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Bhubaneswar/Baleshwar: The state government has shifted around 1.4 lakh people to safer locations over the past four days, as a fresh wave of fl ood affected several districts, officials said Monday. Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said the government has evacuated 1.4 lakh...

Baleshwar: A two-storey building, believed to be around 200 years old and having links with noted Odia litterateur Vyasa Kabi Fakir Mohan Senapati, collapsed in the Barabati area of Baleshwar town Sunday night. According to sources, the building was constructed during the British era by...

Bhubaneswar: The Monsoon Session of the Odisha assembly was adjourned sine die Monday by Speaker Surama Padhy, four days ahead of schedule, amid frequent disruptions. The Monsoon Session had commenced September 22 and was scheduled to continue till October 3. However, keeping in view the...

Nandapur: The Jolaput reservoir in Bilaput panchayat of Nandapur block in Koraput district released the season’s first floodwater after authorities opened two gates Monday. The reservoir’s water level rose following incessant rain triggered by the low-intensity cyclonic storm Arnab. As the level approached the danger...

Bhubaneswar: The state’s per capita debt burden currently stands at Rs 26,037.70, while its total debt is projected to rise to Rs 1,48,187.82 crore by March 31, 2027, the Odisha Assembly was informed Monday. The per-capita debt refers to the state’s current debt burden divided...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Floodwaters have inundated several rivers, including the Mahanadi, following incessant rainfall triggered by a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal. Kataka, Puri, Khordha and Jagatsinghpur districts have been particularly affected, while large parts of Kendrapada district are also under the impact of the...

Bhubaneswar: Seventy-four more coastal villages in Odisha were Monday declared "tsunami ready" under a UNESCO-IOC programme, taking the total number of such villages in the state to 100, officials said. The recognition was announced at a meeting of the National Tsunami Ready Board (NTRB) and...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government borrowed Rs 89,353 crore from different sources and repaid pending loans worth Rs 58,565 crore during the past two-and-a-half years, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the assembly Monday. Replying to a question by BJD legislator Tusharkanti Behera, Majhi said his...

Bhubaneswar: Three school students of Bhubaneswar, who went missing on Sunday evening, were rescued from Jagatsinghpur district within 24 hours, a police officer said. The police traced them with the help of CCTV footage and rescued them on Monday. Two class IX students and a...

Bhubaneswar: The Naba Nirman Yuva Chhatra Sangathan, a student outfit, has demanded the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over glaring factual errors in school textbooks and called a 12-hour Odisha bandh September 30. The organisation claimed that textbooks for Classes I...