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Rourkela: A largescale tax evasion racket in the construction of carriages of heavy cargo vehicles has come to light in and around Rourkela, sources said Friday. Though the vehicles are purchased and modified in Odisha, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) filings are being done...

Baripada: Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) and Chief Wildlife Warden Prem Kumar Jha announced on social media platform X that the number of Royal Bengal tigers in Similipal has increased to 40 — a development that has brought joy to wildlife enthusiasts. Efforts are...

Malkangiri: A large number of live turtles were seized by the Motu Forest department in Kalimela block of Malkangiri district, officials said. Based on a tip-off regarding interstate turtle smuggling, forest officials set up a vehicle checkpoint at the Motu outpost early Friday morning. After...

Malkangiri: Security forces have seized a Maoist dump in the Chitrakonda block of Malkangiri district, officials confirmed Friday. According to sources, personnel from the 177 Battalion of the Border Security Force (BSF), stationed at the Ghanabeda and Gurusetu camps in Swabhiman Anchal of Malkangiri, launched...

Bhubaneswar: Heatwave conditions scorched Odisha Friday, with the mercury crossing 40 degree Celsius in 16 places, according to the IMD. The industrial town of Jharsuguda was the hottest place in the state, recording a temperature of 44.8 degree Celsius. Bolangir and Boudh recorded 44.5 degree...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has established 46 new civil judge courts in different parts of the state, officials said Friday. Five courts have been set up in Balasore district, while four such courts were established in Sambalpur, Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh districts, three in Jajpur, Kendrapara, Kandhamal...

Rourkela: Two miscreants, who were allegedly fleeing after looting an eatery, were injured in a gunfight with the police in Odisha's Rourkela, an officer said Friday. They were hospitalised and stated to be out of danger. The incident took place when four miscreants were fleeing...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Friday the state is confident of achieving its target of producing 130 million tons of steel per year by 2030. Addressing the Odisha State Roundtable at India Steel 2025 in Mumbai, Majhi said the state is the...

Bhadrak: Odisha's Bhadrak district administration Friday announced a Rs 6 lakh compensation for the next of kin of a person who died after being stuck inside an old elevator in Bhadrak. While announcing the ex gratia, district collector Dillip Routrai directed the Road and Building...

Bhubaneswar: Retired IAS officer Manoj Kumar Parida Friday took oath as Odisha's Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). Besides, ex-IPS officer Pranabindu Acharya, retired IAS officer Pabitra Mandal, and Kalpana Pattnaik, an advocate of Orissa High Court, also took oath as the State Information Commissioners. They were...