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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra Wednesday claimed that the paddy procurement has resumed in 19 districts. The All Odisha Rice Millers' Association has launched the strike since Monday, leading to disruption in the paddy procurement process, an official said....

Kendrapara: Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district would remain closed for three days from Thursday to facilitate the annual census of estuarine crocodiles, officials said. Twenty-two teams have been constituted to count the reptiles in the creeks, nullahs, rivers, wetland sites and mangrove forests...

Bhubaneswar: Over 6,000 government doctors under the banner of Odisha Medical Services Association (OMSA) Wednesday boycotted OPD service for two hours to demand fulfilment of their charter of demands, including filling up of vacant posts. The state government Tuesday had announced the doctors' agitation as...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has taken several key decisions to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure in the state, according to an official statement issued Wednesday. These decisions were taken by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi during a high-level review meeting of various programmes being implemented by the...

Bhubaneswar: Census in Odisha will be conducted in two phases. The first phase will begin in April with the house-listing exercise, followed by door-to-door population enumeration across Odisha in February 2027, officials said Wednesday. Officials said that the first phase of the Census will involve...

Patna/Cuttack: Sangam Kumar Sahoo, who hails from Odisha, was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court Wednesday. The oath was administered by Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan in a ceremony at the Lok Bhavan in Patna, officials said. The function was...

Bhubaneswar: The mercury plummeted in several parts of Odisha Wednesday, with over 20 places recording minimum temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius, officials said. G Udaygiri in Kandhamal district was the coldest place in the state, registering a minimum temperature of 3 degrees Celsius, while Phulbani...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD in Odisha has alleged that the CBI concealed key facts in the chargesheet filed in connection with the multi-crore sub-inspector recruitment scam in the state, and sought a deeper probe to identify those responsible at the higher level. Addressing a press conference,...

Nandapur: As many as 47,215 ration card beneficiaries in Koraput district have reportedly failed to complete the mandatory Aadhaar-based e-KYC process, raising concerns that their names could be struck off from the ration cards, depriving them of subsidised rice under food security schemes. According to...

Ganjam: Podampetta, an old village off the coast of the Bay of Bengal under Kantiagada panchayat in Ganjam district, is now completely deserted, after decades of sea erosion forced residents to relocate. Once home to over 500 fishers’ families, the village relied on the sea...