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Bhubaneswar/Kendrapara: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy Monday asked the state government to inform the House about the details on the death of a farmer in Kendrapara district, allegedly due to harassment during the ongoing paddy procurement season. In a ruling, Padhy said that the minister...

Cuttack: Prices of refined edible oil in Cuttack have reportedly increased by Rs 10 per litre over the past few days, while palm oil has also become costlier in the local market. According to a source, refined oil that was earlier selling at Rs 160...

Bhubaneswar: Several key posts in the Odisha Secretariat remain vacant, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the Assembly in a written reply to a question by MLA Souvic Biswal. Biswal had asked the chief minister about the number of vacant posts in the Odisha Secretariat...

Patna/Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday appointed central observers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in three states — Odisha, Haryana and Bihar. BJP has appointed Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Minister of State for Rural Development in Maharashtra, as observer for Odisha. Harsh Sanghvi, Deputy Chief Minister...

Bhubaneswar: Fifty-four communal riots and seven mob lynching incidents were reported in Odisha between June 2024 and February 2026, as per a written statement by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in the Assembly Monday. Replying to a written question of BJD legislator Goutam Buddha Das,...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition Congress MLAs Monday expressed concern in the Odisha Assembly over the delay in implementation of the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 in the state and sought a ruling from Speaker Surama Padhy, asking the government to bring a motion by the...

Balasore: A 43-year-old man from Assam died when he fell from a running train in Odisha's Balasore district, police said Monday. The deceased was identified as Niran Biswas of Chintagaon village in Assam's Udalguri district, they said. The incident happened near Sabira rail station Sunday...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday informed the Assembly that a total of 44 prisoners have escaped from different jails of the state during the last five years. A total of 33 were under-trial prisoners (UTPs) and 11 convicts have escaped from different...

New Delhi: Batting great Sachin Tendulkar hailed India as "totally deserving and rightful winners", while former England captain Michael Vaughan labelled them the "best white-ball team by a good distance" as the cricketing world lauded the Men in Blue for clinching a historic third T20...

Sonepur: Though Subarnapur district has emerged as one of the leading agricultural producers in the state, a severe shortage of staff in the district’s Agriculture department is affecting the delivery of services to farmers. According to official data, 96 of the 180 sanctioned posts in...