Puri: A one-and-a-half-year-old girl reportedly died after falling into an uncovered borewell at the District Headquarters Hospital in Puri Friday. The child, Samayira Nayak, daughter of Ajay Nayak of Mangala Sahi in the Narendra Kona area, had gone to visit her uncle near the hospital....
Berhampur: Odisha Police has arrested two persons, including a man from Tamil Nadu, for allegedly exploiting three migrant workers from Ganjam district after trafficking them, police said Friday. The accused were identified as Khirod Tandi (28) of Palnagar in Bolangir district, currently residing at Mangalam...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is the only state which had prepared a standard operating procedure (SOP) to manufacture women-friendly farm machinery, Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo said in Bhubaneswar Friday. He was speaking at the inception workshop on Institutionalising the Gender Responsive Cell: Framework and...
Nabarangpur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday laid the foundation stone for a new government medical college and hospital and launched 177 projects worth Rs 446 crore for Nabarangpur district. The CM unveiled the projects at a function held at Mandei ground from where...
Nabarangpur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday launched a scheme to facilitate poor, widows and elderly persons to visit the Jagannath temple in Puri at least once in their lifetime. The state government will bear the cost of the visit of those people, which...
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals have appointed Riyan Parag as their new captain for the IPL 2026 season, marking the beginning of a fresh chapter for one of the league’s original franchises. The announcement comes after former skipper Sanju Samson was traded to Chennai Super Kings...
Rayagada: A Maoist poster was found near the Dumaguda bus stop under Baisingi panchayat in Rayagada. The poster was allegedly issued by the CPI (Maoist), sources said Friday. According to sources, the poster stated that Sabyasachi Panda, Azad, Uday and Nikhil were never tribals and...
Bhubaneswar: A delegation of the Odisha government undertook a visit to Chennai to study affordable housing and urban habitat initiatives supported by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), said an official statement issued here Friday. Led by Housing and Urban Development Department's...
Angul: The Odisha Vigilance has arrested a junior clerical staffer on the charge of misappropriating government funds of Rs 2.38 crore, an official statement said Friday. Subrat Kumar Behera, a junior assistant in the office of Angul chief district medical officer, was arrested and forwarded...
Colombo: Zimbabwe produced the first upset of the T20 World Cup, with a 23-run shock win over an injury-plagued Australia in their Group B clash, here Friday. Sent into bat, Zimbabwe scored a challenging 169 for two. Openers Brian Bennett (64 not out off 56...
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An unseemly controversy has been created over an unpublished book penned by former Army Chief General MM Naravane. It has...
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