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Bhubaneswar: Stacks of notes packed in trolley bags, totalling over Rs 4.27 crore, were allegedly recovered from the house of an Odisha Mines Department officer, who was arrested in a corruption case, officials said Wednesday. The cash was seized from the Bhubaneswar flat of Deputy...

Nabarangpur: The Nabarangpur district administration Tuesday launched ‘Aame Padhiba Aama Bhasare’, a mother tongue-based early education initiative, at the Block Conference Hall. Collector and District Magistrate Maheshwar Swain chaired the programme. The initiative will be implemented in 30 anganwadi centres in Raighar block as a...

Keonjhar: As many as 27 leopards and three cubs have been spotted in the Atei and Karlapat reserve forests under the Keonjhar forest division, Divisional Forest Officer HD Dhanaraj said. While 18 leopards were found in the Karlapat reserve forest in Telkoi, nine leopards and...

Koraput/Borigumma: A 16-year-old girl has been detained for allegedly killing her 45-year-old mother and 14-year-old brother in Borigumma area of Koraput district, police said Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Anushka Parida (45) and her son Ahem Parida (14), residents of Borigumma town. The murder...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has earned global recognition by securing two new entries in the World Book of Records for terracotta craft at the ‘Grand Terracotta Craft Creation’ event organised by the Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts Department. A total of 1,000 terracotta artisans participated in the competition,...

Pallekele (Sri Lanka): Skipper Harry Brook led from the front with a superb century to single-handedly guide England to a two-wicket win against Pakistan in a Super 8 match, becoming the first team to guarantee its place in the semifinals of the T20 World Cup...

Baripada: Police arrested 16 people and detained 15 others for their alleged involvement in the murder of a man and thrashing of two other individuals over suspicion of child lifting at two different areas in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, officials said Tuesday. A mentally challenged man...

Puri: The decks are now cleared for beginning the much-awaited inventory of Lord Jagannath's Ratna Bhandar (treasury) in the Puri temple after the Odisha government accorded its approval, and now the authorities will fix suitable dates to carry out the exercise, a senior official said....

Bhubaneswar: One person was killed, and two others were injured in a rain-related incident in Khandagiri area of Bhubaneswar Tuesday, police said. Thunderstorms, accompanied by rain, lightning strikes and gusty winds, lashed the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack this evening, bringing down the temperature....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister K C Patra Tuesday announced in the Assembly that the state government would procure paddy from all registered farmers by March 31. Patra made this announcement in the Assembly during a discussion on the alleged mismanagement in...