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Balasore: At least 50 passengers of a Kolkata-bound bus had a close shave following a head-on collision with a truck in Odisha's Balasore Wednesday, police said. The incident took place near Soro College Chhak on National Highway-16. “It was a lucky escape for the passengers...

Phulbani: As many as 41 students, most of them girls, at a state-run residential school in Odisha's Kandhamal district fell ill following a honey bee attack, an official said Wednesday. The incident occurred Tuesday at the Tribal Welfare Residential School in Badabanka village under Daringbadi...

New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to bowl first against Delhi Capitals in their Indian Premier League match here Wednesday. Both teams are unchanged for the game.. Teams: Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel,...

Keonjhar: Mahendra Hembram, one of the convicts in the high-profile murder case of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons, was released from Keonjhar jail in Odisha Wednesday after serving 25 years. Now 50 years old, Hembram was released from prison on grounds...

Bhubaneswar: Congress leaders and hundreds of party workers Wednesday staged a dharna near the office of the Enforcement Directorate in Bhubaneswar, protesting over the agency's chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. The protesters, including OPCC president Bhakta Charan Das...

Bhubaneswar: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said Wednesday that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) should be disbanded as there are other agencies to investigate economic offences. Speaking to reporters at the Bhubaneswar airport on his way to the Jagannath temple in Puri, Yadav said that when...

Nayagarh: A sub-inspector of Odisha Police was arrested by vigilance sleuths on the charge of taking Rs 4,000 as a bribe for registering a case, an official release said Wednesday. The accused officer, identified as Rajesh Kumar Srichandan, was posted at Sarankul police station in...

Keonjhar: A barking deer was injured after being attacked by a dog at Raidiha village in Saharpada section of Patna forest division in Odisha’s Keonjhar district, a forest official said Wednesday. Villagers alerted the Forest Department after spotting the wounded animal. A team responded promptly,...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to ensure efficiency in governance and create a digitally competent administrative workforce in Odisha, the state government has made it mandatory for all its officers to be acquainted with the knowledge in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The officers will undergo a three-month...

Nandapur: Widespread irregularities have been alleged in the construction of the Suku bridge, a Rs 81.34 crore worth project over the Kolab Reservoir in Koraput district, a report said. The bridge, once completed, will connect more than 70 villages across Nandapur, Lamtaput, and Koraput blocks...