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Bhubaneswar: An Odisha factories officer was arrested Wednesday, a day after vigilance department sleuths unearthed multiple properties and land parcels owned by him that are disproportionate to his known source of income. Umakant Samantaray, an assistant director of factories and boilers in Sambalpur, has been...

Bhubaneswar: BJP state spokesperson Anil Biswal Wednesday alleged that the recently published Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report had exposed large-scale irregularities in the utilisation of mining-related funds during the previous BJD government headed by Naveen Patnaik. Addressing a press conference at the BJP state...

Bhubaneswar: Construction of tourism infrastructure in protected forest areas in violation of the Forest Conservation Act and operation of 20 government-run Panthanivas without mandatory fire safety certificates, besides substantial financial mismanagement, have come under the spotlight in a CAG audit of Odisha's coastal tourism sector....

Puri: The Gundicha temple in Puri, near the famous Jagannath temple, reopened for devotees Wednesday after a six-year hiatus, officials said. The temple doors opened at 7.45 am, after rituals were performed in the presence of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief administrator Arabinda Padhee,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Forest and Environment Minister Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia Wednesday said the local climate suits the rescued baby orangutans kept in quarantine in a special temperature-controlled enclosure at a zoo here, and their health is gradually improving. The minister said teams of specialist doctors regularly...

Kataka: A joint team of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) seized nearly 116 kg of ganja from Puri-LTT Express at Cuttack railway station and arrested five people. The seized contraband, weighing 115.93 kg, was found in seven trolley bags and...

Baleshwar/Nayagada: More than 30 villages in Baleshwar's Bhograi block remained waterlogged Wednesday, while three days of incessant rain inundated agricultural fields in Nayagada, damaging paddy, vegetables and other crops and adding to the woes of residents and farmers, sources said. In Bhograi, more than 30...

Guwahati: India opted to bowl against the West Indies in the second ODI Wednesday. Pacer Auqib Nabi was handed his debut cap for India. He made the playing eleven in place of Nitish Reddy. The West Indies made as many as four changes. India led...

Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has flagged several "financial irregularities and deficiencies" in the implementation of the 5T High School Transformation Programme (HSTP) of the previous BJD government in Odisha. The BJD government's School and Mass Education (SME) Department introduced the...

Baleshwar: A motorcycle showroom was gutted in a fire in Odisha's Baleshwar district Wednesday morning, police said. Police added that as many as eight motorcycles were gutted after a fire broke out at a motorcycle showroom in the Sahadevkhunta police limits, damaging accessories, furniture and...