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Sambalpur: A patient was seen being pushed on a stretcher along a busy road after "no ambulance was available" at the Kuchinda sub-divisional hospital in Odisha’s Sambalpur district, triggering public outrage. After the video circulated online, the state health minister Mukesh Mahaling asked officials to...

Sambalpur/Cuttack: A 75-year-old man from Odisha’s Sambalpur, Babu Lohar, pedalled 300 km by rickshaw to get his paralysed wife life-saving treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. Lohar began the journey after his wife Jyoti suffered a paralytic stroke in November last year...

Koraput: Koraput district administration Sunday withdrew its earlier order banning the sale of non-vegetarian food items on Republic Day. District Collector Manoj Satyawan Mahajan announced the decision in a post on social media platform X. Earlier, the district administration had issued an order prohibiting the...

Puri: Thousands of devotees Sunday took a holy dip at Chandrabhaga beach in Odisha's Puri district on the occasion of 'Magha Saptami'. Magha Saptami is observed as the birthday of the Sun God and is held on the seventh day of 'Magha' month of the...

Bhubaneswar: Renowned Odia music composer Abhijit Majumdar died after a prolonged illness, hospital sources said Sunday. He had been undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar following a critical health episode late last year. Majumdar was admitted to the emergency department September 4, 2025, in critical condition...

Bhubaneswar: Noting that artificial intelligence (AI) allows setting new benchmarks in governance and public service delivery, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Odisha must follow a model where the state does not merely adopt technology, but becomes a harbinger of it. Majhi made the statement...

Barbil/Dhanbad: In a major breakthrough in the Barbil Bank robbery case, Keonjhar police have arrested two prime accused from Dhanbad city in neighbouring Jharkhand. A total of 288 gram of gold worth over Rs 40 lakh, robbed from the Bank of Maharashtra in Barbil town...

Angul: Allegations have surfaced against the National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO), a Navratna public sector undertaking, of causing severe environmental pollution and endangering human and animal lives in Banarpal area on the outskirts of Odisha's Angul town. Residents alleged that toxic ash and chemical-laden wastewater...

Udala: Police arrested a 40-year-old woman for duping people of more than Rs 3 crore by impersonating a senior Labour department official and falsely promising government loans. The accused, identified as Binodini Nayak of the Balani police station area in Keonjhar district, was arrested from...

Bhubaneswar: The Chandrasekharpur police Saturday arrested three individuals, including a minor, in connection with a group clash at Housing Board Colony Friday night that caused fear among residents. Two other youths involved remain at large. According to police, the incident occurred around 7:30 pm Friday,...