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Bhubaneswar: Vehicular movement in different parts of Odisha, including in the capital city of Bhubaneswar, was affected Wednesday due to strike by trade unions and drivers' associations. A joint forum of 10 central trade unions has been staging a Bharat bandh, or a nationwide strike,...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan was granted bail Tuesday by the Khurda District and Sessions Court in a case related to the alleged assault of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo. Pradhan was arrested Thursday and was lodged in Jharpada Special Jail...

Kendrapara: Large swathes of Kendrapara district are under threat as coastal erosion, driven by rising sea levels and climate change, continues to eat away at the land, displacing communities, damaging forests, and endangering cultural heritage. On June 25, during the new moon, seawater surged past...

Remuna: In a disturbing incident that raises serious questions over public decency and emergency response awareness, an ambulance was vandalised during a Muharram procession in Remuna, Balasore district. The vehicle was not only blocked, but attacked with stones and sticks by an unruly mob, leading...

Sambalpur: In what can only be described as a testament to human resilience and perhaps a touch of miracle, a 70-year-old woman was rescued from a tree branch Tuesday — 26 hours after she was swept away by a stream during a toilet break in...

Puri: Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath Tuesday returned to the 12th-century shrine in Puri through a ritual called 'Niladri Bije', 12 days after the start of the annual Rath Yatra. Niladri Bije ritual marks the culmination of the annual Rath Yatra which started...

Baliapal/Kalipada: In an incident that has raised serious question marks over the safety of tourists at popular Dagara beach under this block in Balasore district, a woman tourist was allegedly molested by a group of men in front of her husband on the beach recently....

Nuapada: A Maoist camp was busted and a large cache of explosives and other materials seized during a combing operation by the District Voluntary Force (DVF) in a forest in the district near the Odisha–Chhattisgarh border, police said Tuesday. Superintendent of Police (SP) Gundala Reddy...

Dabugaon: A 45-year-old man, Dhansingh Bhatra of Motigaon village under Junapani panchayat in Nabarangpur district, drowned in a pond near his home, police said Tuesday. Dhansingh had gone to his farmland and later reportedly went to bathe in a nearby pond Monday evening, but never...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Tuesday formally lodged a complaint with the police against certain servitors for allegedly using mobile phones on the chariots during the Rath Yatra despite a ban. The Officer on Special Duty (Security) SJTA, Puri has lodged a written...