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Bhubaneswar: Chaos reigned supreme at the Odisha Assembly Tuesday, with proceedings adjourned multiple times amid Opposition protests, demanding the resignation of Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling over the deaths of 12 patients in a fire at a state-run hospital in Cuttack. Members of the BJD and...

Bhubaneswar: Chaos prevailed at the government-run Capital Hospital Tuesday after the family of an 11-year-old boy alleged that he died due to the administration of a wrong injection. Police personnel rushed to the hospital mortuary, where the family members of the boy from Kalupada in...

Bengaluru: Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) CEO Rajesh Menon said that throughout all domestic and international games at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, 11 seats will be kept empty to honour the lives of those who died in the stampede following their title victory last...

Bhubaneswar: Top Indian athletes, including sprinter Animesh Kujur and triple jumper Praveen Chithravel, are upbeat at competing in the inaugural National Indoor Championships beginning Tuesday, saying the event will help them in their build-up to the Asian Games later this year. Kujur, who holds the...

Bargarh: Fed up with inordinate delays in registration to sell their harvested kharif paddy, farmers have written a letter to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi outlining their grievances and seeking immediate intervention. The issue comes as registration is underway for Rabi paddy procurement, but many...

Deogarh: A woman was allegedly murdered and her body set on fire by her husband to destroy evidence in Deogarh district, police said Monday. The incident took place in Malharbahal village under Kundheigola police limits in Riamal block. The partially charred body of the woman...

Koraput: A controversial incident highlighting the persistence of stiff caste-based customs has surfaced in Koraput district, where a man was allegedly fined and subjected to ritual humiliation for marrying a woman from another community. The incident took place in Machhara forest under the Koraput block,...

Mahakalapara: Miscreants set on fire a cashew forest along the Ramanagar–Bahakud main road in Kendrapara district Saturday and sold off the burnt trees as firewood to make a quick buck from the prevailing LPG shortage arising out of the war in the Middle East. Locals...

Kandhamal: Frustrated villagers in Sirkaabarga panchayat under Daringbadi block in this district detained government officials and blocked traffic Monday after repeated promises to repair a dilapidated road went unfulfilled. Hundreds of men and women from Badaangia village gathered at 7 am along the Sirkaabarga– Daringbadi...

Tihidi: A two-year-old girl was killed while her mother and elder sister were seriously injured after a portion of a wall collapsed on them in Bhadrak district Sunday evening, officials said. The incident occurred in Kashipur village under Sahapur panchayat within Pirahat police limits in...