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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling Monday said that 42 cadaveric kidney transplants and six cadaveric liver transplants have been conducted in the state so far. The minister, however, did not mention since when the transplants were conducted. In a written statement...

Phulbani: A team of the West Bengal Police, with the help of its Odisha counterparts, Monday arrested a man from Kandhamal district for his alleged involvement in a cyber fraud case, officials said. The cyber branch of Chandannagar police station in Bengal's Hooghly district arrested...

Bhubaneswar: A total of 2,603 villages in 167 blocks of Odisha do not have any mobile network, while 10 panchayats lack broadband connectivity, a state minister said Monday. He said in the assembly that 375 villages in Kandhamal district have no mobile network services, followed...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 20,060 missing person cases were registered across Odisha between June 2024 and February 2025, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the Assembly Monday. In a written reply to a query by Congress MLA Sofia Firdous, the CM said of the total...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday approved investment proposals worth Rs 6,117 crore, which have the potential to create over 17,000 jobs, an official statement said. The approval was given to 19 projects spanning 10 sectors that included biofuel, shipbuilding, food processing, chemicals and apparel at...

Bhubaneswar: The mortal remains of renowned Odia poet and former bureaucrat Ramakanta Rath were consigned to flames at Swargadwar in Puri Monday. Rath's son Pinaki lit the funeral pyre after the Odisha Police accorded full state honour to the poet, who was a recipient of...

Bhubaneswar: Chaos reigned supreme in the Odisha assembly Monday, with MLAs of the opposition BJD and Congress protesting over the law and order situation in the state. As soon as the House assembled for the day, BJD and Congress members trooped into Well with placards,...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court Monday granted conditional bail to Hansita Abhilipsa and her associate Anil Mohanty in connection with an alleged fraud case. The court ordered both individuals to surrender their passports and granted bail on a surety bond of Rs. 50,000 each. They...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday paid floral tributes to renowned Odia poet Ramakanta Rath, who died at the age of 90. Rath died at his residence here Sunday and his last rites will be held Monday with full state honours at Swargadwar...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Former Union Minister Debendra Pradhan, father of current Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, has passed away. He was 84, and survived by his son Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union education minister. Pradhan, the former Odisha BJP president, breathed his last in New Delhi. Chief Minister...