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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Leader of Opposition and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Friday expressed concern over the hardships faced by the people in Ganjam due to the unprecedented flooding caused by Cyclone Arnab. LoP Patnaik spoke to the Ganjam Collector over the telephone and enquired about the...

Bhubaneswar: Three members of a family, including a nine-month-old baby, died in a landslide in Odisha's Kandhamala district Friday, a state minister said. The landslide at Dangesi village under Raikia block was triggered by heavy rain under the influence of cyclone 'Arnab', he said. Two...

Puri: A devotee from Dhenkanal district died after falling ill while waiting outside the barricades for darshan at Srimandir in Puri Friday. The deceased, identified as Debaraj Sahu, had visited the temple with his relatives in the morning. While waiting in the queue outside the...

Auckland: Centurion Glenn Phillips and Michael Bracewell gave India a taste of their own medicine with blazing knocks as New Zealand registered a massive 259 for seven in the fourth T20 International here Friday. It was the highest T20I total against India by any team....

Bhubaneswar/Brahmapur: Four defence helicopters have begun airdropping food packets at 21 identified locations in flood-hit Ganjam district, while a central team will visit Odisha November 2 to assess the damage caused by floods triggered by cyclone 'Arnab', officials said Friday. Helicopters of the Indian Navy...

Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure area over the South Andaman Sea is likely to intensify into a depression around October 31 and move towards the Andhra Pradesh coast over the subsequent two days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Friday. IMD also predicted that several parts of...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday released the 24th instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme, transferring over Rs 18,690 crore to the bank accounts of more than 9.34 crore farmers across the country, including 35.38 lakh in Odisha. The beneficiaries in Odisha received Rs 3,000 crore...

Kendrapada: Police recovered a naked, headless body of an unidentified woman, estimated to be around 40 years old, near the Luna river embankment in Odisha’s Kendrapada district Friday morning. Preliminary suspicion suggests that the woman may have been murdered and her body dumped near the...

New Delhi: Former India batter Robin Uthappa was Friday appointed the batting coach of Mumbai Indians ahead of the 2027 Indian Premier League season. A member of India's victorious squad at the inaugural men's T20 World Cup in 2007, the 40-year-old Uthappa had played for...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Uniformed Services Staff Selection Commission (OUSSSC) has extended the deadline for updating and validating credentials and data of candidates who applied for the Combined Police Service Examination (CPSE)-2024, or Sub-Inspector level examination, by 10 days to November 8. According to a press...