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Bhubaneswar: The Railway Protection Force (RPF), in coordination with GRP Bhubaneswar and the Crime Intelligence Branch (CIB), Saturday recovered stolen gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 1.95 lakh under Operation Yatri Suraksha in connection with a train theft case registered in February this year. The...

Bhubaneswar: A driver was arrested after a helper was killed when a speeding truck rammed into a stationary goods vehicle while the victim was fixing a tyre near the Tamando overbridge on NH-16 under Tamando police limits, officials said Saturday. The deceased was identified as...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) has announced an eight-day padyatra beginning from Dhinkia in Jagatsinghpur district to protest against alleged atrocities by industrial establishments on local residents. The padyatra will conclude in Bhubaneswar May 3 with a major public gathering at Lower PMG, where...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) marked World Veterinary Day by organising a special mass anti-rabies vaccination drive across nine institutions in City, reinforcing its commitment to public health and animal welfare. The initiative was conducted under the ongoing Mass Dog Vaccination (MDV) programme and focused...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha continued to reel under heatwave conditions Saturday as at least 17 places in the state recorded a maximum temperature of 40 degrees Celsius and above, officials said. The industrial town of Jharsuguda was the hottest place in the state at 44.1 degrees Celsius,...

Angul: In a tragic fallout of teenage love, a minor girl committed suicide at the Sakhi Centre on the premises of the district headquarters hospital in Angul Saturday, hours after her boyfriend took the extreme step. Sources said the 13-year-old girl was found hanging inside...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's opposition BJD and Congress Saturday described the scheduled special session of the assembly April 30 to discuss 'Participation of women in Indian Democracy' as a "drama" and politically motivated. The state's ruling BJP, on the other hand, claimed that the opposition parties are...

Bhubaneswar: If things go well, Odisha will soon get 219 new veterinary hospitals and diagnostic laboratories, as pacts were inked with six public sector undertakings (PSUs) in this regard, on the occasion of World Veterinary Day, Saturday. Attending the state-level programme for World Veterinary Day...

Jaipur: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hammered his second hundred in the IPL - a 37-ball 103 - as Rajasthan Royals put on board a strong 228 for six against Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL match here Saturday. Sooryavanshi got plenty of support from Dhruv Jurel, who made...

Nabarangpur: The headmaster of a state-run residential school in Odisha's Nabarangpur district was suspended Saturday after a 14-year-old tribal girl lodged a police complaint, alleging sexual harassment, officials said. The class 7 student filed the complaint at the Patraput police outpost, alleging that the headmaster...