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Sundaragada: Two drivers were burnt alive after their trailers collided head-on and caught fire near Aunlabahal Square under Lefripada police limits in Sundaragada district late Saturday night. According to reports, the accident occurred around 1 a.m. on the coal corridor road near Aunlabahal Square. Both...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Sunday stepped up preparedness for Cyclone Arnab across five vulnerable southern districts, deploying 60 Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) teams and 17 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a possible landfall along the...

Vadodara: Harmanpreet Kaur smashed a scintillating 126, while all-rounder Deepti Sharma struck an unbeaten 106 as India thrashed Zimbabwe by 121 runs in the second women's ODI Sunday. India piled up 328 for 6 and then bowled out Zimbabwe for 207 in 48.5 overs. After...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of Cyclone Arnab's potential impact, TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL), a joint venture of Tata Power and the Government of Odisha, has activated a comprehensive disaster management and preparedness plan to safeguard power distribution infrastructure and minimise electricity supply disruptions across central...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said wars were no longer being fought only through conventional means but also by targeting economies, and underscored the need to protect India's banking system from "cyber terrorists". Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the Reserve Bank of India's Rs...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Sunday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to resolve the decades-long dispute between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh over the Kotia cluster of villages, amid the southern state issuing a notification to hold panchayat polls in the area November 3. Senior BJD leaders...

Bhubaneswar/Bhabanipatana: In a major crackdown against corruption, Odisha Vigilance Sunday arrested another senior clerk of the State Forest Department for “embezzling” government funds amounting to over Rs 2.60 crore. The accused was identified as Babulu Suna, Senior Assistant-cum-In-Charge, Establishment Section, Office of the Divisional Forest...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Sunday stepped up preparations, mobilising personnel and equipment in vulnerable areas, as a severe cyclonic storm is likely to hit the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh coast October 28, officials said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its latest bulletin, said a depression over...

By Prabhat Panigrahi, OP Khordha: More than 25 students from Madhapur, a tribal-dominated village under Begunia block in Khordha district, risk their lives every day by walking along narrow field embankments to reach school, highlighting the difficulties caused by the closure of their village primary...

Pottangi: Andhra Pradesh officials have reinstalled the Telugu-language signboards within 24 hours of their reported removal by a Biju Janata Dal (BJD) delegation in the disputed Kotia panchayat area of Koraput district. A team of BJD representatives had visited border villages under Kotia panchayat in...