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Kendrapara: Odisha Vigilance Monday caught red-handed a school headmaster in Kendrapara district while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a staff member, officials said. The accused, identified as Raghunath Das, was serving as the officiating headmaster of a high school at Chadeiguan near...

Bhubaneswar: Volatility has shot up in the financial markets due to the ongoing West Asia conflict, but the Indian bourses have the capacity to "absorb different types of shocks", SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said Monday. When there is a crisis in one part of...

Bhubaneswar: Public transport services under the 'Ama Bus' scheme were severely affected in Bhubaneswar Monday after employees staged a protest over pending salaries and other demands, leaving commuters stranded across the city. According to reports, 117 buses operating on 45 routes remained off the roads...

Malkangiri: A man died while being shifted to a hospital in Odisha’s Malkangiri district after the motorcycle carrying him reportedly ran out of fuel midway, delaying medical treatment, family members alleged Monday. The deceased was identified as Basanta Khila of Kusumput village under the district....

Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) will announce Odisha’s Plus II examination results May 20, School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond said Monday. Results for Arts, Science, Commerce and Vocational streams will be declared simultaneously. The Plus II examinations were conducted from...

Bhubaneswar: BJP national president Nitin Nabin Monday chaired a meeting of the party's core committee in Odisha and discussed its strategies for the next year's rural polls and possible expansion of the council of ministers in the state, party sources said. Chief Minister Mohan Charan...

Nandapur: The state government has reduced the fund allocation for the Shri Anna Abhiyan for 2026-27 by 31 per cent, triggering concern among farmers, entrepreneurs and intellectuals in Koraput district, prompting a complaint before the NHRC. The initiative was launched to revive traditional millets such...

Rourkela: The state government has approved the design for the proposed pedestrian bridge over the Brahmani River to connect the Vedavyas Shaivite shrine in Rourkela. Instead of the previously proposed glass suspension bridge, authorities have now decided to construct a modern RCC pedestrian bridge. The...

Nandapur: Police demolished an illegal country liquor brewing unit operating from the house of a former panchayat samiti member under Nandapur police limits in Koraput district and arrested the accused, officials said Sunday. The accused was identified as Ramesh Bisoi, 54, of Bhimariput village, a...

Kuanrmunda: A 31-year-old migrant labourer was killed and two others were injured after lightning struck a house at Jhunumur under Raiboga police limits in Sundargarh district late Saturday night, police said. The deceased was identified as Budhua Bage, a native of Pahantoli, Pitamba village under...