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Berhampur: Berhampur's BJP MP Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy was acquitted in three more cases of cheating by a special court in Odisha's Ganjam district Wednesday due to lack of evidence. A total of five cases were registered at the Baidyanathpur and Golanthara police stations in the...

Bhubaneswar: Brijendra Pratap Singh Wednesday took charge as the chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) at its corporate office here. Prior to joining NALCO, Singh was director-in-charge of Burnpur and Durgapur Steel Plant and a member of the board of SAIL, a...

Baripada: A court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Wednesday sentenced a 45-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl in 2019. Mayurbhanj district POCSO court special judge Santosh Kumar Nayak also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on convict Chaitan Prasad Singh, special public...

Puri: As the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas began in Bhubaneswar Wednesday, Puri’s beaches drew attention with unique sculptures crafted from waste materials as part of the beach festival.  These artworks have become a major attraction for visitors, including NRIs attending the event. The Puri Niladri...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu will be on a two-day visit to Meghalaya and Odisha from Thursday to attend different events, according to an official statement. On the first day, she will attend the golden jubilee celebration of the ICAR Research Complex for the North-Eastern...

Bhubaneswar: A group of bike-borne miscreants hacked a man to death near the Rasulgarh Flyover under Mancheswar police limits in Bhubaneswar Wednesday, police said. The police have detained three suspects and are searching for two main accused. This daylight murder has rocked Bhubaneswar as the...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said that Odisha aspires to be among the top five state economies in the country by 2047, when India will celebrate 100 years to independence. While addressing the joint business session between MEA and Odisha organised as part...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said that the residents of the state are overjoyed when people of Indian origin excel abroad. Majhi said this while addressing the young diaspora at the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas event in Bhubaneswar. “You are our cultural...

Bhubaneswar: The 18th Pravsi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention commenced at Bhubaneswar Wednesday with the inauguration of Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. Speaking on the occasion, EAM Jaishankar said that it was customary to hold...

Bolangir: The roads of Khairaguda and Kumuria in Kultapada panchayat of Deogaon block in this district turned red as thousands of animals were sacrificed on the occasion of traditional Sulia Jatra Tuesday. The festival held on the first Tuesday of the lunar fortnight (Sukla Paksha)...