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Kendrapara: Two road construction workers were killed and two others injured after a pickup van in which they were travelling overturned in Odisha's Kendrapara district Wednesday, police said. The accident happened near Mugakani village in the Rajnagar police station area around 4.30 pm, when the...

Bhubaneswar: ABVP general secretary Virendra Singh Solanki Wednesday said the student organisation will continue its fight against urban Naxalism and discrepancies prevailing in the education sector. Speaking at the meeting of ABVP's Central Working Committee, Solanki said, At a time when Bharat is emerging as...

Mullanpur: Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins won toss and elected to bowl against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League Eliminator in Mullanpur, Punjab, Wednesday. The winner of this contest will take on Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2 here May 29. RR had their regular...

Bhubaneswar/Paradip: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said he was optimistic that JSW's Rs 65,000 crore integrated steel plant near Paradip would be operational by 2029, and asserted that it would mark a milestone in the state's industrialisation process. Majhi attended an event marking...

Bhubaneswar: A man was arrested here with narcotics in the early hours of Wednesday, following an exchange of fire with police in which he was injured, an official said. A team of police officials intercepted Pupun Majhi (31) around 2:30 am near Arisol village, following...

Kolkata: The West Bengal Police Wednesday detained absconding Trinamool Congress MLA Dilip Mondal from Odisha's Puri. Dilip Mondal is an MLA from Bishnupur constituency in South 24 Parganas district. The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police detained him from a hotel in Puri....

Bhubaneswar: Election Commission Wednesday announced that the bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha that has been vacated by Debashish Samantaray will be held June 18. Samantaray, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha on a BJD ticket in 2024 and was to continue...

Nabarangpur: A team of administrative officials conducted raids Tuesday on several hotels in the Raighar main market area under Nabarangpur district after the Collector was served with "stale and sub-standard" snacks. As per reports, the incident occurred when Nabarangpur District Collector Maheswar Swain was hearing...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has released a draft standard operating procedure (SOP) for land parcel reconstitution under Town Planning (TP) Schemes 05 to 07 in Zone-I to ensure transparent, fair and structured urban development in the City. The draft SOP covers areas under Malipada...

Rajnagar: A woman and her son were allegedly assaulted and tortured inside the Talachua Marine Police Station in Kendrapara district after they visited the police station to lodge a complaint, a report said Tuesday. According to the complaint fi led Tuesday by Annapurna Mandal (58)...