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Bhubaneswar: With an objective to significantly reduce road accidents and foster a culture of safe and responsible driving, National Road Safety Month will be observed across the country throughout the month of January. In Odisha, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will inaugurate the state-level campaign...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government credited a total of Rs 2,566 crore to farmers’ bank accounts as part of the ongoing paddy procurement process, official sources said Friday. So far, about 11,10,602 metric tonnes of paddy have been procured from 2,49,888 registered farmers across 18 districts of...

Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought to engage Odia interpreters-cum-translators for four-gram panchayats (GPs) -- two each under the Dantan and Mohanpur community development blocks -- in West Midnapore district of West Bengal (WB), for hearings on claims and objections related to...

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to improve connectivity, punctuality, safety and overall travel comfort across its network, East Coast Railway (ECoR) has rolled out a series of passenger-friendly and operational enhancements with the implementation of its revised Working Time Table (WTT) 2026, effective from January 1....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has directed the vigilance department to investigate 125 corruption cases reported between April and December 2025, officials said Friday. The decision was taken during a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to review the performance of the vigilance department,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said people should come together to make India self-reliant. He was addressing the '39th Freedom Fighters Mahotsav', organised to commemorate the death anniversary of former CM Harekrushna Mahtab. "Today, there is no need for the freedom movement....

Berhampur: Odisha forest department officers Friday arrested a man for allegedly hunting a blackbuck in Ganjam district. The accused has been identified as Rabindra Kumar Parida. Four other persons allegedly involved in the poaching of the Schedule-I animal at Kebripalli village under Jagannath Prasad forest...

Bhubaneswar/Bhawanipatna: A Forest Department official was arrested in Odisha Friday for allegedly misappropriating government funds, an officer said. The arrested official allegedly misappropriated over Rs 55 lakh by preparing false muster rolls and vouchers for soil and moisture conservation works at plantation sites in Thuamul...

Baripada: Three persons were killed after the motorcycle they were riding collided head-on with a bus on NH-220 in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Friday, police said. The accident took place near Ranibandh under Rairangpur town police station limits in the afternoon, and all three died on...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested the prime accused in a Rs 40-crore trading fraud, an officer said Friday. The accused, identified as Amit Mandal of West Bengal's Bankura, was arrested from his home district December 31, the officer said. After producing...