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Bhanjanagar: College students will join forest officials in the annual bird census to be conducted across Odisha, including the Ghumusar North forest division at Bhanjanagar, from January 18. As part of the preparations, a training camp was organised Monday at the Lalsingh Nursery campus in...

Bhubaneswar: The Utkal Mahila Samiti have threatened to launch a statewide block-level movement from February 15 to 28, raising multiple public demands, including an end to violence against women, rising prices and policies affecting working women. The decision was taken at a state-level workshop of...

Bhandaripokhari: Bhadrak district police Monday arrested four persons, including the main accused, for running an illegal SIM card racket that supplied unauthorised connections to interstate cybercriminals. The arrested accused were identified as the prime accused Dilip Sahu, 30, of Kulana village; Ramesh Chandra Parida alias...

Navi Mumbai: Royal Challengers Bengaluru registered a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over UP Warriorz in their Women's Premier League match here Monday. Grace Harris led the way with a brutal 40-ball 85, while skipper Smriti Mandhana chipped in with an unbeaten 32-ball 47 as RCB completed...

Rourkela: Odisha Police Monday said they busted an organised cybercrime syndicate and arrested seven members of the gang allegedly involved in large-scale money laundering and fraud using mule bank accounts. Acting on intelligence inputs, an operation was launched, leading to the arrest of the seven...

Berhampur: Two class 10 students and an employee of a government-aided school in Odisha's Ganjam district sustained injuries when a group of outsiders allegedly attacked them on the premises of the institute during the recess Monday, police said. Teachers of the Maa Narayani High School...

Navi Mumbai: A superb recovery by seasoned all-rounders Deandra Dottin and Deepti Sharma lifted UP Warriorz to a competitive 143 for 5 against former champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru after a dramatic top-order collapse in their Women's Premier League match here Monday. Sent in to bat,...

Baripada: A special POCSO court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Monday sentenced a man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a four-year-old girl. POCSO court judge Santosh Kumar Nayak held 20-year-old Bulu Mukhi guilty of raping the minor at a village within Suliapada police station...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday launched the ‘Mukhyamantri Sadak Suraksha Yojana Samman' and introduced an alert bell provision at the accident-prone Kalinga Ghat, as part of the state's initiatives to strengthen road safety. Addressing a function to mark the National Road Safety...

Bhubaneswar: Lakhs of students, teachers and staff members of educational institutions across Odisha Monday joined a mass rendition of 'Vande Mataram', marking the 150th anniversary of the iconic national song written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. The event was organised by the state's School and Mass...