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Bhubaneswar: A total of 40,947 cases of crimes against women, including 3,205 rapes, were registered in Odisha in 15 months till September, according to data provided by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in the assembly Monday. These cases were reported since July 1, 2024, Majhi...

Cuttack: India captain Suryakumar Yadav believes Hardik Pandya's return will restore the tactical depth and balance that shaped the team's Asia Cup surge when the world champions take on South Africa in a five-match T20I series starting Cuttack Tuesday. The ace India seam-bowling all-rounder, who...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has spent more than Rs 3.39 crore on repairs and renovation of the official quarters of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, his two deputies and 13 ministers, the CM informed the Assembly Monday. CM Majhi provided the expenditure details in a written...

Cuttack: The return of Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya will lend fresh sheen and much-needed completeness to reigning world champions India when they begin their official march towards the home T20 World Cup with the opening match of a five-game series against South Africa, in...

Bhubaneswar/Sundargarh: BJD president and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Monday expressed deep concern over the death of a woman student from Sundargarh district, calling the incident “heart-wrenching” and demanding strict action against those responsible. The undergraduate student from Rajgangpur suffered severe burn injuries Friday night...

Malkangiri: Prohibitory order has been clamped in two villages in Odisha's Malkangiri district following a group clash over the alleged killing of a tribal woman whose headless body had been recovered from a river, police said on Monday. The clash took place Sunday afternoon when...

Cuttack: Four people were arrested for allegedly black-marketing the tickets of the India-South Africa T20 match in Cuttack's Barabati Stadium Tuesday, police said. While 12 tickets being sold at inflated rates were seized by officers of the Bidanasi police station, nine tickets were recovered from...

Bhubaneswar/ Rourkela: A college student of Odisha's Sudergarh district, who suffered 90 per cent burn injuries after allegedly setting herself on fire, died while undergoing treatment at Ispat General Hospital (IGH) Rourkela, police said Monday. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced compensation of Rs 4...

Bargarh: The kharif paddy procurement process in Bargarh has come to a grinding halt barely days after the process started November 28, sparking anger among farmers as mandis remain clogged with unsold grains. The delay has also kept thousands of farmers waiting for procurement tokens,...

Korukonda: Tension ran high, as residents of Rakhalguda village under this block in Malkangiri district Sunday marched to MV-26 village and allegedly vandalised several houses and set some of them on fire, demanding the arrest of the accused in a case wherein a decapitated body...