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Chhendipada: A 15-year-old girl sustained severe injuries after a crude bomb allegedly planted by poachers to kill wild animals exploded in a forest area near Gohirapashi under Chhendipada forest range in Angul district Wednesday, police said. The injured has been identified as Manasi Behera of...

Nilagiri: Forest officials have arrested six more people in a racket involved in the manufacturing of fake ivory from the bones of dead elephants, taking the total number of arrests to 22 in Balasore district. Acting on intelligence inputs, a team from Kuldiha Forest Division...

Bhubaneswar: With the Hockey India League 2026 just around the corner, Kalinga Lancers have begun their pre-season training camp with Indian players reporting at the Kalinga Stadium Tuesday. The first day of the camp saw the players undergo a strategy meeting under the supervision of...

Narainpur (Chhattisgarh): Team Odisha played its second match of the 79th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy 2025–26 against Telangana and registered a 1–0 victory in the second group-stage match held here Wednesday. In a tightly contested 90-minute game, Odisha captain and forward Kartik Hantal...

Bhubaneswar: The Cabinet of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday decided to bear around Rs 735 crore towards one year’s rent on the installation of smart meters in the houses of domestic consumers of the state. The Cabinet meeting approved 10 proposals of seven departments,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday approved a scheme to develop the birthplaces of the state's great sons and daughters, including freedom fighters, poets, social reformers and other eminent personalities in different fields, who are collectively known as 'Baraputras' locally, at a cost of Rs 345...

Kendrapara: As part of its conservation measures, the Odisha government has performed satellite tagging on six Olive Ridley Sea Turtles at Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary in Kendrapara district by Wednesday, a top forest official said. Plans are afoot to do the same to three more turtles...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government was planning three ring roads, cumulatively 645 km long, as part of the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri-Paradip Economic Region. The plan was made public at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday. A 432-km ring road will be constructed from...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday approved proposals for 11 industrial projects, which would entail a total investment of Rs 1,332.80 crore, officials said. The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA), chaired by Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja, approved the proposals, spanning sectors such as food...

Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack commissioner of police and the vice chancellor of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) to inquire into the alleged murder of a tribal student in KISS and submit an action-taken report within two weeks....