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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and discussed different issues relating to the state's development. Majhi, who is on a tour of Delhi, expressed his gratitude towards the Prime Minister and said he was grateful...

Balasore: A woman student of a college in Odisha's Balasore district, who had lodged a sexual harassment complaint against a teacher, Saturday allegedly set herself on fire on the institute's campus and sustained 90 per cent burn injuries, police said. Another male student, who attempted...

Balasore: A woman student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Odisha's Balasore district, who had lodged a sexual harassment complaint against a teacher, Saturday allegedly set herself on fire on the educational institute campus and sustained 90 per cent burn injury, police said. Another male...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik Saturday returned to Bhubaneswar after recovering from his spine surgery for cervical arthritis in Mumbai. Patnaik's special flight landed at the Biju Patnaik International Airport at about 2pm. He returned to Odisha after 21 days, said BJD...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Saturday accused the BJP government in Odisha of misleading people on the much-awaited inventory of Lord Jagannath's Ratna Bhandar in Puri temple. BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty made the allegation after Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan said that the inventory of the Lord's treasury...

Bhubaneswar: Loyola School in Bhubaneswar organised its first-ever Model United Nations conference, which began July 12. The two-day event, scheduled to conclude July 13, simulated four UN-style committees — UNGA-DISEC, UNHRC, AIPPM and IPC — where student delegates debated global and national issues while honing...

Sambalpur: In a major development for Odisha politics, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs and senior BJP leader Jual Oram Saturday announced his retirement from electoral politics. Oram said he is paving the way for generational change within the party. Addressing a gathering of party workers...

Baliguda: Three plainclothes police personnel from Kalahandi were brutally assaulted by villagers who mistook them for kidnappers in Kurtamgarh area under Tumudibandh police limits in Kandhamal district. According to sources, Kalahandi police had tracked the location of a mobile number linked to a wanted suspect...

Pottangi: In a move reflecting heightened administrative vigilance over inter-state border disputes, Pottangi Tehsildar Debendra Bahadur Singh Dharua halted a health camp being held by a medical team from Andhra Pradesh in Paniki village under the disputed Kotia panchayat in Koraput district Friday. According to...

Basudevpur: Panic gripped Chandiya village in Basudevpur block after a bull went on a rampage Friday morning, killing one person and injuring four others. The deceased has been identified as a 55-year-old Nepali Jena, while the injured include his son Manas Kumar Jena and villagers...