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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly conducted only 13 minutes of business on the opening day of its Monsoon Session Tuesday as repeated disruptions by Opposition members led to multiple adjournments. The House functioned for two minutes before lunch and 11 minutes after 4 pm. Proceedings were...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 256 wild elephants died in Odisha between 2023-24 and 2025-26, including 13 killed by poachers, Forest Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia informed the Assembly Tuesday. Replying to a written question from BJP MLA Durga Prasan Nayak, the minister said 32 persons had...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is examining the issue of providing reservation to OBCs and SEBCs in the upcoming panchayat elections, Panchayati Raj Minister Rabi Narayan Naik said in the assembly Tuesday. Replying to a question by senior BJD MLA Ranendra Pratap Swain on providing 27...

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to visit Odisha October 27 and 28 and attend a mega eye screening camp in Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district October 27, Mayurbhanj MP Naba Charan Majhi said Tuesday. Murmu will return to New Delhi October 28, according to the...

New Delhi: ICC chairman Jay Shah and BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia congratulated the Indian women’s cricket team after it successfully defended its Asian Games gold medal with a commanding 147-run victory over Sri Lanka in the final in Nisshin Tuesday. India produced a dominant all-round...

Dhenkanal: Three men were arrested Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and harassing her male friend near Bhanragada village under Gondia police limits in Dhenkanal district Saturday. The accused also allegedly recorded a video of the incident and circulated it on social media. The...

Nuapada: The Odisha Vigilance's forest wing seized a leopard skin and arrested an alleged hunter in Udyanbandh Forest Range under Khariar Forest Division in Nuapada district Tuesday. The accused, identified as Inyat Alli, a resident of Kumuntimunda village under Kumna police station, was arrested for...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday stepped up preparedness and deployed 33 Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) teams in vulnerable districts as a depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a deep depression and trigger heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in several...

Sano (Japan): Seasoned spinner Axar Patel choked the inexperienced Japanese batters just in time as India survived a scare to win the rain-curtailed one-off T20 International between the two mis-matched sides by a mere two runs here on Tuesday. With the match being reduced to...

Bhubaneswar: Twenty-four pilgrims, including seven women and some children, were injured, ten of them critically, when a bus carrying devotees from Hooghly in West Bengal rammed into another pilgrim bus on NH-16 near Dhamra Railway Overbridge in Bhadrak district early Sunday, police said. The accident...