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Baripada: Forest Department has intensified wildlife protection measures across the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in view of the monsoon season by establishing 214 anti-poaching camps and deploying around 1,000 trained protection personnel, a senior official said Saturday. Similipal Tiger Reserve Field Director and Regional Chief...

Gunupur: Three people, including an Odissi dance instructor, died after the scooter they were riding allegedly suffered brake failure and crashed into an electricity pole while they were returning from the Rameswar Shaivite shrine at Shefali Hills in Rayagada district late Friday. The deceased were...

Athamallik: Raja Pradeep Chandra Deo, the former ruler of Athamallik royal estate in Anugola district, passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar Saturday morning. He was 86. Deo died at about 7:30 am, family members said. News of his death prompted an outpouring of...

Banai: Continuous rainfall over the past two days inundated Koida area in Banai subdivision Saturday. Residents awoke to wide spread flooding as roads and culverts were submerged under fast-flowing water. As water levels continued to rise, floodwaters entered more than 50 homes in Koida block...

Puri: Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra were adorned in the grand 'Suna Besha' (Golden Attire) on their chariots in Odisha's pilgrim town of Puri Saturday, a day after the Bahuda Yatra. The Sibling Deities were decorated with ornate gold ornaments while seated on...

Bhubaneswar: VK Pandian Saturday informed Odisha Police that he would fully cooperate with the probe into the alleged missing inquiry commission reports case but expressed his inability to appear before the investigating officer in Bhubaneswar on the scheduled day. The Capital police station had summoned...

Harare: An all-round India crushed Zimbabwe by 90 runs in the second T20I to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, here Saturday. The third and final T20I will be played here Sunday. Chasing 220, Zimbabwe were off to a strong start courtesy...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday lauded Pradhan's contribution to the education sector and described his resignation as an act of moral responsibility. CM Majhi said Pradhan, the MP of Sambalpur, had spearheaded transformative reforms, including the implementation of the National Education Policy...

Bhubaneswar: BJD chief Naveen Patnaik Saturday congratulated the country's youth after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as Union Education Minister amid nationwide protests over the alleged NEET question paper leak. Patnaik, who had earlier demanded Pradhan's resignation following the alleged assault on protesting students in Delhi July...

Puri: Servitors began the sacred 'Suna Besha' ritual, draping Lord Jagannath and His Siblings in approximately 208 kilograms of golden ornaments on their chariots. The ceremony, one of the major highlights of the Rath Yatra festival, saw thousands of devotees gather to witness Lord Jagannath,...