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Baripada: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change directed the Odisha Additional Chief Secretary to investigate allegations of illegal construction and tree-felling in the eco-sensitive foothills of Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district. The directive was issued through a letter dated 1 December...

Chhatrapur: Senior Citizen forum led by former MLA Ashok Kumar Choudhury and Retd All India Bank Federations' Secretary Profullo Kumar Patnaik presented a letter to the Ganjam Collector V Keerthi Vasan urging to expedite the development of the district headquarters town. As per the letter,...

Dhenkanal/Rasol: Three male students from the Chilataila Residential Ashram School hostel under Rasol police limits in Hindol block of Dhenkanal district have been reported missing since December 10, according to a complaint filed with police. The missing students have been identified as Swadhin Murmu (7),...

Daringbadi: Residents of Daringbadi in Kandhamal district are questioning the accuracy of the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) temperature gauge after the hill town reported visible frost for two consecutive days despite official readings of 7°C Thursday and 6.5°C Friday. Locals said frost blanketed open fields,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has emerged as the best-performing state in the country in terms of accuracy in the national digital crop survey, earning high praise from the Central government. The recognition came during the state-level steering committee meeting on Agristack, held under the chairmanship of Chief...

Kolkata: Thousands braved the December chill and waited past midnight to give a rousing welcome to Argentine superstar footballer Lionel Messi as he arrived in Kolkata for his whirlwind three-day, four-city GOAT India Tour 2025. The Barcelona legend's 2.26 am touchdown in the early hours...

Bhubaneswar: Setting a goal to emerge among the top five eco-cultural tourism hubs in Asia, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said the state Cabinet and Council of Ministers’ meetings will be held at different eco-retreat centres in the coming days. Majhi announced after inaugurating...

Rourkela: Police Friday arrested a man and his brother-in-law for allegedly impersonating Odisha vigilance officials and extorting money from government officers by threatening them with dire consequences, an official said. The accused have been identified as Ganesh Prasad Nanda and his brother-in-law Pradeep Kumar Panda,...

Rourkela: A 61-year-old man was arrested after a leopard was allegedly poisoned to death in Odisha's Sundargarh district, officials said Friday. The female leopard, aged about 4, died near Kusumdihi village in the Tamra range of the Bonai forest division after eating cattle meat, which...

Bhubaneswar/Malkangiri: The delegation of ministers, led by Odisha Deputy Chief Minister K.V. Singh Deo, Friday submitted its report on the ground situation in violence-hit Malkangiri district, where the recovery of a tribal woman's headless body had enraged local tribal residents, who subsequently set fire to...