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Sambalpur: A 36-year-old meat shop owner was shot dead in broad daylight at Kirba Chhak under Burla police limits in Sambalpur district Saturday morning. The victim, identified as Mohammad Anish, was allegedly shot multiple times by Raja Swami, 25, at around 11 am. Sambalpur Additional...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday set a target of raising the state's conviction rate in criminal cases to at least 75 per cent and directed the police to adopt a zero-tolerance approach towards organised crime, drug trafficking and extortion. Addressing the state-level...

Bhubaneswar: IMD Saturday forecast extremely heavy rainfall in five districts of north and coastal Odisha till August 31 in the wake of a low-pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal, officials said. The weather system is likely to trigger intense rainfall in northern, interior...

Dhenkanal: A woman was allegedly beaten to death and buried inside a septic tank by her husband in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district after she refused to hand over money received under the Subhadra Yojana for buying alcohol, sources said. The incident took place late Friday night...

New Delhi: India's two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra Saturday announced that he has suffered ligament tear in his ankle during training, ruling him out of the upcoming Asian Games. Chopra said in a social media post that he sustained the injury shortly after producing a...

Baripada: The authorities of Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district are contemplating removing the radio collar fitted on a tigress after the big cat was found to have settled in the national park, an official said Saturday. Tigress Zeenat, translocated from Maharashtra's Tadoba-Andhari Tiger...

Bhubaneshwar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief, Naveen Patnaik, Saturday wrote to Odisha BJP MPs over the passage of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, in the Lok Sabha, describing the development as a "black day" for the state and warning that...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department Saturday said a fresh low-pressure area has formed over the Bay of Bengal, which could trigger heavy rainfall across Odisha till September 4. State authorities have taken measures to tackle possible waterlogging and inundation in the northern and coastal regions...

By Sushanta Kumar Sahu, OP Anandapur: A government primary school at Balipashi under Shalabani panchayat in Anandapur block of Kendujhar district is functioning amid several problems, including leaking classroom roofs, a damaged boundary wall, poor sanitation and the absence of a proper road to the...

Bhubaneswar/Jajpur: Odisha is set to get a major new Buddhist landmark with a 45-foot statue of Guru Padmasambhava, revered as the “Second Buddha”, coming up near the historic Udayagiri Buddhist site in Jajpur district. The project is aimed at giving a global push to Odisha’s...