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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday termed Narendra Modi's 12 years of rule as prime minister "the age of absolute transformation" and said the state witnessed fast-paced development under the BJP's rule in the past two years. Modi will create a new record...

Kolkata/Puri: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Tuesday announced the state government will remove the insignia 'Dham' from the state-funded Lord Jagannath Temple and cultural activity premises in Digha, which was inaugurated by former CM Mamata Banerjee in April last year. The premises will now...

Bhubaneshwar: 'Periods are not a curse or impurity. If women can give birth, why should they be stopped from entering a temple or kitchen during menstruation?' Driven by this conviction and drawing from her own experience of undergoing traditional 'purification' rituals after her first period,...

Bhubaneswar: BJP nominee Debashish Samantaray's nomination papers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha by-election from Odisha were found valid, sources said Tuesday. Samantaray had filed four sets of nomination papers for the June 18 by-poll. Following the verification process, election authorities accepted all required documents, officially...

Malkangiri: Security forces have recovered huge quantity of arms, ammunition, equipment, and other articles from a Maoist dump in the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border area, a police officer said Tuesday. On the basis of input provided by surrendered Maoists, an intensive search was conducted by District Voluntary...

Sundargarh: A man climbed a high-voltage electricity pole and threatened to end his life after his "girlfriend" refused to marry him, triggering a tense, hours-long standoff in Odisha's Sundargarh district, police said Tuesday. The incident took place in Budakata area under Kutra block, where the...

Aul(Kendrapara): A worker died of suspected suffocation while cleaning a well, and two others who tried to rescue him were in critical condition in Odisha's Kendrapara Tuesday. The deceased worker was identified as Parikhita Singh of Demal village. The two others who attempted to rescue...

Bargarh: The Odisha government has suspended three engineers of the Water Resources Department for alleged gross misconduct and dereliction in duty during the execution of an irrigation project in Bargarh district, officials said Tuesday. As per an order issued by the department, Madan Mohan Sethy,...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Odisha government has suspended an assistant revenue inspector for allegedly demanding a bribe for the issuance of caste certificates to students, an official said. The suspended inspector was posted at Sadar-IV RI Circle under Sadar Tahasil of Sambalpur. He was accused of demanding Rs...

Paralakhemundi: A healthcare initiative launched at the district headquarters hospital (DHH) in Paralakhemundi of Gajapati district to provide super-specialty services through doctors from Andhra Pradesh has come under scanner, amid allegations of exploitation of patients by the agents accompanying these physicians. The scheme was introduced...