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Bhubaneswar: Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Friday launched the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-IV in Odisha's Rayagada district in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. Chouhan handed over the PMGSY-IV approval letter to Majhi, in the presence of state Rural...

Koraput: Three police personnel were suspended over the custodial death of a 23-year-old man in Odisha's Koraput district, officials said Friday. Sub-Inspector Bikram Sahu and OAPF personnel Karn Pujari and Budhiram Majhi were suspended, they said. SP Sandeep Sampad Madkar said prima facie evidence established...

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu Friday paid tribute to writer Raghunath Murmu on his birth anniversary, stating that through his farsightedness, he gave an identity to the Santali language. Raghunath Murmu, who developed the Ol Chiki script for the Santali language, was born in 1905 at...

Bhubaneswar: A Nor'wester storm battered the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack Thursday, toppling iron hoardings at multiple locations and leaving three family members critically injured after a lightning strike. Three people from the same family were struck by lightning in Niladri Vihar slum area...

Bhubaneswar: City schools in Bhubaneswar stood out in the ICSE and ISC 2026 results, delivering outstanding performances with several institutions recording 100% pass rates and producing top scorers across streams. Loyola School, Bhubaneswar recorded a flawless performance in both examinations. In ICSE, all 198 students...

Bargarh: Two Odisha Education Service (OES) officers and a physical education teacher of a government-run school in Bargarh district were arrested on the charge of sexually harassing a woman employee of the School and Mass Education department abusing their authority, police said Thursday, adding that...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (OMFED) has announced a hike of Rs 1 per litre in the milk procurement price for dairy farmers across the state. The revised rate will come into effect from May 1, 2026. With this revision, farmers will...

Nandapur: A woman was killed and two others were injured after a mound of soil collapsed over them while they were collecting clay for house plastering near a canal in Koraput district, officials said Thursday. The incident occurred around noon near the Ganga nullah embankment...

Baripada: The Special Judge, Vigilance Court in Baripada Thursday found four individuals, including three employees of an urban cooperative bank, guilty of committing bank loan fraud and sentenced them to undergo three years of rigorous imprisonment (RI). “Asutosh Mohanty, Former Branch Manager (disengaged), Baripada Urban...

Bargaon: A 47-year-old man from Birshu village in Sundargarh district allegedly died of sunstroke Thursday, police said. The deceased was identified as Sambu Majhi. Police registered a case of unnatural death and launched an investigation. According to reports, Majhi was working as a labourer at...