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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...

Nirakarpur: A four-month-old baby boy was allegedly kidnapped from Nirakarpur railway station premises under Khurda railway division, police said Wednesday. According to reports, the incident occurred when the infant’s parents were taking a rest on Platform No. 3 of the railway station. The child was...

Berhampur: Vigilance department Wednesday arrested five employees of Kodala community health centre (CHC) in Ganjam district for allegedly misappropriating over Rs 2 crore in government funds between 2023 and 2025, officials said. The accused, posted at the CHC, allegedly prepared fraudulent arrear salary bills in...

Koraput: Satyajit Mishra, Central in-charge for Koraput district and joint secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, conducted an extensive review of key sectors under the Aspirational District and Aspirational Block programmes. He visited the Urban Primary Health Centre in Gandhinagar, interacting...

Bhubaneswar: Leaders of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union (BKMU) staged a protest Wednesday, alleging a severe crisis in the supply of government-run LPG cylinders and accusing authorities of failing to address consumer hardship. Addressing the demonstration, CPI state...