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Jagatsinghpur: Odisha Police has found itself in a spot after some of its personnel, including senior officers, were criticised on social media for sporting coloured and unconventional hairstyles. The latest incident was reported from Jagatsinghpur district, where a DSP-rank officer was trolled online for his...

Keonjhar: At least 26 personnel of the Odisha Industrial Security Force (OISF) were injured after a truck rammed into their bus on National Highway 520 near Taduabahal under Champua police station limits in Keonjhar district Friday, police said. The incident occurred when a truck hit...

Bhubaneswar: The bill proposing a hike in MLAs’ salaries may be reconsidered during the upcoming session of the Odisha Assembly, committee chairman Bhaskar Madhei said. Madhei said legislators had submitted a written proposal to the chief minister seeking a review of the bill, which has...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has clarified that its recent ban on pan masala applies only to products containing tobacco or nicotine and not to plain pan masala. The clarification came days after the state announced a complete ban on the manufacture and sale of food products...

Bhubaneswar: A domestic help working at the official residence of Odisha Food Supplies Minister Krushna Chandra Patra was found dead under suspicious circumstances Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Shankarshan Nag, a native of Balangir district. Police said they rushed to the spot after being...

New Delhi: Star Indian cricketer Virat Kohli's official Instagram account was reinstated Friday morning, following a brief disappearance that left fans baffled and buzzing online. On Thursday night, Virat's official Instagram account, which boasts a whopping 274 million followers, suddenly became inaccessible, leaving millions of...

Koraput: The culture and traditions of the Bonda tribe were on display at the Ankadeli weekly market as foreign tourists visited the haat and interacted with members of one of Odisha’s oldest indigenous communities, officials and locals said. The visit turned the weekly market into...

Balishankara: A scooterist was killed after a cargo-laden truck hit the two-wheeler from the rear near Balishankara block office under Talsara police limits in Sundargarh district Thursday. The deceased was identified as Rajesh Kindo, 50, of Babudihi, Minjpada village. Police said a speeding cargo-laden truck...

Berhampur: A local court Thursday sentenced a youth to life imprisonment after convicting him of double murder linked to post-panchayat election violence in Nabarangpur village under Digapahandi police limits of Ganjam district in 2022. The Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ-III) Bibaswat Gautam convicted the...

Joda/Barbil: Police Thursday destroyed illicit opium cultivation spread over nearly two acres in a remote forest area of Keonjhar district, officials said. Acting on specific intelligence inputs, a police team raided an abandoned and inaccessible forest patch in the Sunanadi river basin under Roida panchayat...