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Bhubaneswar: Several parts of the state continue to reel under cold wave conditions with mercury plummeting to below 10 degrees Celsius mark at 11 places Friday. Koraput town was the coldest place in the state for the day with 4.8 degrees Celsius, while the night...

Roulkela: Unidentified miscreants set fire to a private bus late Thursday night near Bali Jodi Chhak under the Tangarpali police station limits in Rourkela, police said Friday. The bus was completely gutted, while another bus parked behind it suffered partial damage. No casualties were reported...

Chhatrapur: Ganjam Collector V Keerthi Vasan has announced that government officials in the district will not receive flower bouquets or gifts of any kind as part of New Year greetings. The directive, issued to all district offices, takes effect immediately. The move aims to discourage...

Bhubaneswar: Higher Education, Sports and Youth Services, and Odia Language, Literature & Culture Minister Suryabanshi Suraj, Friday, paid a courtesy visit to Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati at Lok Bhavan. The meeting focused on the state of higher education in Odisha and related initiatives. During the...

Bhubaneswar: With the ongoing Kharif paddy procurement in the state, A close watch has been kept to ensure paddy from outside the state is not brought and sold in the state. This system has been tightened, especially in the bordering areas of the state. This...

Phulbani: A day after neutralising four Maoists, including Ganesh Uike, 69, who carried a Rs 1.2-crore bounty on his head, Odisha Police Friday intensified operations in Kandhamal district, hoping to arrest more ultras. Additional DGP (anti-naxal operations) Sanjeeb Panda said security forces were carrying out...

Bhubaneswar: A Special Vigilance Court here Friday found former IAS officer Vinod Kumar, the ex-managing director of Odisha Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC), and five others guilty in a housing scam case. This was Kumar’s 12th conviction in corruption cases linked to the ORHDC scam,...

Bhubaneswar: Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra inaugurated ‘Srujan’, a modern canteen operated by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) at Kharavela Bhawan here Friday. Speaking on the occasion, Mahapatra said the canteen would significantly benefit over 700 employees working...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday congratulated tribal girl Jyotsna Sabar on being conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar by President Droupadi Murmu. Sabar, a native of Gajapati district, created a youth Asian record at the Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships held in...

Keonjhar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said that 15 lakh hectares of land will be irrigated during the next three years in the state. Majhi said this while addressing farmers in his home district, Keonjhar, after inaugurating the paddy procurement process. He also...