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Olive Ridley

Olive Ridley hatchlings start seaward journey

Chhatrapur/Ganjam: Thousands of Olive Ridley hatchlings emerged from the eggs and crawled along the Rushikulya river mouth in Ganjam district to reach the Bay of Bengal, a Forest department official said Wednesday. According to D Prashant Kumar Rao, forester of the Rambha section, “This year's...

Jharsuguda:

Illegal arms syndicate busted; one arrested

Jharsuguda: In a major crackdown on illegal arms trafficking, Odisha Police has dismantled an organised arms syndicate operating in Jharsuguda district and arrested one key accused during a strategic operation under the district’s flagship surveillance and crime control initiative, ‘Netra’. According to sources at the...

Rs 50L, ornaments looted from Hanuman temple

Chhatrapur: Masked miscreants made away with a donation box containing more than Rs 50 lakh from the famous Hanuman temple at Kumarbegapalli, apart from looting the gold and silver ornaments of the shrine in the wee hours of Wednesday. The temple priests found the door...

Devil fish

Jajpur fisher catches ‘devil fish’

Jajpur: A rare ‘devil fish’ was caught by a local fisherman at the mouth of Jamuna canal, originating from Kharasrota river in Jajpur district, Tuesday. Fisherman Debashish Pati had cast his net in the canal when he pulled up the fish with a bizarre look....

Housing

‘A Roof for All’: Housing for 80% urban population by 2036

Bhubaneswar: Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra Wednesday announced the government’s ‘A Roof for All’ initiative, which aims to provide housing coverage to 80 per cent of the state’s urban population by 2036. Chairing a high-level review meeting at the Odisha Urban...

Power distribution company’s deputy manager under vigilance scanner in Keonjhar district 

Bargarh DRP arrested

Bargarh: Vigilance sleuths have nabbed District Resource Person (DRP) Rakshi Meher for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 30,000 to release subsidy under the PMFME scheme. The accused was identified as Rakshi Meher, DRP of Bargarh district under the General Manager, District Industries Centre, Bargarh....

South Coast Railway

No loss to Odisha due to South Coast Railway: Ministry of Railways

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Railways Wednesday dismissed claims circulating on social media that Odisha would suffer territorial or railway infrastructure losses due to the creation of the Visakhapatnam Division under the newly formed South Coast Railway zone, clarifying that the administrative restructuring will not result...

Arrest

Two held with five stolen phones

Bhubaneswar: In a crackdown under Operation Yatri Surakshya, the Special Task Force (STF) has arrested two persons and recovered five stolen mobile phones from their possession at Bhubaneswar rail way station, Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials said Wednesday. The accused have been identified as Das...

IPL 2026-Result

IPL 2026: SRH post 235, defeat PBKS by 41 runs

Hyderabad: Heinrich Klaasen (69) and Ishan Kishan (55) made Punjab Kings pay dearly for their sloppy fielding, powering Sunrisers Hyderabad to a handsome 41-run win to jump to the top of the table in the IPL,  Wednesday. The duo helped in setting a challenging total...

 

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