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Sambalpur: Hirakud Dam authorities Sunday opened four sluice gates to release floodwater after the reservoir level rose due to heavy inflows from the upper catchment following continuous rainfall. According to sources, three gates on the left spillway and one on the right spillway have been...

Puri: Pilgrims in this seaside temple town made a beeline for a darshan of Lord Jagannath and his sibling deities at the Gundicha Temple Sunday, a day after they were brought to the shrine in a culmination of the first phase of Rath Yatra. The...

Bhubaneswar: BJD chief Naveen Patnaik Sunday urged the Centre to initiate talks with students protesting alleged irregularities in the conduct of examinations and called for a thorough debate in Parliament over the matter. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has been staging a protest in Delhi's...

Bhubaneswar: Expressing concern over the death of two persons and many others falling ill during Rath Yatra in Puri July 16, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has asked the state government to ensure that such incidents are not repeated during the 'Bahuda Yatra' July...

Miami: France's Kylian Mbappe broke Lionel Messi's all-time World Cup scoring record of 21 in the third-place play-off, though Les Bleus lost 6-4 to England. Both Mbappe and Messi began World Cup 2026 adrift of former leader Miroslav Klose. Mbappe now has 22 World Cup...

Sambalpur/Kuchinda: In a shocking incident, a 24-year-old beautician was abducted and killed in the Kuchinda area of Sambalpur district, police said Saturday. The victim was identified as Sarita Sa, a resident of Kusumi Mahulaguda village under Mahulpali police limits. She worked at a beauty parlour...

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha IT Secretary Manoj Mishra appeared before the Capital police station Saturday in connection with the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of two files from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) during the previous BJD government. The Commissionerate Police had July 15 issued summons...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Saturday launched a fresh attack on the BJP-led Odisha government, alleging that Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi’s promise of ensuring a flawless Rath Yatra this year had proved to be an “empty promise” following the stampede that claimed...

Udala: An official inquiry has been launched after a lady teacher allegedly thrashed four hostel students brutally with a plastic pipe at a private residential school in Mayurbhanj district after they left the campus without permission to watch the Rath Yatra procession. The incident occurred...

Jayapur: A teacher allegedly molested a Class IX girl student of the Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya (OAV) inside the school premises under this block in Koraput district, police said Saturday. Police have launched an investigation after the victim, a Class IX girl, lodged a complaint at...