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Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has established six new exclusive special courts with an aim to ensure speedy trial and effective prosecution of offences under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The Home Department issued a notification regarding this after statutory consultations...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Wednesday strongly criticised the Odisha BJP government over alleged scarcity of fertiliser during the ongoing Kharif season, which has pushed lakhs of farmers into severe distress. The BJD also alleged that there was rampant black marketing of fertiliser in the state and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha police Wednesday served notice to ex-bureaucrat turned politician VK Pandian to appear before the ACP on July 25 in connection with its probe into the alleged disappearance of two inquiry commission reports from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) during the previous BJD government's...

Thuamul Rampur(Kalahandi): Odisha Vigilance Wednesday arrested the principal of a government school for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a self-help group (SHG) functionary to clear pending bills for cleaning work, officials said. Sitakanta Rana, principal of Odisha Adarsh Vidyalaya (OAV),...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Wednesday termed the alleged police action against students and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi as "shocking" and reiterated his party's demand for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET paper leak issue. Responding...

Bhadrak: It was a three-year ordeal for an Odisha boy with no name or family to become Subham and finally Sai Vijayanath. The eight-year-old was found at an Odisha railway station sitting by a transgender person with no clue to his identity, family or hometown....

Bhubaneswar/Puri: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday reviewed preparations for the Bahuda Yatra and directed officials to ensure foolproof crowd management and security arrangements in Puri. His instructions come in the wake of the death of two devotees and several others falling ill during...

Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) Wednesday unveiled an AI-powered robotic surveillance platform that will be deployed at Puri railway station ahead of Lord Jagannath's Bahuda Yatra July 24 to enhance passenger safety and security, an official said. The robotic surveillance platform, DSC ARJUN (Dedicated Security...

Brahmapur: A person has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha's Ganjam district and has been admitted to MKCG Medical College and Hospital, sources said Wednesday. A 54-year-old woman from Purushottampur block came to MKCG Medical College and Hospital here due to respiratory ailments. She...

Balangir: The district administration's attempt to begin relocating families from Kumiapali village, affected by the Lower Suktel Irrigation Project, failed Tuesday after residents staged a peaceful protest, refusing to leave their ancestral land. The administration deployed nine platoons of police, accompanied by a magistrate, to...