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Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission has appointed 10 senior IAS officers as Electoral Roll Observers (ERO) to oversee the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) in the state, according to a notification issued Friday. The draft voters' list for Odisha is scheduled to be published July 5....

Koraput: Odisha Police Friday unearthed a Maoist arms and explosives dump during a search operation in the dense forests of Koraput district, dealing another blow to Naxal activities in the region, officials said. The dump was detected at Tentuliguma within Boipariguda police station limits of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has ordered the withholding of salaries of doctors participating in the ongoing agitation and directed authorities to initiate action against contractual medical officers involved in the protest. The Health and Family Welfare Department instructed all government medical colleges, hospitals and Chief District...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has sought feedback from public on revised textbooks for class 1-4 within seven days after uploading the corrected digital copies of the books on official websites. The move follows the detection of a large number of factual, typographical, and printing errors in the...

Sundargada: The family of a teenager who died in a landslide in Odisha's Sundargada district are unable to perform his last rites as the post-mortem examination has not been conducted even after two days due to ongoing 'ceasework' by doctors, an official said Friday. The...

Joda: A minor was killed, and another sustained critical injuries after an earthen mound collapsed during alleged illegal manganese mining in the Malda reserve forest on the fringes of Kendujhar-Sundargarh districts in the wee hours of Thursday, police said. The deceased and the injured are...

Anugola: Police arrested a man posing as an Odisha Police constable after he was found wandering suspiciously outside the office of the Superintendent of Police (SP) in Anugola Thursday. The accused, identified as Rabi Narayan of Chhendipada, was wearing a police constable’s uniform complete with...

Baleshwar: Forest department personnel rescued 297 live and 113 dead seagulls and arrested a poacher during a raid on illegal bird hunting activities in the sea near Subarnadandi under Bhograi block in Baleshwar district, officials said Thursday. The accused was identified as 22-year-old Kali Charan...

Cuttack/Baripada: Observing that “a case of murder cannot be proved on mere hunches or possibilities” and that courts cannot presume a witness is truthful solely because of his relationship with the victim, the Orissa High Court has acquitted a man who was convicted two decades...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday demanded a fair, impartial and high-level inquiry into the alleged suicide of a farmer in Nuapada district, holding administrative lapses in paddy procurement responsible for the tragedy. The Opposition party also sought strict action against officials allegedly responsible...