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ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday described Ayurveda as more than a system of medicine, calling it a way of life that promotes balance among the body, mind and soul and helps people lead healthy, disease-free lives. Greeting people on the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police has intensified its statewide special drive 'Daman' against criminals and anti-social elements, executing 109 non-bailable warrants (NBWs), registering 148 Excise Act cases and 15 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act since the campaign began September 21. The...

Bhubaneswar: CIPET: CSTS, Bhubaneswar, and MCL, Sambalpur, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide employment-oriented training programmes under NI PUN-3, official sources said Wednesday. The MoU was signed by MCL GM (CSR) Jyotirmoy Sinha and CIPET: CSTS, Bhubaneswar, Deputy Director and Head Jayanta...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Opposition BJD Wednesday expressed shock at a newspaper report claiming over 13 crore names were struck off draft rolls across 30 states and UTs during the SIR, and demanded an investigation into the matter. The statement came after The Indian Express reported that...

Baripada: A court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his mother over a domestic dispute in March 2025. Second Additional District Sessions Judge Suman Kumar Mishra found the accused, Kanhu Kisku (31), guilty of murder and sentenced him...

Bhadrak: A 21-year-old woman working as a data entry operator at a private hospital in Bhadrak was found dead on the hospital premises Wednesday, with her family alleging that she had faced mental harassment from some employees. The deceased was identified as Seema Sahu of...

Bhubaneswar: Lok Sabha MP D Purandeswari has been appointed the BJP’s in-charge for Odisha, with party national secretary Swadesh Singh named co-in-charge, as part of a nationwide reshuffle of the party’s state and Union territory organisational responsibilities. The appointments, announced Wednesday by BJP president Nitin...

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has ruled that studying in a Telugu-medium school does not disqualify a candidate from engagement as a Sikhya Sahayak (SS) (Telugu), provided he has studied Odia up to the prescribed level. The Division Bench of Justices BP Routray and Savitri...

Kendrapara: The Odisha Police Wednesday arrested a 72-year-old man from Kendrapara district for allegedly raping his minor granddaughter multiple times, officials said. The 12-year-old girl had been living with her grandfather and other family members in a village in the district, they said. The accused...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly proceedings could run only for 11 minutes Wednesday, as the House witnessed ruckus and repeated adjournments following the Opposition's demand for School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond's resignation over errors in new textbooks for school children, and the amended mining...