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Kolkata: Argentine superstar Lionel Messi's long-awaited return to India, after a magical maiden visit back in 2011, will be high on glitz but low on actual football starting Saturday, promising a spectacle that may not recapture the raw sporting frenzy that once shook the Salt...

Baripada: Five notorious poachers have been arrested from Similipal National Park after forest officials used advanced scientific tools, including the Similipal Wildlife Intelligence Network, to track them down. The arrested men have been identified as Veerasingh Ho (33), Charan Ho (43), Chhale Ho (23), Sagar...

Jajpur: JSW Utkal Steel Ltd. (formerly JSW Steel Ltd.) received permission from the state Water Resources department in 2019 to lay a slurry pipeline transporting iron ore from Joda in Keonjhar district to its steel plant in Paradip. Recently, the company extended the pipeline route...

New Delhi: The Central government has approved over Rs 199 crore for developing tourism infrastructure in the Hirakud and Satkosia regions of Odisha, with Rs 131.92 crore already released to the state. Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat shared this in the Rajya Sabha Thursday,...

Bhubaneswar: A remarkable discovery of ancient Hero Stones (Bira Shilas) bearing old Odia inscriptions has been made at Malisahi village under Gadakharada Gram Panchayat of Kanasa Block in Puri district. More than 30 Hero Stones and memorial pillars—worshipped locally as village deities—were identified during a...

Bhubaneswar: Following directions of BJD President Naveen Patnaik, the party Thursday formed a seven-member fact-finding team to assess the current situation in Malkangiri district, where large-scale violence was reported after the body of a 51-year-old tribal woman was found. The team comprises Manas Madkami, Manohar...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday handed over citizenship certificates to 35 eligible applicants from Nabarangpur district under the provisions of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019. Speaking at the ceremony held at Krushi Bhavan auditorium, the CM described the CAA as “a sacred...

Phulbani: Normal life in parts of Odisha was severely affected Thursday due to intense cold as the minimum temperature remained below 10 degrees Celsius in at least 15 places in 11 of the 30 districts, an official said. While the minimum temperature at hill station...

Bhubaneswar:  Two men from Bihar were arrested with six pistols in Bhubaneswar Thursday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, the Special Task Force (STF) conducted a raid at Bankual Baliyatra Ground in the Badagada police station area and made the arrests, they said. Those arrested...