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DWARKA PRASAD PATNAIK, OP Chhatrapur: A 20-year-old newly married woman from Nauli village under Chamakhandi police limits has committed suicide Tuesday. Tulsi Sethi, wife of Mohan Sethi, hung herself from the ceiling fan of at her in-laws’ house with a scarf. Tulsi took the extreme...

Paralakhemundi: Forested and tribal-dominated Gajapati district has increasingly become a safe haven for illegal cannabis cultivation, with authorities reporting seizures worth Rs 314 crore in the past year. According to officials, dense forest areas and remote hilly terrains have enabled organised rackets to expand cannabis...

Sonepur: Twelve rare ancient ‘Ashtadhatu’ idols stolen from Gopaljee Temple in Subarnapur 42 years ago and kept in CBI storehouse have been handed over to the district administration Wednesday. After a brief ritual inside the Bhubaneswar court premises in the evening, officials began transporting the...

Hatadihi: Orissa High Court has directed police not to arrest the accused in a case involving an attack on Kendrapara Sadar police personnel in Keonjhar district and the forcible release of an accused from police custody. According to court records, the accused had filed five...

MANOJ KUMAR JENA, OP Bhubaneswar: The recent nightclub fire in Goa, which claimed 25 lives and shocked the nation, has triggered serious concern over fire safety standards in clubs, hotels and restaurants across Odisha. This raises a critical question: Are the Smart City’s hospitality establishments...

Bhubaneswar: A high-level review meeting, focused on accelerating project implementation under the Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) department and ensuring visible improvements in urban infrastructure ahead of the upcoming monsoon season, was held under the chairmanship of H&UD Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra at Kharavela Bhavan...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: The Winter Session of the Assembly was adjourned sine die Tuesday, 18 days ahead of its scheduled conclusion December 31. This early adjournment reflects a troubling trend in the functioning of the state legislature, with truncated sessions becoming increasingly common under...

Bhubaneswar: A 57-year-old college principal was arrested Wednesday on the charge of sexually harassing a female lecturer in Odisha's Khurda district, a police officer said. The principal of the college at Bolagarh was arrested for criminal intimidation, sexual harassment and stalking, on the basis of...

Bhubaneswar: The infighting in Odisha Congress again came to the fore with senior party leader Mohammed Moquim raising questions over the leadership of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Bhakta Charan Das in a recent letter written to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. Moquim, the ex-MLA...

Bhubaneswar: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Ltd and NABARD for the development of power infrastructure in the eastern state, officials said. Under the agreement, NABARD has extended a loan of Rs 1,685.27 crore to OPTCL. “Today in Bhubaneswar,...