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Bhubaneswar: The first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Odisha witnessed an overwhelming response, with 3,13,87,034 electors—93.97 per cent of the state’s 3,33,99,591 registered voters—submitting their Enumeration Forms, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Odisha RS Gopalan said. With the publication of...

Bhubaneswar: School and Mass Education (S&ME) department Commission er-cum-Secretary N Thirumala Naik visited several examination centres in Kataka Sunday to review the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) examination, conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE). The examination was held across all 30 districts in...

Puri: Heritage and cultural organisation Puri Parampara Suraksya Mancha has appealed to devotees and authorities to address what it describes as sensitive issues related to dance performances during Lord Jagannath’s annual Rath Yatra. The organisation has launched a campaign seeking permanent reforms to preserve the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Parents’ Federation (OPF) Sunday constituted a high-level committee to examine alleged errors and irregularities in the newly published SCERT textbooks for the 2026 27 academic session and recommend corrective measures. The decision was taken at a consultation meeting held at Gita Govinda...

Bhubaneswar: The 35-year-old ragpicker, Anil, who was swept away after falling into an open drain near Vani Vihar Square Saturday af ternoon , still remains untraceable as the search operation continues to trace him. According to locals, the man identified as Anil Singh reportedly slipped...

Bhubaneswar: Puri's titular king Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb wrote to ISKCON, accusing it of hurting the sentiments of devotees by organising Lord Jagannath's Snan Yatra and Rath Yatra on dates that are not in accordance with scriptures. In a letter addressed to Shree Madhusevita Dasa...

Baripada: Two police personnel were suspended and a home guard was served a show-cause notice Sunday for allegedly passing confidential information about a raid to a suspected cattle smuggler in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, officials said. According to a senior police officer of the district, a...

Dhenkanal: An adult male elephant was found dead in a forest in Odisha's Dhenkanal district Sunday, with preliminary investigations suggesting the animal may have been killed by a lightning strike, officials said. The carcass of the tusker, estimated to be 25-30 years old, was found...

Bhubaneswar: Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will inaugurate two new train services from Odisha Monday -- the Brahmapur-Surat (Udhna) Amrit Bharat Express and the Puri-Koraput Express, officials said. The inaugural ceremonies, to be held at Puri and Brahmapur, will also be attended by Odisha Chief Minister...

Jharsuguda: A family in Odisha's Jharsuguda district was forced to transport the body of a deceased woman on a motorcycle due to "unavailability" of hearse services at the Mundrajora Community Health Centre (CHC) in Laikera block. According to reports, after the death of Jamuna Chhatria, the...