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Kolkata: South Africa and New Zealand meet in the first semifinal of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Wednesday at Eden Gardens, with a place in the final at stake. The contest marks their second meeting of the tournament. Their earlier group-stage match carried limited...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP Tuesday nominated its Odisha unit president Manmohan Samal and MP Sujeet Kumar as its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Samal, also a former state minister, had lost the Odisha assembly polls in 2024, while Kumar is the sitting Rajya Sabha...

Malkangiri: The Odisha government has sanctioned over Rs 4.65 crore as compensation for violence-affected families in Malkangiri district, an official said Tuesday. He said Rs 20 lakh of the total compensation will be provided to the next of kin of a woman who was killed...

Puri: Mild tension prevailed for some time near the Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha's Puri Tuesday, after jostling among devotees on the occasion of 'Dola Purnima' led to a brief commotion, officials said. However, no injuries were reported, and the situation was promptly brought under...

Basudevpur: Tension flared Monday after an alleged incident of misconduct involving a Class VIII girl student at Kismat Krushnapur Upper Primary School under Basudevpur block in Bhadrak district. Villagers, relatives of the student and fellow pupils locked the school gate and staged a road blockade...

Jeypore: Former police inspector-in-charge Rajesh Baliarsingh, who had been absconding for six months following his involvement in a case related to ganja smuggling, surrendered Monday before the district judge’s court in Jeypore of Koraput district. He was later released on bail on a bond of...

Dhenkanal: A Special Judge for Vigilance in Dhenkanal Monday sentenced former Assistant of the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF), Niaranjan Panda, to two years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000. Panda, who had retired from OECF, was chargesheeted by Odisha...

Nandapur: Days after a major drug seizure on Chitalpada islet in Jolaput reservoir here in Koraput district, over 100 Kadaknath and more than 150 Turkey varieties of fowls and hens, as well as over 50 ducks, have gone missing from the riverine settlement, residents said....

Bhubaneswar: In view of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, Chief Secretary Anu Garg Monday directed officers to remain alert, continuously monitor developments, and ensure readiness to respond to any emergency involving people from Odisha staying in the affected regions. The Chief Secretary’s direction...

Jharsuguda: A major fire broke out in a small forest close to Veer Surendra Sai Airport Monday morning, triggering panic in the area, even as it took around two hours for the firefighters to extinguish the raging blaze. According to officials, the fire was first...