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Bhubaneswar: A total of 2,53,624 people, including 1,24,108 men, 1,29,495 women and 21 people of the third gender, are eligible to exercise their franchise in the November 11 by-election to Nuapada assembly constituency in Odisha, a senior poll official said Thursday. State Chief Electoral Officer...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's main opposition party, Bjiu Janata Dal, Thursday launched a month-long state-wide 'Jan Sampark Padayatra' to "make people aware" of the alleged failures of the state's BJP government. The regional party's annual foot march, which usually starts on Gandhi Jayanti every year, was this...

Cuttack: A day after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi directed police to take strict action against those responsible for the Cuttack violence, authorities Thursday arrested three more people for their alleged role in the clashes that erupted during the Durga idol immersion procession. With the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Thursday paid rich tributes to 'Utkalmani' Gopabandhu Das, a prominent social worker, reformer, journalist, and freedom fighter, on his birth anniversary. Odisha Governor in a post on X said, "On the birth anniversary of Utkalamani Pandit #Gopabandhudas, the Hon'ble Governor Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati...

Jajpur: Police in Odisha's Jajpur district claimed to have busted a chain-snatching gang by arresting three of its members, an officer said Thursday. The police also seized 46 gm of stolen gold jewellery from their possession Wednesday, he said. The gang was reportedly involved in...

Balasore: Four accused in the Soumyashree Bishi self-immolation case, currently lodged in jail, were produced before the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) Court in Balasore Wednesday. The accused — HoD Sameer Sahu, former students’ union president Dilip Ghosh, student Jyotiprakash Biswal, and student leader Shubhra Sambit...

Deogarh: In a shocking incident, a man allegedly killed his father and buried the body in a nearby field at Autal village under Barkote police limits in Deogarh district Wednesday morning. Police identified the accused as Hrudananda Behera and his deceased father as Balabhadra Behera,...

Nilagiri: Unavailability of ambulance in time resulted in the death of a woman after she was rendered critical in a bear attack at Tinikosia reserve forest under Nilagiri block of Balasore district Wednesday. The victim was identified as Shantilata Naik, 54, wife of Chandramohan Naik...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday directed officials to ensure that all development activities of Maa Samaleswari temple in Sambalpur be done as per global standards. The CM’s statement came while holding a meeting at Lok Seva Bhawan here to review the redevelopment work...

Berhampur: Arrests are yet to be made in connection with the murder of BJP member Pitabash Panda, who was an advocate, in Odisha's Ganjam district, even as 30 people have been interrogated and six police teams are working to identify those behind the incident, an...