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Bhubaneswar: The All Odisha Contractors Welfare Association (AOCWA) withdrew its 14-day protest after holding successful discussions with Works, Law and Excise Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan at Lok Seva Bhawan in Bhubaneswar Saturday. Three major organisations representing nearly 70,000 contractors had been staging demonstrations since February 20,...

Bhubaneswar: Intensifying the campaign for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls from Odisha, Opposition-backed common candidate Datteswar Hota Saturday met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi, while BJP-backed Independent candidate Dilip Ray expressed confidence of winning the election on the basis of "conscience votes". Accompanied...

Koraput/Baripada: Five school students, including two girls, drowned in separate incidents in Odisha's Koraput and Mayurbhanj districts Saturday, police said. Three Class X students drowned in the backwaters of Kolab reservoir near their school in the afternoon. They had completed their Class X board examinations...

Bhadrak: Odisha Police Saturday rescued a girl of a central government-run residential school in Bhadrak district after she ran away following alleged sexual harassment by a teacher, officials said. The Class-VII student reportedly escaped by scaling the boundary wall of the school, taking shelter at...

Keonjhar/Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday felicitated Sattwik Satyakam Devta, who secured the 100th rank in the UPSC Civil Services Examination. Accompanied by his parents, 29-year-old Sattwik, a native of Hatadihi block in Keonjhar district, met CM Majhi at the Lok Seva Bhawan....

Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty surface winds are likely to affect several districts of Odisha during the next three days due to prevailing atmospheric conditions, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Saturday. According to IMD, thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds with...

Bhubaneswar: Three people were killed when their motorcycle was hit by a truck on the outskirts of the state capital Saturday, police said. The incident took place near Anantapur Square under Pahala police station area this morning. The three people died on the spot, they...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance Saturday conducted simultaneous searches at seven locations linked to Pramod Ray, assistant executive engineer (AEE) of the Derabish Irrigation Sub-Division under the Kendrapara Irrigation Division, officials said. During the searches, Vigilance officials unearthed several assets in the name of Ray and his...

Khajuripada: One person was killed and two others were critically injured after two motorcycles collided head-on near Muskil Rasta Chhak under Khajuripada police station limits in Kandhamal district Friday. The deceased was identified as Kamadev Behera of Bandhasahi village in Khajuripada. The injured are Charan...

Koraput: Railway police recovered the body of a young man from the Hirakhand Express at Koraput railway station Friday. The deceased has been identified as Manish Das of Nayabazar in the Kantilo area of Cuttack district. Police have launched an investigation into the incident. According...