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Nabarangpur: Three girls, including two sisters, drowned in a pond in Odisha's Nabarangpur district Thursday, police said. The incident took place at Kurshi village when they were bathing. The deceased were identified as Bhumika Gond, Sandhya Gond and her sister Sanjita Gond, all in the...

Berhampur: Police Thursday arrested a woman for allegedly killing her nine-year-old niece in Odisha's Ganjam district, officials said. The incident took place at Laxmanapalli, near Chhamunda village, under Jagannath Prasad police station limits of the district Wednesday. The victim's mother alleged that after committing the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday inaugurated three new grid substations and eight transmission lines established at Rs 600 crore, and assured the people of Bhubaneswar and adjoining areas of uninterrupted and high-quality power supply. He said the new power facilities will benefit...

Kolkata: Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match here Thursday. LSG are unchanged, while KKR made one change, bringing in Sunil Narine in place of injured Varun Chakravarthy. The Teams: Lucknow Super...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Thursday launched a self-defence training programme for 5,000 women Self Help Group (SHG) members here in the presence of National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar. The programme, is being implemented by the Department of Mission...

Bhubaneswar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has begun its probe into a blast in Bhubaneswar in January that left two persons dead, officials said Thursday. A three-member NIA team visited the Airfield police station here and collected documents, including FIRs and forensic reports, in connection...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is scheduled to hold a Cabinet meeting April 10 at 11 a.m. at Lok Seva Bhavan under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. Important proposals from several departments, including Panchayati Raj, Works, Revenue, School and Mass Education, and General Administration,...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Thursday accepted the resignation of Sasmit Patra as the leader of the regional outfit's parliamentary party. Patra, a two-time Rajya Sabha MP, had submitted his resignation Wednesday, citing reasons that remain undisclosed. The office of the Leader of Opposition in...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik will visit Delhi April 10 to meet his elder brother Prem Patnaik, who has undergone a major heart surgery, a party statement said. Prem Patnaik is at present recovering at a private hospital in the national capital after undergoing the...

Bhadrak: Two miscreants arrested for allegedly committing theft at Maa Bhadrakali Temple here have made startling revelations before the police, stating that they were forced to abandon part of the stolen items and flee after hearing the “sound of anklets” from inside the shrine. According...