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Bhubaneswar: Odisha CEO Tuesday said none of the 3,041 voters from Bhadrak’s Dhamnagar area, whose names were in question, were deleted from the final electoral roll. The clarification came in response to a social media post by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who alleged irregularities in...

SANGRAM PAIKARAY, OP Balugaon: With cyclone ‘Arnab’ posing a potential threat to Odisha’s coastal areas, the Khordha district administration has initiated precautionary measures to deal with any eventuality. A preparatory meeting was held at the Chilika block office under the supervision of block development officer...

Bhubaneswar: The 45th General Council Meeting of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Tuesday here, witnessed heated exchanges over sanitation tenders, street lighting and procedural issues. Mayor Sulochana Das suspended Ward No. 37 Corporator Bandita Pal from the meeting after she allegedly continued livestreaming the proceedings...

Bhubaneswar: Domestic Piped Natural Gas (DPNG) connections are set to reach households across Bhubaneswar, offering residents a convenient, affordable and safe alternative to LPG cylinders, said Bhubaneswar Member of Parliament Aparajita Sarangi while inaugurating the first domestic PNG connection at Assotech World, a residential complex...

Malkangiri: Malkangiri is among the southern Odisha districts expected to bear the brunt of the impending severe cyclonic storm, ‘Arnab’, which is set to make landfall between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam by the forenoon of October 28. Odisha government has stepped up disaster preparedness, identifying 48,010...

Boinda: A 10-year-old tusker was electrocuted after getting caught in an electric snare allegedly laid to hunt wild boars in the Jhillimunda forest area under the Handapa forest range in Anugola district Monday night. Following the incident, forest officials conducted raids and arrested three of...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 41 government employees have been dismissed from service following their conviction in corruption cases, while the pensions of 91 retired employees have been stopped, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Tuesday. Highlighting the state government’s action against corruption over the past...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday warned corrupt officers and employees, saying that governance is no longer being run from ivory towers and that the government has been reaching out to people and listening to their concerns on the ground. Addressing the state-level...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Tuesday reshuffled IAS officers, assigning new responsibilities to eight bureaucrats across key departments and administrative bodies. As part of the reshuffle, Poma Tudu has been appointed Director of Agriculture and Food Production, Odisha, with additional charge as Managing Director of the...

Baleshwar: Normal life was affected in Jaleswar town Tuesday as the opposition BJD and Congress called separate shutdowns to protest the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl earlier this month. The BJD called a 12-hour bandh from 6am, while the Congress called an eight-hour...