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New Delhi: In a timely boost for defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), opener Phil Salt is set to return to India later this week after spending a month back home on the sidelines due to a finger injury. Salt, 29, injured a finger on...

Bhubaneswar: Japan's Consul General in Kolkata, Ishikawa Yoshihisa, Wednesday met Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi here and discussed ways to strengthen partnership in trade, business, tourism, academic exchange and decided that Japanese Prefecture Tottori will partner with Odisha to function like 'sister states'. During the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Higher Education department Wednesday asked all state-run and aided universities and colleges to ensure maximum student onboarding in the 'Shaktishree' app that aims to improve student safety, grievance redressal and counselling. The mobile application was launched by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi recently...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance Department arrested a government engineer Wednesday, a day after unearthing 97 land parcels, five buildings, two farmhouses, a market complex and other assets that were disproportionate to his known source of income, officials said. Bhubaneswar Sabar, the executive engineer of the roads...

Puri: The Jagannath Temple here will remain closed for devotees for four hours from Wednesday evening for a special ritual of the shrine's sibling deities, its administration said. In a public notice, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) said darshan will be suspended from 6...

Puri: The authorities of the Jagannath Temple in Odisha's Puri has opposed the decision of a temple in Ferozepur of Punjab to hold the Rath Yatra, untimely. IAS officer Arabinda Padhee, the chief administrator of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), urged the Ferozepur district...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Groundnut cultivation is steadily emerging as a game-changer for farmers in Nuapada district, offering a viable pathway to higher income and improved agricultural profitability. Once largely dependent on traditional crops with limited returns, many farmers are now turning to large-scale oilseed cultivation and witnessing...

Bhuban: Sand smugglers pelted stones at a woman police IIC and threatened her of dire consequences if she did not release the sand-laden tractor seized by her during a raid by police on sand smuggling near Mrudanga Akhandalamani Temple Square under Bhuban police limits in...

Badamba/Maniabandha: A 30-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death and his body set on fire in a forest near Talamunduli village under Maniabandha police limits in Cuttack district over suspected sorcery and witchcraft practice, police said Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Tikam Behera of...

Berhampur: A local court in Ganjam district has sentenced two persons to life imprisonment after convicting them in a 2024-murder case of a villager registered at Gopalpur police station. The convicts were identified as Pradeep Das (28), and Narayan Das (40) of Teragounj village. District...