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Keonjhar: Seven policemen were injured when an unidentified bus rammed into their jeep late Friday night while they were patrolling near Dangapani village on NH-49, under the jurisdiction of Sadar police station in Keonjhar district. According to sources, the green-coloured bus struck the police vehicle...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu are scheduled to arrive in Bhubaneswar January 8 and January 9, respectively, to attend the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, being held in Odisha for the first time. Saturday, Odisha Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja reviewed the state's...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Saturday launched a central command control centre to coordinate with guests during the three-day Pravasi Bharatiya Divas starting January 8. This centre will provide information and assistance to around 7,000 Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) who are likely...

Berhampur: Unidentified miscreants allegedly looted valuables worth over Rs 30 lakh from two temples in Ganjam district, police said Saturday. The incident took place at Shirdi Sai Baba temple at Bhanjanagar and Maa Budhisantani Thakurani temple at Jagadalpur Friday night, they said. Priests reported the...

Jajpur: Two minor sisters died as the tractor in which they were travelling overturned in Odisha's Jajpur district Saturday, police said. The victims were identified as Dulari (14) and Rani (11), daughters of Raju Hansda, residents of Jodabara village in the district, police added. According...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually lay the foundation for the new Rayagada railway division of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) zone in Odisha and inaugurate several other important railway infrastructural projects Monday, an official release said. The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the...

Jajpur: Two persons were shot dead by armed men during a robbery attempt in Odisha's Jajpur district Saturday afternoon, police said. The victims were identified as Sunil Kumar Ray, a jewellery store employee at Panikoili, and Nila Madhab Panda, a resident of Soti village, they...

Bhubaneswar: Senior bureaucrat Manoj Kumar Sahoo was Saturday appointed as the Private Secretary to the Chief Minister of Odisha, an official notification stated. Sahoo, a 2006-batch IAS officer, was working as the Special Secretary to the Chief Minister after his appointment to the post last...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday announced that smart devices will be installed in all buses as part of the state government's effort to ensure road safety and reduce accidents. The smart device will help detect and prevent different negligence and emergency including...

Bhubaneswar: Cold wave conditions gripped parts of Odisha Saturday with the mercury dropping to 4.6 degrees Celsius in G Udaygiri in Kandhamal district, the IMD said. Ten places in the state recorded temperatures below 10 degrees C in the last 24 hours, it said. Semiliguda...