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Bhadrak: A Booth Level Officer (BLO) has been suspended with immediate effect for failing to cooperate with the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-2026 electoral exercise, the Bhadrak district administration said. Bhadrak Collector and District Election Officer Dilip Routrai ordered the suspension of assistant teacher Sapan...

Chhatrapur: The state government has approved `100 crore for the construction and development of a world-class sports complex at Sitalapalli near Brahmapur in Ganjam district. In a reply to a letter from Brahmapur MLA K. Anil Kumar, the Sports and Youth Services department said it...

Bhubaneswar: Chhattisgarh has agreed to Odisha’s proposal to resolve the Mahanadi water dispute through negotiations under the mediation of the Central Water Commission (CWC), Odisha Advocate General (AG) Pitambar Acharya said Saturday. “During a recent hearing before the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT), the Chhattisgarh...

Brahmapur: A 57-year-old high school teacher was arrested in Odisha's Ganjam district Saturday for allegedly sexually abusing his daughter for years, even after her marriage, police said. The 22-year-old woman set herself on fire at her in-laws' house Thursday and suffered 75 per cent burn...

Madrid: Teenage archer Prithika Pradeep produced a stunning turnaround to beat world No. 11 Hazal Burun of Turkey 145-142, clinching her maiden World Cup bronze in Madrid, here Saturday. It completed a splendid double for the 17-year-old archer who earlier played a key role in...

Madrid: The Indian trio of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep and Chikitha Taniparthi struggled to bring their A-game forward and were inconsistent at crucial moments as they lost 228-232 to a dominant Colombia in the women's compound team final, settling for the silver medal at...

Bhubaneswar/Jharsuguda: Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) Saturday reportedly issued notices to Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik, former Jharsuguda MLA Dipali Das and BJD leader Ipsita Sahoo over the alleged "participation of schoolchildren in a party protest in Jharsuguda", seeking...

Bhubaneswar: Two construction workers died after falling into an under-construction septic tank in BJB Nagar area under Badagada police limits in Bhubaneswar Saturday, sources said. The accident took place while workers were removing the shuttering planks of the under-construction tank, following which the structure collapsed,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Urban Academy inked a memorandum of understanding with IIT-Bhubaneswar and social enterprise Development Alternatives Saturday to set up a centre of excellence for advancing sustainable urban development. The tripartite agreement was signed in the presence of Odisha's Housing and Urban Development Minister...

Wetzlar: India's national 200m record holder Animesh Kujur continued his rapid rise as one of the country's premier sprinters by clocking a personal best 10.14 seconds to finish second in the men's 100m final at the PUMA Fast Arms Fast Legs 2026 meet Saturday. Odisha...