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Bargarh: Police Monday busted an alleged sex racket operating from a roadside dhaba near Dhanger under Bargarh rural police limits, rescuing a woman and arresting five persons, including a couple said to be running the operation. The arrested have been identified as dhaba owner Atmaram...

Baripada: A lady school teacher engaged in census enumeration work in Baripada of Mayurbhanj district has been reported missing since Saturday, raising concern among family members and authorities. According to reports, Jyotsnarani Sahu, who has been serving at UG School in Karanjia for the past...

Nuapada: A 44-yearold teacher was hospitalised Monday after a swarm of honeybees attacked him during census survey work in Nuapada district. He was identified as Dolamani Hansa (44), a resident of Sunamudi village under Khaprakhol block of Bolangir district. Hansa is a teacher at the...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday raised serious concerns over the functioning of Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging that the names of a large number of voters are being deleted from the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The party,...

Ahmedabad: Tilak Varma roared back to form with a magnificent maiden century in the Indian Premier League, helping Mumbai Indians break their four-match losing streak with a 99-run mauling of Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad Monday. Tilak remained not out on 101 off 45 balls, reaching...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader from Odisha Saptagiri Ulaka Monday questioned the delay in notifying the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam despite the Bill being passed in Parliament in 2023. Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, the Koraput MP said, "Apart from two MPs, all other members...

Hyderabad/Bhubaneswar: A three-year-old girl was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in Telangana’s Peddapalli district Monday. The child was identified as Divya Behera. Her parents are migrant labourers from Odisha and are employed in a brick kiln in Katnapalli village in Sultanabad...

Bhubaneswar: There is no respite from heatwave conditions in Odisha, with the IMD Monday stating that hot and humid weather is likely to continue in several parts of the state for at least the next four days. In its evening bulletin, the IMD's Bhubaneswar centre...

Cuttack/Berhampur: Cuttack and Ganjam districts have ordered a three-day closure of all schools amid intensifying heatwave conditions across Odisha, while Kendrapara has opted for revised school timings instead. In Cuttack, the district administration has directed all government, private and aided schools, along with Anganwadi centers,...

Puri: The construction of chariots for the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath and sibling deities began here Monday after ceremonial puja on the occasion of 'Akshaya Tritiya'. The Rath Yatra is scheduled to be held July 16. The 'Biswakarma Sevak' (carpenter servitors) gave the...