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Thuamul Rampur: The Agriculture Department office in Thuamul Rampur block of Kalahandi district was found locked during working hours, leaving visitors without access to officials or services and raising questions over adherence to office timings in the remote area. At about 11:20 am Thursday, the...

Puri: A 23-year-old pregnant tourist and her husband were allegedly assaulted by hotel staff following a dispute over food at a hotel under Sea Beach police station, Thursday. The couple was among 13 tourists from Mysuru, Karnataka, who had come to Puri.  According to the...

Bhubaneswar: School holidays in seven Odisha districts are likely to be extended by another one or two days if heavy rainfall continues to disrupt normal life, School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond said Thursday. Schools in the affected districts have already been closed for...

Thuamul Rampur/Kashipur: Bauxite mining continues on the hills above, while villagers below are carrying stones, soil and tree trunks to build a road and a makeshift bridge they need to reach schools, the panchayat office, ration supplies and farmland. The situation has come to light...

Bhubaneswar: More than 37.43 lakh people in 26 districts of Odisha have so far been affected by the floods this year, while seven people died in the deluge, state minister Suresh Pujari informed the assembly Thursday. Replying to a question from BJP legislator Tankadhar Tripathy,...

Koraput: A school teacher went missing when the boat in which he and a friend were fishing in the backwaters of the Kolab reservoir in Koraput district capsized Thursday, an official said. Koraput tehsildar Sayeed Sabir Saha said the missing teacher was identified as Bhimadhar...

Baripada: Forest department has arrested two poachers using an AI-enabled camera in Odisha's Similipal National Park, officials said Thursday. According to officials, the two poachers were arrested separately Wednesday while they were caught on camera roaming in the jungle with guns. They were nabbed in...

Kataka: A customer has lodged a police complaint against a restaurant in Jagatpur area of Kataka district, as he suspected beef was served to him instead of mutton he had ordered, officials said Thursday. While having lunch with his family in the restaurant Wednesday, Smruti...

Aichi: India’s Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal clinched the bronze medal in the skeet mixed team event at the 2026 Asian Games after a closely fought final at Aichi-Nagoya Thursday, making it India's first-ever medal in the Skeet Mixed Event at the continental event....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was adjourned till 4 pm Thursday as Opposition BJD and Congress members created a ruckus demanding immediate repeal of the MMDR Amendment Act, which was passed in the Parliament last month. The pandemonium started as soon as the House assembled for...