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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...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha transport authority has decided to distribute green stickers to show the validity of a vehicle's pollution under control certificate (PUCC). The sticker will be made available in the offices of all regional transport officers (RTOs) and pollution testing centres from January 10,...

Bhubaneswar: A minor boy was killed, and two other persons were seriously injured after an SUV hit the scooter in which they were travelling on Grand Road in Puri town Friday, police said. The deceased was identified as Sreyansh Dey of Puri town, while another...

Balasore: Police arrested three persons, including a woman, after 140 gm of brown sugar was seized from their possession in Odisha's Balasore district, an officer said Friday. Based on credible information, police conducted a raid at Ambaliatha chak under Jaleswar police station limit, and three...

Puri: Boat services in Chilika Lake have been suspended until 11 a.m. following the death of a passenger who fell from a ferry into the lake on Thursday. Authorities have also directed that ferry operations remain halted until fog conditions improve. The order was issued...

Balasore: Senior Congress leader and former MLA Akshaya Acharya died here Friday, family sources said. He was 78. Acharya is survived by his wife, three daughters and a son. He was suffering from cancer. He became serious Thursday night and was taken to Nilgiri sub-divisional...

Sydney: Veteran Australia batter Usman Khawaja has announced he will retire from international cricket after the fifth Ashes test beginning Sunday at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He didn't go quietly. The Pakistan-born Khawaja, who was the first Muslim to play for Australia, used his retirement...

Nandapur: Koraput coffee, which has earned international acclaim, is allegedly being diverted and sold by middlemen from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh due to official apathy in marketing and procurement, sources said. The district administration and the Tribal Development Cooperative Corporation of Odisha Ltd. (TDCCOL), responsible for...