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Bhubaneswar: Police have busted a cyber fraud syndicate operating in the City and arrested three persons for allegedly creating and managing mule bank accounts used in online financial scams, officials said Wednesday. The arrests were made in connection with a case registered at Chandrasekharpur police...

Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday asked the state government to furnish reports within four weeks on the alleged lack of basic amenities in and around Ward-56 of the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC). The apex rights body’s move came while hearing a plea...

Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Wednesday accused the ruling BJP of engaging in horse trading ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls in the state. Patnaik said this after BJD's former MP Ravindra Kumar Jena quit the regional outfit...

Bhubaneswar: With the hotel and restaurant industry reportedly getting hit by a shortage of LPG cylinders amid the Middle East war, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Wednesday said it is considering allowing eateries to use charcoal and firewood stoves, which were previously banned by the...

Malkangiri: The Odisha forest department Wednesday seized 631 Indian flap shell turtles near the state's border with Andhra Pradesh during a special operation in Malkangiri district, an officer said. Acting on a tip-off, Forest Department personnel of the Motu range under Malkangiri forest division conducted...

Bhubaneswar: A day after quitting the opposition BJD, former MP Rabindra Kumar Jena Wednesday joined the ruling BJP in Odisha, citing the absence of a succession plan in the regional party. Jena, along with his supporters from Balasore, Bhadrak, and Mayurbhanj districts, joined the saffron...

Berhampur (Odisha):  Odisha Police arrested five people on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in the attack on a BJD leader and the chairperson of the Sheragada panchayat samiti (block) in Ganjam district. Leader of Opposition and BJD president Naveen Patnaik alleged that the chairman of...

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Wednesday announced the schedule for the first phase of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, to be played from March 28 to April 12, 2026. "As three states are scheduled to undergo State Assembly elections...

Baripada: Odisha forest department officers Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly setting fire inside the Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary in Mayurbhanj district, officials said. While patrolling the Nedam forest Tuesday evening, staff of Pithabata North wildlife range spotted three persons allegedly setting fire to the forest...

Phulbani: Ten Maoists carrying a combined bounty of Rs 1.15 crore surrendered before Odisha Police in Kandhamal district Wednesday, officials said. Among those who surrendered are CPI(Maoist) State Committee Member (SCM) Sanu Pottam alias Nitu, who carried a bounty of Rs 55 lakh. The red...