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Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has reportedly approved free bus travel for school students under the Mukhyamantri Bus Seva (MBS) scheme, replacing the existing 50 per cent concession on ticket fares. The Commerce and Transport Department issued a notification to this effect, stating that the decision is...

Jagatsinghpur: Private parts of a 13-year-old boy were allegedly severed after a dispute over fish in Ambiki village under Erasama police limits of Jagatsinghpur district Thursday. The minor was admitted to the Erasama community health centre in a severe condition with critical injuries after his...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik Friday said that the regional outfit will continue to serve the people of Odisha for the next 100 years. Patnaik said this while addressing party leaders and workers on the occasion of the BJD's 29th Foundation Day....

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Friday hailed security personnel for killing six Maoists in Kandhamal district and said the state's efforts to curb ZLeft-Wing Extremism have resulted in substantial success. The BJD president, who had also remained in...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and former MLA Sanchita Mohanty died at her residence in Bhubaneswar Friday following a brief illness, family sources said. Sixty-seven-year-old Mohanty was elected to the Odisha Assembly from the Korei constituency in 2004. She was diagnosed with cancer a week ago....

Kendrapara/Bhubaneswar: With behavioural and migration patterns of endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles still shrouded in the realm of scientific study, the state Forest department has reinitiated the satellite tagging of these iconic marine animals ahead of their mass nesting. These turtles turn up in millions...

Bhubaneswar: After four days of continuous agitation, postgraduate and PhD students of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) Thursday called off their hunger strike following an assurance from Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to address their long-pending demand for a monthly stipend. Agriculture...

Koraput: A resident of Jeypore in Koraput district was allegedly cheated of Rs 8 lakh by cyber criminals while traveling for cancer treatment, police said Thursday. The victim, identified as Sadanand Samantaray, was on his way to Visakhapatnam for a scheduled surgery when he received...

Deogaon: In a shocking incident, a woman was hacked to death by her husband with an axe allegedly over domestic dispute at Jurlakani village under Deogaon police limits in Bolangir district late Wednesday night. The victim was identified as Tapa Mallik, 31, wife of Mahadev...

Bhubaneswar/Angul: Five security guards were arrested in Angul district for allegedly shooting dead two persons who attempted theft at a stockyard, police said Thursday. The incident happened at Lingarakata near Pipeline Road in the Talcher police station area in the early hours of Wednesday, they...