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Thiruvananthapuram/Bhubaneswar: Alleged assault on a Christian pastor in Odisha has triggered sharp political reactions across Kerala, with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan leading the condemnation and warning that the incident reflects a wider, systematic attack on India's secular fabric. In a strongly worded post on X,...

Shillong/Bhubaneswar: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has written to his Odisha counterpart expressing concern over reports of an incident in which a pastor was allegedly assaulted and publicly humiliated by a mob earlier this month. In his letter to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Majhi,...

Bhubaneswar/Dhenkanal: Congress leader and party's General Secretary (Organisation), KC Venugopal, Friday condemned the alleged attack on a pastor and members of the Christian community in the Parjang area of Odisha's Dhenkanal district January 4, and demanded the immediate arrest of all those involved. In a...

Bhubaneswar: Several programmes were held across Odisha Friday to mark the birth anniversaries of freedom fighters Subhas Chandra Bose and Veer Surendra Sai. Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, and Leader of the Opposition Naveen Patnaik were among the leaders who paid...

Bhubaneswar: An Ama Bus rammed into a motorcycle on Janpath Road in Bhubaneswar Friday, triggering public outrage, police said. Following the accident, angry locals vandalised three Ama Bus vehicles, including the one involved in the crash. The motorcyclist sustained injuries and was rushed to a...

Balasore: Three wagons of a goods train derailed in Odisha's Balasore district Friday, officials said. There was no report of any injury in the goods train derailment at Rupsa station in the Bhadrak-Kharagpur section of South Eastern Railway (SER), they said. The incident occurred at...

Puri: An ‘Ama Bus’ allegedly ran over a woman on Nabakalebar Road Friday, triggering protests by local residents. According to reports, the bus was travelling from Matiapada to Atharnala when it hit the woman, leaving her with serious injuries to her leg. She was rushed...

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu will undertake a six-day visit to Odisha from February 2, during which she will launch various development projects in her native Mayurbhanj district and attend the convocation ceremony of a university in Balasore, among other programmes. Murmu will arrive in Bhubaneswar...

Bhubaneswar: The Men’s Hockey India League (HIL) 2025–26 is set for a high-voltage contest as table-toppers Kalinga Lancers face second-placed Ranchi Royals in Qualifier 1 at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium here January 23. Kalinga Lancers advance to the playoffs as table toppers with 16 points,...

Chaibasa(J’khand)/Rourkela: Sixteen Maoists, including top leader Anal, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Saranda forest along the Odisha-Jharkhand border Thursday. Patiram Manjhi alias Anal Da, carrying a Rs 2.35 crore bounty, and five women were among those killed. The bounty included Rs...