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Bhubaneswar: Large parts of Odisha, especially the western region, experienced heatwave conditions Sunday, with Boudh town recording the highest temperature of 43.6 degree Celsius, the IMD said. At least seven places in Odisha, including Boudh, recorded a maximum temperature of over 40 degree Celsius. As...

Berhampur: Odisha police Sunday arrested a 47-year-old rice trader from Andhra Pradesh for allegedly cheating a rice mill owner of Rs 77 lakh in Ganjam district about five years ago, an officer said. The accused, a resident of Tanuku in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district,...

Balasore: A 21-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a relative in Odisha's Balasore district when her husband was drunk, police said Sunday. The incident happened in a village under Jaleswar police limit Saturday evening. According to the police, the woman who had been married for...

Bhanjanagar: A massive fire broke out Sunday at Tini Sahi area in Domuhani panchayat under Bhanjanagar tehsil in Ganjam district, gutting 10 rooms belonging to seven families, a source said. Property worth lakhs of rupees was reduced to ashes in the blaze, the source informed....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is considering rescheduling school hours to the morning in response to intensifying heatwave conditions, School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond announced Sunday. Gond informed that discussions are underway, and a decision will be taken soon to ensure the safety of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government with support from World Food Organisation (WFO) has mooted steps to open 'Poshan Kendras' to provide essential commodities at subsidised rates in the state, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister Krushna Chandra Patra said Sunday. As per the plan, at least...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra announced Sunday that paddy procurement in the state will continue till March 31, after which no further procurement will take place. Speaking to the media, Patra stated that around 50,000 metric tonnes of paddy...

Bhubaneswar: Renowned Odia poet and former bureaucrat Ramakanta Rath died at his residence in Kharvel Nagar area in Bhubaneswar Sunday, family sources said. He was 90. Rath, a Padma Bhushan awardee, is survived by three daughters and a son. President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister...

Bhubaneswar: The Holi festival Saturday was marred by five murders as celebrations took a violent turn in four places across the state, resulting in the death of five people, either due to past enmity or altercations. Two of the five murders were reported in the...

Bhubaneswar: In separate incidents, at least four people, including a minor, drowned while taking a bath Saturday after celebrating Holi across Odisha, police said. A tourist drowned while bathing in the sea in Puri district, an officer said, adding that the identity of the deceased...