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Bhubaneswar: Only 25 of the 207 mega piped water supply projects initiated by the Odisha government in the last five years have been completed, the Assembly was informed Tuesday. Responding to queries from several members on the delay in completion of drinking water projects, Panchayati...

Kolkata: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 14, has become the youngest centurion in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy during a match against Maharashtra at the Edens Garden Tuesday. Playing for Bihar, Suryavanshi scored 108 runs off just 61 balls, including seven fours and as many sixes, becoming the...

Kolkata/Nayagarh: TMC MP Mahua Moitra Tuesday alleged that police in Odisha's Nayagarh forced four migrant workers from West Bengal to leave the district despite having valid identity documents, terming it “unconstitutional” and warning of legal action. In a post on X, Moitra drew the attention...

Kendrapara: Eleven people have been arrested, and their trawler seized for illegal fishing in turtle habitation zones in Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in Odisha's Kendrapara district, forest officers said. The marine fishermen, who hail from Kendrapara district, were sent to judicial custody after their arrest Monday....

Paralakhemundi: The Omfed dairy processing centre here has fallen into a state of disrepair. The facility, established to provide a stable market and incentives to local dairy farmers, has failed to meet its objectives and now lies neglected by the government, officials, and locals said....

Simulia: In an astonishing turn of events that villagers are calling a divine intervention, a man believed to have died 25 years ago, unexpectedly returned home Sunday night, leaving his family and the entire Bhagia village under this block in Balasore district in disbelief. Shukadev...

Rourkela: Smrutirekha Nayak of Chhend area here has earned a place in the Asia Book of Records for creating a unique Pattachitra of Lord Jagannath using Odia letters. She has also been honoured with the title of Grand Master for her art. Smrutirekha crafted the...

Koraput: Panic gripped the Lankaput panchayat under the Koraput block and district after 20 students went missing from the Lankaput Primary School hostel Sunday. Later, all 20 students, from Classes I to V, were found safe by their parents about nine kilometres away near a...

Khamar: A 25-year-old woman was brutally beaten and branded to death at Siarimalia village under the Khamar police limits in Pallahara subdivision of Angul district, police said Monday. The victim, identified as Manju Hembram, was allegedly killed by her husband, Sudarshan Hembram, 30, who suspected...

Angul: Personnel of the Angul Forest Division have conducted combing operations in various reserve forests under the division across the region. The primary objective behind this initiative is to monitor wildlife activity, particularly elephant movement and curb illegal activities such as poaching and encroachments in...