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Keonjhar: As many as 15 women secured licences for foreign liquor retail outlets in a lottery draw conducted by the district administration in Keonjhar Thursday. The lottery was held at the Darbar Hall of the Keonjhar Collectorate in the presence of Collector Vishal Singh. ADM...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has come out with a 70:30 fund-sharing mechanism to ensure proportionate sharing of District Mineral Foundation (DMF) funds among the districts that are affected by mining directly and indirectly. In a resolution issued by Planning and Convergence department June 3, government...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday asked officers of the state police department to behave friendly with the people amid custodial torture allegations that surfaced from at least three police stations in the past few days. Majhi was speaking at an event...

Jajpur: At least eleven people have been injured, six of them critically, in a clash between two groups in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said Thursday. The incident took place at Bulakipur village in Jajpur Sadar police station area Wednesday night over a dispute regarding the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police have busted a chain snatching racket and arrested six members of the gang, operating mostly in Khurda district, police said Thursday. Police nabbed two of the accused persons during a vehicle checking drive Wednesday night. When the faces of the accused...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Opposition BJD Thursday expressed displeasure over the manner in which the Centre approved the ambitious coastal highway project that allegedly differs from its original design and alignment. The party also claimed that the people of Odisha are unhappy over the exclusion of a...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday released a list of "top 24 failures" of the Mohan Charan Majhi-led BJP government in Odisha, which is set to complete two years in office June 12. However, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday described June 4, 2024,...

New Delhi: In a surprise development, wicketkeeper‑batter KS Bharat Thursday announced his retirement from international and Indian cricket at the age of 32. Bharat represented India in seven Tests and featured prominently in domestic cricket for Andhra. “With a proud heart and sense of gratitude,...

Bhubaneswar: Maharuf Ahmed Khan, who secured an All India Rank of 32 in the JEE Advanced 2026 Examination, gave up the opportunity to pursue Computer Science Engineering (CSE) at the prestigious IIT Bombay so that he could study with his twin brother Masroor, an AIR...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police is giving top priority to the security of the coastal region as the state has a 575 km long coastline, DGP Y B Khurania said Thursday. A one-day state-level seminar on coastal security was organised by Odisha Police Thursday. The DGP inaugurated...