old woman who had been separated from her family for decades, and reunite her with her relatives in Odisha's Kendrapada district. Pramila Malik, a resident of Baluria village, was traced...

Thuamul Rampur: A block-level public hearing on the social audit of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was held at the Panchayat Samiti conference hall in Thuamul Rampur of Odisha’s Kalahandi district Monday, but the absence of senior officials and the poor...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has received a Special Recognition Award from the union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) for undertaking the highest number of reforms under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) 2.0. The award was presented in New Delhi Monday as part of the...

Bhubaneswar/Baripada: Odisha Vigilance Department officers Monday detected two multi-storey buildings, a five-acre farmhouse and 20 high-value plots during raids on the properties of a government engineer, officials said. Acting on an allegation of possession of disproportionate assets (DA) to his known sources of income, vigilance...