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Thuamul Rampur: Excise Department Saturday launched a major crackdown on illicit liquor production and sale in several villages under Talnagi panchayat in Kalahandi district after residents submitted a petition to the district administration highlighting the growing social and economic impact of the illicit trade. Acting...

Bhubaneswar/Baripada: Odisha Crime Branch Saturday claimed to have cracked an over two-year-old murder case in which the police had found a pair of slippers of different sizes, along with a body which was too decomposed to be identified, a senior officer said. The body was...

Rayagada: A cache of firearms and ammunition were recovered from inside a reserve forest in Odisha's Rayagada district, officials said Saturday. The suspected Maoist dump was unearthed inside the Raghubari Reserve Forest in the Ambadala police station area during a joint operation by the District...

Bhubaneswar: Vice President CP Radhakrishnan is scheduled to visit Odisha July 9 during which he will take part in the convocation ceremony of a central research institute and attend other events, officials said. Chief Secretary Anu Garg Saturday reviewed arrangements for the vice president's visit,...

Manchester: India skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bat against England in the second T20I here Saturday, handing 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi his international debut. The left-handed opener replaced Sanju Samson at the top of the order in India's only change to the...

Bhubaneswar: Amid heavy rainfall in Bhubaneswar, a 35-year-old man was reportedly swept away in an overflowing drain near Vani Vihar Saturday, prompting an intensive search by Fire and Emergency Services personnel. The missing man, identified as Anil Singh of the Patarabandha slum, was reportedly walking...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Saturday finalised a comprehensive transport and traffic management plan to ensure the safe and smooth movement of devotees expected to attend the Rath Yatra in Puri. Reviewing the preparations, Commerce and Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena directed officials to accord top priority...

Sambalpur: Padma Shri awardee and Sambalpuri folk singer Jitendra Haripal of 'Rangabati re Rangabati' fame has been sanctioned a house under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) 2.0 by Odisha government. The assistance was sanctioned following Haripal's appeal to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi last...

Khordha: Midday meal supplies, including rice, pulses, oil and turmeric, were recovered from beneath the ground at Achyutpur Government Upper Primary School under the Tangi education block in Khordha district Friday. Following the incident, three cooks allegedly involved in the matter were removed from service....

Kataka: Beauty Mohanty, inspector-in-charge (IIC) of Chauliaganj Police Station, was found dead at her official quarters in Kataka Saturday. Her body was recovered from the quarters and sent to SCB Medical College and Hospital for postmortem. The exact cause of death is yet to be...