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Bhubaneswar: Excise department sleuths Monday arrested four persons for transporting illicit liquor in two vehicles during patrolling on National Highway (NH) 16 near Pitapalli. The accused were identified as Kanhu Charan Parida, 43, Bikash Gouda, 26, Jagadish Patra, 26, and Manoj Kumar Gouda, 35. Bhubaneswar...

Sambalpur: Alleging severe irregularities in the paddy procurement process, Paschim Odisha Krushak Sangathan Samanwaya Samiti (POKSSS) Monday threatened a shutdown in Sambalpur district December 19. The outfit accused the administration of indifference towards ‘mounting losses of farmers’ during the kharif procurement process. It is alleged...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Monday extended the deadline for submission of applications for Krishi Vidya Nidhi, a scholarship aimed at making higher education accessible to the children of beneficiaries under the CM-Kisan scheme, to December 20, 2025. The online application period for the scholarship was...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance Department Monday seized a leopard skin, and arrested a person allegedly involved in the illegal trade of wild animal body parts, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, a team from the forest wing of the department conducted a raid in Madhapur...

Bhubaneswar: A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped in Bhubaneswar in the presence of her male companion, police said Monday. The incident reportedly took place December 10 near the Daya riverbank in the Dhauli area. Police have arrested two accused in connection with the case. According...

Mayurbhanj: A female wild elephant sustained serious injuries to its mouth after allegedly consuming explosives in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, a forest official said Monday. The five-year-old elephant was spotted in a forest area of the district on the morning of December 12 and was later...

New Delhi: India all-rounder Axar Patel was Monday ruled out of the remaining two T20 Internationals against South Africa due to illness, with the BCCI's selection committee naming Shahbaz Ahmed as his replacement. Axar had also missed the third T20I in Dharamsala Sunday, with wrist...

Malkangiri: Normalcy returned to Odisha's Malkangiri district Monday, nearly a week after around 200 villages were damaged in violent clashes, with the district administration fully restoring internet services, a senior official said. Additional District Magistrate Bedabar Pradhan said internet services, suspended across the district December...

New Delhi: Argentina football legend Lionel Messi was presented with India vs USA Men's T20 World Cup 2026 tickets by ICC chairman Jay Shah on the last leg of the GOAT India Tour, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta also attended...

New Delhi: The BCCI has made it mandatory for all current national team players to turn up in at least two one-day matches of the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy starting December 24. It is understood that with a gap of three weeks between the last...