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Bhubaneswar: The Centre has agreed to bear the entire expenditure for the construction of 92 railway overbridges across Odisha, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Thursday. A statement released by the CMO said that though it was earlier decided that both the state government and...

Sambalpur: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Sambalpur Municipal Corporation (SMC) and Oil India Ltd here for establishing a compressed bio-gas (CBG) plant in the western Odisha town. The agreement is an important step to produce energy from waste coming out of homes,...

Navi Mumbai: Phoebe Litchfield raced to a majestic hundred while Ellyse Perry and Ashleigh Gardner scored half-centuries as Australia put on a brilliant display of power hitting before they were all out for 338 against India in the second semifinal of the ICC Women's ODI...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar police were able to prevent a burglary and insurance fraud due to an alert citizen and arrested 13 people when they were preparing to commit the crime, an officer said Thursday. According to police, one Santosh Kumar Moharana has been running a...

Puri: Devotees will be allowed to enter the Shree Jagannath Temple here only through the Singhadwar (Lion's gate) during the 'Panchuka' celebrations, an official said Thursday. This was decided at the coordination meeting between the civil administration and police ahead of the 'Panchuka' (the last...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has begun a comprehensive survey to assess the extent of damage caused by heavy rainfall and landslides triggered by Cyclone ‘Montha’ across several districts of the state, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said Thursday. Speaking to mediapersons, Pujari said that...

Navi Mumbai: Members of the Indian and Australian teams will be sporting a black armband throughout their semi-final encounter of the Women’s World Cup in memory of Ben Austin, a 17-year-old Aussie teen who died in Melbourne after being hit by the ball on the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has signed an MoU for the development and operation of two national waterways, an official statement said. The agreement was signed Tuesday during the India Maritime-2025 in Mumbai among the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), the Odisha government, Paradip Port Authority...

Phulbani: A court in Odisha's Kandhamal district has sentenced five persons to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting them of dacoity and gangrape of a minor girl at gunpoint 16 months ago. Fast-track court judge Kailash Chandra Swain of Phulbani also imposed a fine...

Sonepur: With barely a month-and-a-half left for the 2025–26 Kharif paddy procurement to begin in Subarnapur district, concerns have been raised over the sluggish lifting of rice from mills under the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2024–25. As of Monday, only 59.39% of custom-milled rice (CMR)...