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Bhubaneswar: The Finance department has invited suggestions from citizens and stakeholders for the preparation of the Annual Budget 2026– 27, continuing its initiative to make the budgetary process more open, transparent and participatory. As part of its pre-Budget consultations with a cross-section of society, the...

Bolangir: Vigilance sleuths Tuesday arrested a forester in Bolangir district while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a local farmer. The accused, Ashok Kumar Nayak, posted as a forester in the Gulumi section under Muribahal range, was caught red-handed demanding and accepting the...

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court Tuesday issued a show-cause notice to the state government asking for submission of a compliance affidavit on the enforcement of Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC) and direction to retail fuel outlets not to dispense fuel to vehicles without it. A...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday alleged that the opposition Congress used Mahatma Gandhi's name in the MGNREGA for political gains rather than to realise his vision of rural self-employment. The CM's statement came ahead of the Congress's proposed nationwide ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram',...

Bhubaneswar: Two students of a private coaching institute drowned while bathing in the Kuakhai river on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar Tuesday afternoon, police said. The deceased were identified as Pankaj Kumar Saha and Prateek Pallaru, both aged around 18 and natives of states outside Odisha....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday invoked the Essential Services (Maintenance) Act, 1988, prohibiting strikes by doctors and other healthcare staff, as agitating doctors carried on with their boycott of outpatient department (OPD) services across state-run health facilities. Under the order, strikes in the form of...

Rayagada: A specially-abled girl was allegedly gangraped in Odisha's Rayagada district, police said Tuesday. The incident took place Monday afternoon when the minor was returning home after collecting firewood from a nearby jungle, they said. Based on her mother's complaint, police launched a probe and...

New Delhi: Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Tuesday announced that the Indian Super League, which was on pause due to lack of a commercial partner, will start February 14. The ISL will feature all 14 clubs. The I-League, which was also on pause, will be held...

Puri: Two women died after they were run over by a private bus in Pipili area of Odisha's Puri district Tuesday morning, police said. One of the deceased has been identified as Sheela Pattanayak, who was a journalist associated with an Odia news channel, they...

Bargarh: A POCSO court in Odisha's Bargarh district Tuesday sentenced a youth to death for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl around 14 months ago. The court convicted the accused, Prashanta Bag alias Bariha (20), under two sections of the Protection of Children...