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Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader and former Odisha MLA Devendra Sharma died at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar Friday evening, family sources said. Sharma (66) was suffering from cancer and was undergoing treatment for the last several days, they said. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi,...

Bhubaneswar: India Meteorological Department (IMD) said thunderstorms with lightning, hail and gusty winds would lash several parts of Odisha Saturday. In a bulletin Friday evening, the weather office said thunderstorms with wind speeds reaching 50-60 kmph would occur in some places of Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak,...

Bhubaneswar: Electricity consumers in Odisha Friday staged a demonstration before the state Assembly in Bhubaneswar demanding the withdrawal of the proposed power tariff hike. The agitation held under the banner of Odisha Electricity Consumers' Association also asked the BJP government to fulfil its election promise...

Cuttack: Two tug vessels — Ocean Jade and Ocean Morganite — were placed under arrest at Paradip Port Friday following an order issued by the Orissa High Court in connection with a high-stakes maritime dispute. The arrest was carried out in the presence of local...

Balasore: Odisha Police Friday seized brown sugar worth Rs 26 lakh in Balasore district and arrested one person, an officer said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team caught a man with brown sugar from near the West Bengal-Odisha border. The brown sugar weighing 260...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has approved a budget outlay of Rs 27,019.25 crore for implementation of the Centre's Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana and the state-sponsored Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana for a period of five years – 2025-26 to 2029-30. The state Cabinet approved...

Berhampur: A Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) in Odisha's Ganjam district was arrested by the state vigilance Friday for allegedly embezzling government funds of over Rs 43 lakh for cricket betting and online gaming, an officer said. Khetramohan Nayak of Radhadeipur gram panchayat under Sanakhemundi block...

Bhubaneswar: Nine workers were injured due to a sudden explosion at the steel melting shop of Tata Steel's Kalinganagar plant in Odisha's Jajpur district Friday, police said. The incident took place at about 11.30 am, they said. "The nine injured persons were immediately taken to...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has given Rs 20.34 crore in compensation to 2,116 SC/ST atrocity victims from June until now, a minister said in the Assembly Friday. In response to Congress MLA Sofia Firdous' query, Nityanada Gond, the minister for ST & SC Development, Minorities...