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Bhubaneswar: With an aim to improve connectivity, punctuality, safety and overall travel comfort across its network, East Coast Railway (ECoR) has rolled out a series of passenger-friendly and operational enhancements with the implementation of its revised Working Time Table (WTT) 2026, effective from January 1....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has directed the vigilance department to investigate 125 corruption cases reported between April and December 2025, officials said Friday. The decision was taken during a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to review the performance of the vigilance department,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said people should come together to make India self-reliant. He was addressing the '39th Freedom Fighters Mahotsav', organised to commemorate the death anniversary of former CM Harekrushna Mahtab. "Today, there is no need for the freedom movement....

Berhampur: Odisha forest department officers Friday arrested a man for allegedly hunting a blackbuck in Ganjam district. The accused has been identified as Rabindra Kumar Parida. Four other persons allegedly involved in the poaching of the Schedule-I animal at Kebripalli village under Jagannath Prasad forest...

Bhubaneswar/Bhawanipatna: A Forest Department official was arrested in Odisha Friday for allegedly misappropriating government funds, an officer said. The arrested official allegedly misappropriated over Rs 55 lakh by preparing false muster rolls and vouchers for soil and moisture conservation works at plantation sites in Thuamul...

Baripada: Three persons were killed after the motorcycle they were riding collided head-on with a bus on NH-220 in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Friday, police said. The accident took place near Ranibandh under Rairangpur town police station limits in the afternoon, and all three died on...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested the prime accused in a Rs 40-crore trading fraud, an officer said Friday. The accused, identified as Amit Mandal of West Bengal's Bankura, was arrested from his home district December 31, the officer said. After producing...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha transport authority has decided to distribute green stickers to show the validity of a vehicle's pollution under control certificate (PUCC). The sticker will be made available in the offices of all regional transport officers (RTOs) and pollution testing centres from January 10,...

Bhubaneswar: A minor boy was killed, and two other persons were seriously injured after an SUV hit the scooter in which they were travelling on Grand Road in Puri town Friday, police said. The deceased was identified as Sreyansh Dey of Puri town, while another...

Balasore: Police arrested three persons, including a woman, after 140 gm of brown sugar was seized from their possession in Odisha's Balasore district, an officer said Friday. Based on credible information, police conducted a raid at Ambaliatha chak under Jaleswar police station limit, and three...