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Dhenkanal: Eight years after the murder of BJP supporter Salman Rout during the 2017 panchayat elections in Dhenkanal district, a local court Friday sentenced eight persons to life imprisonment while acquitting five others due to lack of evidence. The judgment was delivered by District and...

Subarnapur: In a heartbreaking incident that underscores the challenges of rural poverty, a woman in Subarnapur district was forced to mortgage her ration card to cover the medical expenses of her injured minor son. According to reports, Krishna Nayak, a Class VIII student at Sindurpur...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said the Centre has approved 62 more postgraduate (PG) seats in six state-run medical colleges and hospitals for the 2025-26 academic year. Majhi said the approval for additional PG seats is a “significant milestone” in strengthening the...

Nuapada: Tension prevailed at Khariar Road in bypoll-bound Nuapada Assembly segment Friday after a raid was conducted at the rented residence of BJD senior general secretary and former minister Priti Ranjan Gharai, a star campaigner for the Opposition party. The raid was conducted by officials...

Cuttack: Orissa High Court Friday rejected the bail pleas of two accused, Soumya Sankar Chakra alias Raja and Susanta Kumar Samal, in connection with a massive financial fraud involving the Gandhamardan Loading Agency and Transporting Co-operative Society Ltd. Delivering the judgment, Justice Gourishankar Satapathy observed...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja Friday called for sustained efforts to foster innovation, inclusivity, and sustainable growth among handloom and handicraft artisan communities. Ahuja said this while addressing at the inaugural session of two-day National Conference on Handlooms and Handicrafts, organised by the Union...

Berhampur: Shiva Shankar Das alias Pintu Das, one of the accused in the murder of lawyer and BJP leader Pitabash Panda, was Friday shifted from the circle jail in Odisha's Berhampur to a prison in Phulbani, Kandhamal district, following a court directive, an official said....

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Former Odisha Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik Friday announced to hit the campaign trail in Nuapada bypolls November 3, party sources said. In a video message released, the former Chief Minister said that he would visit the Komna block in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government will begin accepting applications for its ambitious ‘Subhadra Yojana’ from Saturday to enroll new beneficiaries. Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said women aged 21 years and above can apply online through the dedicated Subhadra portal. Those who are 20 or 21 years...

Melbourne: Josh Hazlewood clinically dismantled a famed Indian top-order with a probing spell to kill the contest as Australia cantered to a four-wicket victory in the second T20 International here on Friday. In front of a 82,438-strong crowd, India suffered one of its most embarrassing...