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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Saturday that his government will build a prosperous and developed state following the ideals of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Addressing a function organised here to celebrate Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, marking the birth anniversary of the country's first home...

Malkangiri: A 27-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly attacking his three-year-old daughter and a neighbouring woman with a sharp weapon in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said on Saturday. The incident took place at R O Colony in Malkangiri police station area. The accused, identified...

Bhubaneswar: The flood situation in Odisha's Ganjam and Gajapati districts, hit by Cyclone Arnab, gradually improved Saturday with water receding from most affected areas and river levels showing a declining trend, even as Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi directed officials to intensify relief and restoration...

Bhubaneswar: The death toll due to landslides triggered by cyclone Arnab in the state mounted to four Saturday with another death, while search operation was intensified for 12 others who remained missing. Special Relief Commissioner Rajesh Prabhakar Patil said that three districts – Ganjam, Gajapati...

Purushottampur: Angry flood victims allegedly attacked Khallikote MLA Purnachandra Sethy during his visit to flood-hit areas of Purushottampur in Ganjam district Saturday. The incident occurred as residents, struggling with severe hardships following Cyclone Arnab, confronted him over the alleged lack of assistance and delayed response...

Kendrapada: The body of a 20-year-old college student, with her throat slit, was found in a water-filled ditch in Odisha's Kendrapada district Saturday, police said. The incident took place at Jadupur village under Marshaghai police station limits in the coastal district, the police said. The...

Bhubaneswar: A "well-marked" low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression and is likely to turn into a cyclonic storm that may hit the Andhra Pradesh coast November 3, India Meteorological Department officials said Saturday. On October 28, Cyclonic storm Arnab...

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: Odisha government has stepped up a search operation for 12 people who went missing after the cyclone Arnab-induced rain triggered a landslide at a village bordering Ganjam and Kandhamala districts a day ago, officials said Saturday. The rescue team is expected to use a...

New Delhi: Pacer Auqib Nabi was Saturday added to India's squad for the first three ODIs against New Zealand after Prasidh Krishna was ruled out of the five-match series with a hamstring injury. Nabi was already in the squad for the fourth and fifth ODIs,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Civil Service main examination will not be postponed because of the flood caused by heavy rainfall triggered by cyclone 'Arnab', and the state government will arrange transport for candidates in affected areas, minister said. The Congress had demanded the postponement of the...